Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Star’s editorial board calls for an end to regressive federal tax breaks. And Dennis Howlett asks why the tax evaders who used…
March 2017
Saturday Photo: Coming Up for Air…
The snow in front is nearly gone, except for the fine dusting that fell yesterday. It’s cold–minus 22C on the back porch when we got up. But the days are…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Star’s editorial board calls for an end to regressive federal tax breaks. And Dennis Howlett asks why the tax evaders who used…
Saturday Photo: Coming Up for Air…
The snow in front is nearly gone, except for the fine dusting that fell yesterday. It’s cold–minus 22C on the back porch when we got up. But the days are…
Energy Democracy
Sure, many will dismiss this as a Utopian socialist dream, especially given the neoliberal tenor of the times, but are there any other viable alternatives to global degradation and destruction?…
Why Is the Impeachment Taking So Long?
T$$$p has already done so much more awful in less than two months, than South Korea’s president. So, yeah. Why is the impeachment taking so long? South Korea’s president is…
Energy Democracy
Sure, many will dismiss this as a Utopian socialist dream, especially given the neoliberal tenor of the times, but are there any other viable alternatives to global degradation and destruction?…
The Morning Line: Canada’s Conservatives (1).
You can hardly deal with 14 contenders for the Tory leadership in just one commentary. We will divide our Morning Line into two parts: The Losers and the Possibles. THE…
Musical interlude
CHVRCHES – Playing Dead
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Paul Wells notes that the Trudeau Libs are having trouble keeping their story straight in pretending to appeal to Canada’s middle class. And…
Musical interlude
CHVRCHES – Playing Dead
Freeland Admits: U.S. Withdrawal Effectively Kills TPP Trade Deal
This week, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland admitted that the United States’ withdrawal from Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) effectively kills the mega trade deal. The post Freeland Admits: U.S. Withdrawal…
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Paul Wells notes that the Trudeau Libs are having trouble keeping their story straight in pretending to appeal to Canada’s middle class. And…
Unanimous Support for Green Commissioner Mackinnon’s Motion on Cetacean Bylaw
For Immediate Release – Friday, March 10, 2017 Unanimous Support for Green CommissionerMackinnon’s Motion on Cetacean Bylaw Vancouver, BC – Last night, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation unanimously…
Unanimous Support for Green Commissioner Mackinnon’s Motion on Cetacean Bylaw
For Immediate Release – Friday, March 10, 2017 Unanimous Support for Green CommissionerMackinnon’s Motion on Cetacean Bylaw Vancouver, BC – Last night, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation unanimously…
Would you make an ad that disrespects Sikhs?
As I am certain you know, among Sikhs, wearing a Dastaar, or turban, is mandatory for all Amritdhari (or initiated) Sikh men and women. For the Sikhs, the Dastaar is…
Inviting local governments to demand climate accountability
Friday, March 10, 2017 On Thursday, February 23, Staff Counsel Andrew Gage appeared before the City of Victoria’s Mayor, Lisa Helps, and its Council to talk about climate accountability. This…
Breaking: BC Liberal Political Donation Scandal Investigated by RCMP
Elections BC will refer its ongoing investigation into potentially illegal political donations made to the BC Liberals to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Columbia’s Chief Electoral Officer, Keith Archer…