X: Recipe for Hate
…sounds like a Kellie Leitch campaign rally, doesn’t it? But, no, it’s Dundurn’s page about my new book, found here! Here’s the cover. If you are so inclined, you can…
2017
March 29: Democracy …a good idea….
…too bad we don’t have one. A big story on the front page of Canada&World in our local Brunswick News is that a little, old lady left her purse on…
Well This Is Awkward
House and Senate Republicans created a stir with their support for a law that would allow internet providers to sell sell subscribers’ internet data including their browsing history. That got…
Council continues to attack the hospital
If I had the choice between spending eight hours in a dentist’s chair having oral surgery without anaesthetic and spending two hours in a council meeting listening to the bureaucratic…
Fuck Libraries
The Saskatchewan government, in its 2017/18 budget, has slashed library budgets around the province. Its done all kinds of other things too like force civil servants to take a 3.5%…
That Could Touch a Nerve
There was a quiet and barely noticed event at last year’s Republican convention when Donald Trump was officially chosen as the party’s presidential candidate. It involved one plank of the…
In conversation with Bhaskar Sunkara
Illustration by Max Fleishman How can we gauge the implications for the American Left of the election of Donald Trump? What dangers does the Trump presidency pose and what opportunities,…
Vancouver’s poorest community centres will get unique deal
Park board backs Strathcona Community Centre demands for secure funding Megan Stewart / Vancouver Courier March 28, 2017 12:19 PM The community centre in Strathcona is saddled with unique, complex…
This Old Mine Is Now B.C.’s Largest Solar Farm
For over a century, the landscape north of Kimberley, B.C., was used for intensive industrial hard-rock mining — but now it’s home to the largest solar farm in all of…
Trudeau’s Oil Views Spur African Famine
Photo by Feed My Starving Children Today the lives of over 10 million people in the Horn of Africa are at risk due to a drought at least partly caused…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Scott Clark and Peter DeVries point out that with interest rates still at historically low levels, Canada would be far better off funding…
A Racist Killing In Progress, in Canada
A man with a group of people went looking to injure First Nations people, from their truck. "Barbara Kentner was the victim of a drive by assault on Jan 28th…
Kellie Leitch Among The Haters
Forget the alleged nazi-era gun. Her meeting with Ron Banerjee’s Rise Canada and other assorted nutjobs is probably the more important story. My readers will know Ron; he is let…
Alykhan Velshi et al.
I don’t know how many mainstream news outlets covered it, but I wanted to note that Alykhan Velshi – the Conservative genius who worked for both Stephen Harper and Jason…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Wednesday March 29, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. Many custody disputes in Ontario family law matters are…
Now Can We Call the Cons the Bigot Party?
Yesterday was the deadline for the Con leadership candidates to sign up new members. And as you can imagine, as the clock ran out on them, it was not a…
Bicycles are the New Trucks
Trucks are loud, big, and clog the roads. Bicycles are quiet, small, and only need a fraction of the space larger vehicles need. Moving freight around a city is tough…
Free Pussy Riot!
As musical historians will note, SFH was always way ahead of the curve on the whole anti-Putin thing. This morning, Son Four spotted this on South Park (when he probably…
Pot is coming. Pot is coming.
How come the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation gets the best media leaks? We have been informed by the People’s Network that we will be able to celebrate Canada Day 2018 with…
Sending Him To The Showers
The Liberals want to change the rules in the House of Commons. They want to limit Justin Trudeau’s required appearances in the House to once a week. That’s the way…