It’s Time Halifax Said Good Riddance to that Sonofabitch.
The City of Halifax has responded to First Nations protests by putting a shroud over the statue of Edward Cornwallis, the city’s founder. It seems the Mi’kmaq people still hold…
2017
It’s Time We Had the Conversation Our Governments Have Avoided Giving Us
If a major event was happening in your family wouldn’t it strike you as a bit strange if no one mentioned it. You would sit down for dinner and everyone…
Christy Clark Worried Mount Polley Spill Would Harm New Mine Construction, New Docs Show
By Jeremy J.Nuttall for The Tyee. In the hours after the 2014 Mount Polley mine disaster, authorities were already concerned laws had been broken and the premier’s office was worried…
On costly considerations
I’ve previously pointed out that there might be much less than met the eye to Brightenview’s much-trumpeted “ground-breaking” at the Global Transportation Hub. But while there’s now some dispute as…
When The Outrageous, The Unethical And The Criminal Become ‘Normal’
In the months since the Orange Ogre became the American President, I am sure that, like me, many have become inured to his daily debasement of the fundamental values that…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Economist observes that the effects of climate change fall disproportionately on poorer people, rather than the wealthier ones who have caused more…
Salvation?
Kathleen Parker is — like he colleague George F. Will — a conservative columnist who writes for The Washington Post. Neither are fans of Donald Trump. Parker claims that Trump…
The history of image politics.
It must be your age that determines when history began. Reading an op-ed in the paper last week, there was a public relations guy who thought that image politics only…
Another Season of Stampede Politicking in Calgary
Politicians of all stripes descended on Alberta’s largest city this week for the annual Calgary Stampede festivities. Though most of them have probably never ridden a horse or woke up…
Do wide tires make you faster – one rider’s experience
Now I’m just one numbers-obsessed rider. No expert. But I have been following with interest the whole inquiry into whether or not the road cycling religion of Skinny Tires and…
Devon Mannix Needs to Work on Geographical and Historical Knowledge
Devon Mannix, the 19 year old Alberta chapter head of the fringe Cultural Action Party and WCAI supprter, posts a lot on social media about protecting "old stock" Canadians and…
Musical interlude
Cosmic Gate feat. Emma Hewitt – Not Enough Time
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Mainstreet has released what looks to be the most useful poll of the campaign so far, showing Charlie Angus and Niki…
July 14: The World Tomorrow
Headline in the Irving papers – Killer gets life sentence with no chance of parole, for a teen’s murder. The killer is a twenty year old from a poor and…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Josh Bivens notes that international trade deals have been structured to maximize the cost of globalization for the workers excluded from the bargaining…
Feds Never Considered Cumulative Climate Impacts Of Pacific Northwest LNG, Court Docs Reveal
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) never considered the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions of the Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal, according to documents revealed in a federal court this week.…
Rallying Cry: Youth Must Stand Up to Defend Democracy
Henry Giroux, McMaster University via The Conversation Canada. According to famed anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, the central question of our times is whether we’re witnessing the worldwide rejection of liberal democracy…
On Hedges’ Veganism Claims
Chris Hedges’ recent article, “Eating Our Way to Disease,” largely just advertises the new doc What the Health: “Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn—whose documentary Cowspiracy, about the environmental impact of…
About That Extinction Business.
Like so much of climate science, recent reports that the Earth is already in the throes of a sixth mass extinction event have quickly shifted from science into public relations…
Unwarranted Gloom and Doom: The IMF on Canada and NAFTA
To read the media today, one would think that NAFTA is a keystone of Canadian prosperity and that renegotiation could lead to a national economic disaster. That view has already…