The art of changing minds.
Author and columnist Susan Delacourt asked her readers last week in a Toronto Star column to help her understand how views can be shifted in politics. Having observed this phenomenon…
July 2017
The Plot to Assassinate Democracy
Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, Charles Koch and one James McGill Buchanan and there you have the radical right’s stealth plan to dismember democracy in America. The worst part, according…
The race is on … unity voting starts tomorrow and UCP candidates are already at the clubhouse turn
PHOTOS: The race is on and it looks like … “a dangerous leader.” (Old horseracing print with that title found on the Internet, artist unknown.) Below: Would-be United Conservative Party…
St. Albert native and former NDP candidate Michelle Mungall appointed as energy minister of British Columbia
PHOTOS: St. Albert-born Michelle Mungall was appointed yesterday as British Columbia’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. (Photo: Michelle Mungall candidate website.) Below: B.C.’s NDP premier, John Horgan, who…
Don’t Do That
The pompous Saskatchewan Minister of Bad Ideas, serving under the skillfully bad leadership of Premier Brad Wall, has asked people who’ve lost bus service, to just stop hitchhiking, because he…
Islamophobia Is the Glue That Unites Diverse Factions of the Far Right (repost)
Women bradish US flags and shout at the “March Against Sharia” at Foley Square on June 10, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images) The…
25,000 Twitter followers can’t all be wrong!
…well, they can be, actually. Following me, for instance: shouldn’t you all be outside, playing a sport or something? Anyway, I am grateful that my 140-character-consciousness has some appeal. And,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Feline oversight.
Government of Canada To Open Data on Energy Use?
The Liberals Government has done squat in Regina since coming to power, when it comes to (hydro) power generation. I’ve produced over 5 MWh of solar power, and sent almost…
Outgoing B.C. Liberals Issue Mining Permits in Tsilhqot’in Territory During Wildfire Evacuation
The Tsilhqot’in First Nation — currently under an evacuation order due to B.C.’s wildfires — learned Monday that permits have been issued for mining company Taseko to conduct exploration for…
Has Justin’s Supertanker Fantasy Already Sailed, Leaving Him Alone at the Dock?
Former oil executive, Ross Belot, has a message of Canada’s prime minister concerning the Tar Sands. The party’s over. The oilsands have become, politically, the gift that keeps on taking.…
Why Is the Trump Regime Going Soft on War Criminals?
Trump’s secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is shutting down the section of his department that has pursued war criminals. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is downgrading the U.S. campaign against…
Campaign Research: Ontario horserace numbers
From our friends at Campaign Research, who are among the (exceedingly small) group who are the best pollsters in Canada. A War Room/www.warrenkinsella.com exclusive! Comments are open. PCs WITH 7…
Fort Nelson First Nation Files Legal Challenge to Gas Pipeline Claiming It Will Threaten Caribou Habitat
A First Nation in north-eastern B.C. is challenging the province’s approval of a proposed gas pipeline that would cut across critical habitat of threatened boreal woodland caribou. Fort Nelson First…
The Biggest Lie of All
Donald Trump Jr., a.k.a. “Fredo,” has been snared in a web of lies of his own weaving, forced to change his story on the meeting between the Trump campaign and…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tom Parkin writes that the economic boost provided by an expanded child benefit offers another indication of how action to fight poverty…
Removing Stigma Around Mental Illness Through Data
Mental illness is perceived by too many people to be the fault of those who suffer from it. This stigma has led people to not disclose that they are need…
Canada’s Ted Baxter
If you are old enough, you will likely have very fond memories of the Mary Tyler Show, you know, the one set in a TV newsroom staffed with an array…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday July 18, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Did you know that a probationary period may go longer…