Is Trudeau losing B.C.?
I don’t think so, and I said so to Mr. Nuttall at The Tyee: Political consultant and former North Vancouver Liberal candidate Warren Kinsella rejects that idea. Kinsella told The…
October 2017
There’s more to life than apples.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s main man Finance Minister Bill Morneau is still playing the role of Johnny Appleseed. He seems to have the sole role of a single program like…
It will get worse for BC Hydro ratepayers
If you are paying attention to the affairs of BC Hydro, you know the utility is in financial trouble. However, it is electricity consumers that are feeling the pain. Unfortunately,…
Guest Post: Tales from the annals of inevitable right-wing political victories in Western Canada
PHOTOS: Parliament Hill in Ottawa, whence he came to save his province from socialism … Below: Guest post author John Ashton, Jason Kenney (Photo: Creative Commons, Michał Józefaciuk, Senat Rzeczypospolitej…
CUPE Blasts Help For Autistic Kids And Puts Its Members First
(CUPE Says Money Should Go To Its Members Rather Than Autistic Kids) CUPE who is the union representing educational assistants (EA) in the province of Ontario released a press release…
Will China Topple the Petro-Dollar?
The United States has reaped enormous benefits from the global consensus that treats the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. No country, it seems, is as aware of this…
Some Antifascist Events in Montreal October 26-Nov 12
Lancement du livre: Antifa – The Anti-Fascist Handbook, de Mark Bray / Book Launch: Antifa – The Antifascist Handbook, by Mark Bray vendredi 27 octobre, 19 h 30 / Friday…
I Missed This Last April. It Seems Justin Did Too.
This comes directly from the business page of Canada’s most oil-friendly newspaper, The Calgary Herald. It’s from April 24, 2017 to be exact. China’s ambassador to Canada tried to allay…
What Worries Billionaires? You and Me, Us.
Not since the time of the Carnegies, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts at the turn of the 20th century was so much owned by so few I’m pretty sure I’ve never spent…
Enrollment Marketing Automation Case Study
Here’s the enrollment marketing automation case study I wrote for CASE. Here it online (paywall). Let me know what you think. Filed under: Digital Marketing
Even as Bitumen Pimps, We’re a Fiscal Failure
Are Canadian governments giving away the country’s fossil energy resources? It seems our energy producers, always ready with political cash to throw around (remember Christy Clark?), are getting something of…
Let’s Take the Digital License Quiz
This article in a London School of Economic blog touts the benefits of the digital driver’s licence created by the Alannah & Madeline Foundation in Australia, and notes that some…
Be Lazy About Happiness
Dan Buettner has travelled the planet looking for ways to make people happy and has found that the best thing one can do is be relaxed about the whole thing.…
A House Divided
In 1858 Abraham Lincoln was fighting for his state’s Republican nomination for the US Senate. Some believe that Lincoln foretold the calamity that awaited America, its most bloody war ever,…
Get ‘Em While They’re Still Not Entirely Obsolete.
If this thing works, they won’t have to fire a round to deal a severe blow to Western military forces. Russia says it will begin testing a new photonic radar…
Toasted, Roasted and Grilled. – Lagarde
IMF chief Christine Legard has added her voice to the call for urgent action on climate change – and growing inequality. “As I’ve said before, if we don’t do anything…
Is Mr. Selfie in trouble? Is the dud a stud? Is Jagmeet dead meat?
Let us peer into the oracle that is Abacus (who, full disclosure, Daisy uses all the time, and proudly so). It contains all sorts of interesting factoids and fun. A…
Corporate Greed and Political Collusion
If you haven’t already done so, be sure to check out Owen’s post on the Sears Canada bankruptcy. In it, he cite’s Linda McQuaig’s article in today’s Star that deals…
Cats and beasts #14
Filed under: art
School Library Journal: Recipe For Hate is “a compelling and jagged read”!
From the just-out review of the School Library Journal of Recipe For Hate: With a title ripped from a Bad Religion song, this book does not try to hide its…