Site C to Test B.C. NDP’s Commitment to Indigenous Rights
By Zoë Ducklow for The Tyee. Recent experiences with the federal government have left Prophet River First Nation member Helen Knott wary of government promises. So while she and other…
September 2017
Free Pass to Conference Board of Canada Summit
Carbon49 will give away one free pass (value $1,195) to The Conference Board of Canada’s flagship event in sustainability, Business Usual: Profit from Purpose Summit. The conference will showcase how…
The Day Donald Trump Blew Up His Own Base
In one of my last posts I looked at the budding menage-a-trois between Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer.And how it was making many Republicans really nervous.Well last night…
Arnold Chan, RIP
So so sad to learn of passing of my friend and fellow former McGuinty advisor Arnold Chan. What a huge loss. #Cdnpoli #lpc — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 14, 2017
Terminating Site C Dam, Building Alternatives Could Save B.C. Over $1B: Economist
Karen Goodings avoids the Site C dam area on the Peace River because she finds it too heart-wrenching to look at the havoc caused by construction work, but, for the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Jackson, Tavia Grant et al, Kate McInturff and Trish Hennessy each look at Statistics Canada’s new income data which shows worsening…
New column day
Here, on how the Libs’ weakness in closing even modest loopholes is allowing tax entitlement to win out over tax fairness. For further reading…– Justin Ling offers a useful look…
A Low-Risk Takedown
If you read my post from yesterday, you will know who Nick Shcherban is. Watch the following brief video, and ask yourself this: Have you ever heard of a noise…
The Final Humiliation of the Con Clown Dean Del Mastro
The news hit me like a blast from the past. A very dark past. A past I sometimes wish I could forget. But there was Dean Del Mastro, who once…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday September 14, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. If a deceased person owed support to a spouse…
How to beat those Liberals and Conservatives? My prediction in the NDP leadership race.
Ever since the horrible Donald Trump conned his way into the White House by winning working class support in the American Rustbelt, I’ve been consumed by the question: What mistakes…
Helping Addicted Loved Ones
The opioid crisis in North America damages countless lives every year, and we may be making it worse in the way we talk about addiction. FiveThirtyEight decided to look into…
Montaigne and The Block
I do love reading Michel de Montaigne. And writing about him. In 2014 alone, I wrote ten separate posts about him and his famous book, Essays. But since then, my…
Mr Positive?
When Andrew Scheer was elected leader of the Conservative Party, he promised that he would promote a “positive message.” Andrew Coyne writes that, so far, he hasn’t been very positive:…
“In fact,” CP24, you’ve got your “facts” wrong
Check this out: Wynne’s lawyers served legal notice to the PC leader, demanding an apology for suggesting Wynne is “standing trial.” In fact, it is the alleged actions of Liberal…
Frum, from hunger!
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news used to have balanced panels to help Canadians understand issues. That idea seems to be gone along with Peter Mansbridge. Instead we can now get…
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Dear Friends, We are asking people to write letters to Anthony Annucci, Commissioner of New York Dept. of Corrections, making the following demands (a sample letter follows that we would…
Unionization campaign at the National Post is steeped in irony, and not just because hell has frozen over
PHOTOS: A couple of strikers picket the Calgary Herald Building, proudly bearing its National Post sign, in 1999 or 2000. You’ll probably recognize one of them. The other is my…
Part I: Northern Guard Feel Press Misrepresented Them…. So Let’s Get To Know Them Better
I have to admit that keeping up with all the new ultra-nationalist groups that, while small in membership are springing up like weeds, has been challenging. In part this is…
Graffiti In Cote Saint Paul
Industrial section.