Not A Dirty Word
In his column the other day, Rick Salutin wrote a stout defence of taxes, making it very clear that for him and many others, the word and the concept are…
October 2017
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jonathan Ostry comments on the emerging recognition that inequality represents a barrier to economic development: I argue that greater attention should be…
Caesar’s wife must be beyond suspicion.
Recently we wrote that federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is in the role of Caesar’s wife. The simple point of that is what Julius Caesar said when he divorced his…
The Demise of Democracy
A recent post by Owen over at Northern Reflections brought my attention to this highlighting an “investigation” by a long time former MP. Both major parties have made a mockery…
Jason Kenney wins, completing double reverse hostile takeover of Alberta’s conservative parties
PHOTOS: Jason Kenney celebrates his victory last night in Calgary. (Photo: @JasonKenney Twitter account, where it was posted without attribution.) Below: Brian Jean, gone fishin’ … with his wife, photo…
Jason Kenney’s Alberta Victory: An Analysis
The knock against Jason Kenney is he is almost 50 and still unmarried. Is he hiding an “artistic streak”? PS. Just try to jam that pipeline down BC’s throat, tar-miner.…
Ya Think? IMF Fears Worsening Inequality a Threat to Capitalism.
You have to hand it to the really, really rich. No, I mean that. You have to hand it to them. As in when you hand your wallet to the…
A Demoralized America?
Trump seems to have brought the American people to a new low. Seven in 10 Americans say the nation’s political divisions are at least as big as during the Vietnam…
Massaad, Myatt, and Phalange Media Productions: Fascism With A Lebanese Twist
Last Saturday's "Trudeau Must Go" rally in Toronto organized by Ronny Cameron, while ostensibly an anti-Trudeau and anti-Liberal government protest, was in fact a nakedly anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim event which…
TV Stars are Caregivers Too – Meet Leeza Gibbons
November is National Caregivers Month and to kick off, I’ve interviewed TV personality and caregiver activist, Leeza Gibbons. Leeza Gibbons is an Emmy Award winner TV personality who has become…
Political Games Over Caribou Protection Harming Northern Ontario’s Reputation
“I can tell you that we’re frankly fed up with being portrayed as an area that has no regard for the sustainability of our environment that we live in and…
Leadership 2018 – #skndp17 Debate Liveblog
With the first candidates’ debate taking place at the Saskatchewan NDP’s provincial convention, I’ll take the opportunity to do a bit of liveblogging. Again, you can find my reference page…
IMF Worried that High Inequality Could Threaten Global Capitalism
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And people wonder how Trump for elected
Wonder no more, etc. (Even here in Canada.) Support for Bill 62: Quebec 76% BC 69% Saskatchewan 69% Manitoba 69% Ontario 66% Alberta 64% Atlantic 57% — Karl Bélanger (@KarlBelanger)…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dennis Howlett highlights how the Libs are only making our tax system even less fair by overreacting to trumped-up criticism of a plan…
Saturday Photo: Pumpkins…and Pumpkin Pi
Just returned from scouting pumpkins. Thomas and Louis (5 and 17 months) are coming over today and we’re going to make a pumpkin, or maybe two. We currently have two…
Time To Put Away Childish Things
For a nation that calls itself the greatest country on earth, the United States has a lot of growing up to do. That is the trenchant opinion offered by Heather…
The Age Of Conspiracy
The release of the Kennedy assassination papers revealed no smoking gun. But that will not silence the conspiracy theorists. That’s because, Jonathan Freedland writes, we live in a Conspiracy-Post Truth…
The Day Stephen Harper Betrayed His Own Country
We always knew Stephen Harper was a miserable coward, who at the first sign of danger ran for the nearest closet. We always knew that he hated Canada, and its…
Curating the consensus of the crowd.
It is most unlikely that Maude Barlow and the membership of the Council of Canadians see Canada’s future as being a pastoral society. It just appears by the collective’s recent…