Contracting out scientific work to non-government professionals, while cutting back on ministry scientists and experts, is threatening the B.C. government’s ability to make decisions based on sound science, says a…
It was bad enough when the Saskatchewan Party declared its intention to put as many barriers as possible in the way of access to social services, particularly by making excuses…
I still stand by most of it. Link here. Snippets: It is far easier to get into a war than to get out of one. As the civilized world reflects…
By Barry Robinson, Ecojustice. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is Alberta’s one-stop regulatory body for the oil and gas industry. When it was created in 2013 by the merging of…
I’m bewildered as to why Trump gave the Syrians advance warning that he was going to bomb Syria. But I’m delighted Trudeau has said exactly the right thing, in precisely…
Trump has been condemned by Russia, Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, and a number of American neo-Nazi groups. That's about as good as it gets. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 7, 2017
There are those who claim that Donald Trump is a new kind of Republican. Paul Krugman isn’t so sure. When it comes to governing, Trump keeps repeating Republican boilerplate —…
I’ve just written a blog post in which I review the recent federal budget. Points raised in the blog post include the following: -The federal government is projecting deficits in…
The first thing Canadians should do is stop sweating over renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It has never been a really fair deal and it became overly…
So. This Pentagon statement. Read it. I take back the credit I gave Trump below. Why? Because he gave the Syrians and Russians a head’s up. Seriously. He hit a…
…but to support this action (as I do). And Russians who may have been on the ground there, in harm’s way? Volenti non fit injuria, as we lawyers say. 50…
L to R: some guy off the street, Tom Axworthy, Dorothy Davey, Marty Goldfarb, Dennis Mills.
Most of us have flown at some point and most of us who have flown have had some experience of air turbulence. Some have experienced severe air turbulence events of…
Israel and its Palestinian captives are approaching the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the Palestinian territory. Israel, as the maps above illustrate, has been a cancer on the Palestinian…
The populist rabble regularly spout terms such as “bankster” or “deep state” to attack dark forces they blame for all society’s ills. Rarely do they exhibit much understanding of what…
There’s coherent policy for you. On Monday the President of the United States of America was dismissive of his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad. Trump dismissed Assad saying the murderous tyrant…
The Los Angeles Times continues its marathon editorial evisceration of the Cheeto Benito, Donald J. Trump. Today the paper’s editorial board dishes up the “Conspiracy Theorist in Chief.” Most people…
US security chief defends police-state measures against immigrants, visitors and citizens
British Columbians have had enough of Christy Clark, say Rafe Mair (Province of BC/Flickr) The Christy Clark government and Clark herself must go! I am not a socialist but neither…
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