Did April Fool come early this year?
We read in the Toronto Star the other day about some ‘go-bold’ re-election strategy being used by Premier Kathleen Wynne. We practically wet our pants laughing until we realized the…
2017
April Fools jokes? In 2017? Just forget it! The zeitgeist forbids!
PHOTOS: Calgary lawyer David Khan, the only candidate willing to lead the sad-sack Alberta Liberals. Below: Donald Trump in a rare presidential moment; Jason Kenney, the man with a mandate…
The Middle Class Illusion
Are you middle class? Do you know where the middle class falls within society? Is it someone who earns up to $120,000 or someone averaging around $50,000 annually? Surprisingly, many…
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Emma Hewitt – Still Remember You (Stay Forever)
Modernize the National Energy Board? Here’s How
Want to modernize Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB)? Bring the regulatory agency — first founded way back in 1959 when the realities of climate change weren’t readily known — into…
March 31: Okay. I’m discouraged.
There’s a story in the Montreal Gazette that never made the Brunswick News. And never will. Bombardier is an aircraft maker in Montreal – you know – free enterprise, ambition,…
Wresting authority from the regulators: The proper role of the National Energy Board in environmental assessments
Friday, March 31, 2017 It is not every day that we have an opportunity to effect transformative legal change. It is natural, then, that when last summer a number of…
Truth to Power
With Donald Trump blowing up Obama’s climate change agenda and our own leader, Trudeau, saying all the right things and then doing all the wrong things, it’s about time for…
Kinsella family text exchanges: a continuing series
Typical exchange with @emmakinsella95. No comment from @lisakinsella. How we roll.
Writing, "okayness," and the limits of learning by listening
Okayness is a sedative. Okayness makes your lids drowsy, your thoughts slow down, your focus turn intwards. Okayness is an outrage. It shouldn’t be — it should be normal, universal,…
The Northern Trumpists
Michael Harris writes that, as the Conservative leadership race comes down to the finish, you have to wonder what the party learned under Stephen Harper’s tutelage: Some days it’s hard…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rutger Bregman writes that the most extreme wealth in our economy is based on rents rather than productivity: In reality, it is the…
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Dear #ONPOLI: Seven seats? Seven?
It’s Forum. It’s early. It’s voodoo seat projection. But: The poll found not only would the Liberals suffer a crushing defeat in the election, they would also lose official party…
A churlish chap called Cole.
You get the strongest sense from Toronto Star writer Desmond Cole that if you are white, you are wrong. And the Toronto Star editors allow this form of discrimination? It…
It’s hard to imagine the Alberta Liberal Party surviving the existential crisis of its past few days
PHOTOS: Is this the new face of the Alberta Liberal Party? Would-be candidate Jacob Huffman, photo grabbed from his Facebook account. Below: Candidates David Khan and Kerry Cundal, plus non-candidate…
Does anyone want to lead Alberta’s Liberal Party?
The deadline is fast approaching. On March 31 at 5:00 p.m. we will know for sure who, if anyone, wants to lead Alberta’s Liberal Party. The race to choose a…
Meet Silicon Valley’s Secretive Alt-Right Followers (repost)
Readers of The Right Stuff long knew that founder “Mike Enoch” had two main interests: technology and white supremacy. Posts on the neo-Nazi site have included discussion of “a new…
Understanding Alt-Right Antisemitism (repost)
UNDERSTANDING ALT-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM: what the new white supremacy means for American Jews, and why it matters (Note- This article references many alt-right/white supremacist websites. All hyperlinks to these web pages…