Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Duncan Cameron writes that democratic socialism can produce a fair economy for everybody. And the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives puts the…
March 2017
New column day
Here, on how public enterprises (such as Crown corporations) and a heritage fund should both be part of a general plan to build social capital – and why the Saskatchewan…
Political Donations By Top Kinder Morgan Staff Draw Call for Elections BC Investigation
Elections B.C. has been asked to investigate political contributions made to the BC Liberals by high-ranking Kinder Morgan staff, including president Ian Anderson. The democracy advocacy group Dogwood submitted a…
Which do we need more?
Think about all the many and varied kinds of equipment a hospital relies on to provide modern, efficient patient care today. It’s the sort of equipment we want – we…
It Does Seem Like They’re Closing In on Donald J. Trump
Some pretty top notch journalists and columnists see the writing on the wall for Donald Trump and his presidency. The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief foreign correspondent, Paul McGeough, has produced…
New column day
Here, on how public enterprises (such as Crown corporations) and a heritage fund should both be part of a general plan to build social capital – and why the Saskatchewan…
It Does Seem Like They’re Closing In on Donald J. Trump
Some pretty top notch journalists and columnists see the writing on the wall for Donald Trump and his presidency. The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief foreign correspondent, Paul McGeough, has produced…
March 9: Not a good blog today…..
….something wrong with me, I guess. http://www.taxfairness.ca/en/news/canadian-money-offshore-tax-havens-hits-record-high http://projects.thestar.com/panama-papers/canada-is-the-worlds-newest-tax-haven/ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/04/26/corporate-canada-investments-in-top-tax-havens-up-17-per-cent-in-2015-new-data_n_9781106.html There are many sites like the above on the web. It’s not a secret. And it’s not possible that Trudeau never…
Come join the anti-Trump cause at York U!
Anti-Trump I’m giving at York U tonight. Hopefully I will burn a few barns. Come!
March 9: Not a good blog today…..
….something wrong with me, I guess. http://www.taxfairness.ca/en/news/canadian-money-offshore-tax-havens-hits-record-high http://projects.thestar.com/panama-papers/canada-is-the-worlds-newest-tax-haven/ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/04/26/corporate-canada-investments-in-top-tax-havens-up-17-per-cent-in-2015-new-data_n_9781106.html There are many sites like the above on the web. It’s not a secret. And it’s not possible that Trudeau never…
Sign the Mount Polley petition to demand accountability
Thursday, March 9, 2017 MiningWatch needs your help to ensure accountability for the Mount Polley tailings pond disaster. In late 2016 the mining watchdog launched a private prosecution (with the…
Live Taping of the Let’s Find Out Podcast
I’ll be joining Edmonton’s historian-laureate Chris Chang-Yen Phillips and guests for a live recording of the Let’s Find Out podcast at the Needle Vinyl Tavern on Saturday, March 11, 2017.…
Sign the Mount Polley petition to demand accountability
Thursday, March 9, 2017 MiningWatch needs your help to ensure accountability for the Mount Polley tailings pond disaster. In late 2016 the mining watchdog launched a private prosecution (with the…
I’m sure it’s all a great big coincidence
I’ve noted that conservatives who call Justin Trudeau “pretty boy,” “shiny pony” and whatnot always tend to resemble this big fella. A coincidence, sans doubt.
Are the BC NDP full of crap?
Yeah, sort of, they are. They’ve gone bananas about the fact that Elections BC is asking the governing party about fundraising stuff. What they’re not telling anyone is that they’re…
Connecting with ‘The War To End All Wars’ – Pte. Thomas Butler
Originally posted on My journey with AIDS…and more!: There is tragic irony with the news that Canada has suffered our greatest single-day loss of troops in Afghanistan with the deaths…
Up Is Down, Left Is Right, Idiots in Government
These are examples of why the US and Canada cannot have nice things. We’ve idiots in government. Who put them there? Was it voters, or people with even more direct…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills,…
“It’s easy to scare people into voting for you.”
Who do you think Prime Minister Trudeau was talking about, there? Trump’s too much of an idiot to pick up on any kind of subtlety. But well done, just the…
Immigration Rage
Around the world, immigrants are becoming the enemies of those who see themselves as “we, the people.” South of us, that rage wears a large orange face. But the disease…