Sept. 8: News Is (should be) Fact
I know. I said I wouldn’t do another blog for a couple of weeks. And I am still going away on Monday. But I could not ignore the contempt that…
2017
Where does Trudeau stand on racial equality?
Photo by 2017 Canada Summer Games Shortly after becoming Canada’s 23rd prime minister, the Right Honorable Justin Trudeau gave his first speech abroad at the United Nations General Assembly, presenting…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Naomi Klein examines how climate change has contributed to a summer of extreme weather disasters, while David Suzuki highlights how we can work…
Bill Morneau’s Tax Reforms
I have been following with interest the current discussion, sometimes waxing into hysteria, over Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s plan to close small-business loopholes that allow such ‘mom and pop’ operators…
An Unimaginable Choice: Trading Parental Rights for Care
A CBC freedom of information request to the Nova Scotia government has revealed a terrible reality for children with mental illness and their families. Children too ill for the province’s…
Zen brush rain cloud.
That was a heckuva storm. Filed under: art
Leaders emerge when they prevail in situations that everyone knows can go very badly
Will this guy win? Who knows. The Tories snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and picked Scheer over Bernier. Maybe the NDP won’t pick this guy, because (as some…
Saturday Photo: Le Jardin botanique, Montreal’s Jewel
A good friend is visiting from out of town and we did something we hadn’t done in a long time: visit Montreal’s Jardin botanique. What a delight! Our friend had…
Out of the Wreckage Teaser
Monbiot’s new book looks to be most similar to his Manifesto, which came out just over a decade ago. I love when he gets all revolutionary and inspirational. Here’s an…
An Insurrection Like No Other
Political insurrections are common occurrences. Lawrence Martin writes that, in Canada, we’ve had plenty: John Diefenbaker’s Tory leadership occasioned a venomous party revolt, as did Joe Clark’s. Brian Mulroney’s Tories…
Donald Trump and the Deadly Threat of Hurricane Mueller
As you can imagine, Donald Trump has so many things to worry about these days. What with Hurricane Irma threatening to engulf the state of FloridaAnd the Hispanic Hurricane Jose…
Rush Limbaugh Changes His Mind About Hurricane Irma
The other day I told you how the grotesque RepubliCon blowhard Rush Limbaugh was refusing to take Hurricane Irma seriously.And how he was claiming it was just fake news. Well…
The Globe and Mail’s Ibbitson flunks math?
Reading a recent column by the Globe’s John Ibbitson, I was a little confused by his logic but I was even more concerned about his mathematics. He was forecasting a…
Musical interlude
Phantogram – When I’m Small
A promise made…
In the May 2017 election, only two of the main parties committed to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. BC Liberals were uncomfortable with clauses related…
Attacked from Within, Attacked from Without.
After four decades the impacts of neoliberal governance are pretty clear. The message is that neoliberalism fetters or weakens liberal democracy. It surrenders vital aspects of state sovereignty essential to…
Sept 8: A big week for news – and lies.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexico-earthquake-tsunami-city-central-america-1.4280296 Coincidence? Meanwhile, yesterday’s irving press had an excellent column by Alec Bruce on the reality of climate change. Alas! It also had its usual ‘commentary’ by a politician. (If…
Amazon’s New HQ
Originally published on CanTech Letter. Amazon.com is inviting proposals for a second North American headquarters from states, provinces and metro areas. The presumption by many (example here) is that this…