The Wage Structure, Rents and Urban Inequality in Canada
Richard Florida’s new book, The New Urban Crisis (Basic Books, 2017) takes a careful look at rising inequality in big cities in the United States. He details the fact that…
2017
Is the Mayor of Peterborough in a big conflict with that casino?
I have heard very, very troubling things. This, for example, is extraordinary and pretty damning. The good folks at the Peterborough Examiner asked him, straight out: Councillors didn’t debate the…
Inspiration Is Hard To Come By
There are those who believe that the world is going to hell in an authoritarian hand basket. David Leonhardt suggests that they — and we — should look at voter…
Now is the time for all good #ONpoli folks to come to the aid of the party
…if they’re Ontario Liberals, that is: The Liberals are the choice of just 23% of decided and leaning voters — down from 34% — and would secure just nine seats…
Forget NIMBYs, it’s All About YIMBYs
Anybody engaged with civic action knows the prevalence of NIMBYism, those people who say ‘Not in my Backyard’ and try to stop any progress good or bad. This attitude of…
The attention span of four-year-olds?
You sometimes wonder about the Ontario Liberal government. The kids in the cabinet are too easily distracted. Just the other day, we were reading about transportation minister Stephen Del Duca…
The Con Bigot Party and the Shame of Kellie Leitch
You might think that Kellie Leitch had embarrassed herself enough. Done what was left of her reputation enough damage.During the last election, her cultural barbarism show bombed so bad, the…
Opposition focuses its fury on Tzeporah Berman, ignores oilsands advisory group’s consensus recommendations … why?
PHOTOS: Environmentalist Tzeporah Berman. Below: Former Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers president Dave Collyer, who worked successfully with Ms. Berman to produce the recommendations of the Alberta Government’s Oil Sands…
Fiscal situation of Canada’s ‘oil rich’ provinces
I’ve just written a blog post about the fiscal situation of Canada’s ‘oil rich’ provinces (i.e., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador). It consists of a summary of key points…
On shows of confidence
As British Columbia’s MLAs decide how to respond to the Clark Libs’ latest attempt to avoid the results of an election which plainly showed that voters wanted change, let’s offer…
Trans* Human Rights Bill C-16: A Look Back
Although I’ll be remarking on the passing of Bill C-16 elsewhere, I wanted to post Bill Siksay’s closing speech from February 7, 2011, back when the bill was in its…
Is Christy Clark Ramping Up for Another B.C. Election?
By Matt Price for iPolitics. Don’t think for a second that it’s Christy Clark’s nature to go quietly into the night. In response, the B.C. NDP and Greens may have…
U.S. Supreme Court rules offensive band names are okay
Here. Thank Christ, maaaan.
True Patriot Love: Why the Kinder Morgan pipeline will never be built
Photo: Damian Manda / Flickr CC License The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will never see the light of day. -Grand Chief Philip Stewart, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs If…
This week’s column: what Trump could’ve done, and didn’t
Undersell and overperform. Those of us who had the honour and privilege of working for Jean Chrétien knew that aphorism well. It was his mantra, and therefore ours, too. It…
Time to Revitalize the Anti-War Movement
“War 2” by Carlos Latuff. Justin Trudeau certainly did not run on a military-strength platform. Nowhere on the campaign trail did Liberals talk about increasing military spending or using “hard…
In Memoriam – Britain Enters the Brexit Zone
Theresa May plotted to enter Brexit negotiations with the E.U. full of hellfire and fury. Then she buggered up an opportunistic general election, losing the Tories their majority. As if…
Where Trump Goes Lawyer Shopping. Where Else? FOX News, That’s Where.
The bizarre story of how Donald Trump found his personal lawyer, Jay Sekulow from Salon.com. Last week The Washington Post dropped one of the biggest bombshells of the Russia scandal…
Maybe I’ll Stick With Dreary and Cold
My daughter called me for Father’s Day. Kind of a lousy day – grey, windy, damp, maybe 15 degrees Celsius. That was here on Vancouver Island, not in Dublin where…
Bye, Bye, See Ya.
When is a daily newspaper not a daily? When it chooses to become something else, I suppose. Paul Godfrey’s National Post is giving up on Mondays. There’ll be no print…