What comes ‘AFTA’ NAFTA?
Back in the first round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations, it was Prime Minister Brian Mulroney who caved in to the American negotiators. In this upcoming go-around,…
2017
Sounds of PINs dropping audible all over Alberta as Wildrose unity vote descends into farce
PHOTOS: Wildrose Finance Critic Derek Fildebrandt and Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney in a chummy moment (grabbed from Facebook). Below: Wildrose Party President Jeff Callaway and Wildrose Leader Brian Jean…
Wildrose-PC merger a big deal, but not a silver bullet for 2019
Albertans will find out on July 22 whether members of the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties have voted to amend their party constitutions in order to abandon their existing parties…
Musical interlude
Big Wreck – Under the Lighthouse
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – John Paul Tasker reports on the federal government’s plans to close some loopholes which allow the use of small corporations in order to…
Open And Transparent, Eh, Justin?
While no one would argue that the government should conduct an open-house on their impending NAFTA renegotiation, the cone of silence that has characterized Mr. Trudeau’s approach to the talks…
New Aerial Photos Show Site C Construction Impact As Utilities Commission Review Looms
Although former B.C. premier Christy Clark vowed to push the $9-billion Site C dam past the “point of no return” before the May 2017 provincial election, the fate of the…
Rafe to NDP: Now you’re the government…here’s what to expect that you’re not expecting
NDP Premier John Horgan and his cabinet being sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon (Photo: Province of BC / Flickr) In politics, speculation is half the fun – the…
De Minimis Trump
If you haven't heard, President Trump is working on renegotiating NAFTA in order to get a better deal. Ever since he first made reference to Canada being an unfair player,…
De Minimis Trump
If you haven’t heard, President Trump is working on renegotiating NAFTA in order to get a better deal. Ever since he first made reference to Canada being an unfair player,…
The Creep Of Corporatism
Responding to my post on the secret study conducted by the Trudeau government on privatizing our major airports to raise much-needed cash, BM offered the following, which I am featuring…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Friday July 21, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Where a person dies without a will, an…
Still Neanderthals
The Conservative Party of Canada is still the same venomous bunch they were under Stephen Harper. Michael Harris writes: The truth is the CPC still thinks that the Highway of…
SFH strike a pose
The cover of the next LP, SFH Kinda Suck. Remind you of anything? L – R: Bjorn von Flapjack III, Winkie, Snipe. In witless protection program: Steve Deceive.
Gambling with losers.
You find by being observant that the people in a hurry to get to the cashier at a casino are usually the ones wanting to get more money to gamble.…
Why Are The Cons Trying To Destroy Canadian Jobs?
The other day I accused Stephen Harper of acting in a treasonous manner, by trashing his country in Trump's America for crass political purposes.But now his filthy Harper Party has…
A wacky idea for getting more value from university administrators: pay them less and never mind competitiveness
PHOTOS: Alberta Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt serving pancakes at yesterday morning’s Premier’s K-Days Breakfast on the south lawn of the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. Below: Just to stick with…
A New Class Politics (repost)
Class is back on the agenda of the European left. That is good news. The reasons, however, are unfortunate. It is primarily the growing working-class support for right-wing parties and…
Ami McKay’s The Witches of New York leads Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended July 9, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Pacific NorthWest LNG Hits Road Block as Gas Pipeline Sent Back to National Energy Board by Federal Court
The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that the National Energy Board (NEB) made a legal mistake by not considering whether TransCanada’s Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline is under federal…