On bodily integrity
It was bad enough when the Saskatchewan Party declared its intention to put as many barriers as possible in the way of access to social services, particularly by making excuses…
April 2017
My five-year-old take on Syria
I still stand by most of it. Link here. Snippets: It is far easier to get into a war than to get out of one. As the civilized world reflects…
Three Ways to Improve Alberta’s Toothless Energy Regulator
By Barry Robinson, Ecojustice. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is Alberta’s one-stop regulatory body for the oil and gas industry. When it was created in 2013 by the merging of…
Trudeau takes the right stand on Syria
I’m bewildered as to why Trump gave the Syrians advance warning that he was going to bomb Syria. But I’m delighted Trudeau has said exactly the right thing, in precisely…
Wag the dog, etc.
Trump has been condemned by Russia, Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, and a number of American neo-Nazi groups. That's about as good as it gets. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 7, 2017
Unapologetic Ugliness
There are those who claim that Donald Trump is a new kind of Republican. Paul Krugman isn’t so sure. When it comes to governing, Trump keeps repeating Republican boilerplate —…
Ten Things To Know About The 2017 Federal Budget
I’ve just written a blog post in which I review the recent federal budget. Points raised in the blog post include the following: -The federal government is projecting deficits in…
Teaching Trump ‘The Art of the Deal.’
The first thing Canadians should do is stop sweating over renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It has never been a really fair deal and it became overly…
I take back the credit I gave to Trump
So. This Pentagon statement. Read it. I take back the credit I gave Trump below. Why? Because he gave the Syrians and Russians a head’s up. Seriously. He hit a…
Syria strike: It is possible to despise Trump (as I do)
…but to support this action (as I do). And Russians who may have been on the ground there, in harm’s way? Volenti non fit injuria, as we lawyers say. 50…
At the OLP Toronto-Danforth fundraiser, before WWIII broke out
L to R: some guy off the street, Tom Axworthy, Dorothy Davey, Marty Goldfarb, Dennis Mills.
Flying the Lumpy Skies
Most of us have flown at some point and most of us who have flown have had some experience of air turbulence. Some have experienced severe air turbulence events of…
How Long Can Trudeau Look the Other Way?
Israel and its Palestinian captives are approaching the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the Palestinian territory. Israel, as the maps above illustrate, has been a cancer on the Palestinian…
It’s Not Populists that Working Class People Need. What They Need Are Progressives.
The populist rabble regularly spout terms such as “bankster” or “deep state” to attack dark forces they blame for all society’s ills. Rarely do they exhibit much understanding of what…
The Leader of the Free World Has No Clothes.
There’s coherent policy for you. On Monday the President of the United States of America was dismissive of his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad. Trump dismissed Assad saying the murderous tyrant…
LA Times, Day Five – "Conspiracy Theorist in Chief"
The Los Angeles Times continues its marathon editorial evisceration of the Cheeto Benito, Donald J. Trump. Today the paper’s editorial board dishes up the “Conspiracy Theorist in Chief.” Most people…
US security chief defends police-state measures against immigrants, visitors and citizens
US security chief defends police-state measures against immigrants, visitors and citizens
Rafe: Christy Clark must go!
British Columbians have had enough of Christy Clark, say Rafe Mair (Province of BC/Flickr) The Christy Clark government and Clark herself must go! I am not a socialist but neither…
How Teck Resources Benefits From Being the B.C. Liberal’s Largest Donor
This piece originally appeared on the West Coast Environmental Law Alert Blog. Tags: Teck Resources political donations BC Liberals Christy Clark environmental law regulations penalties
What You Need to Know About Fracking In Canada
Back in 2007, when Alberta landowner Jessica Ernst filed her lawsuit over water contamination from the hydraulic fracturing of shallow coal seams near her property, most Canadians had never even…