We’ll Be In
There has been a lot of discussion about whether the Trans Pacific Partnership is a good deal for Canada. The discussion, Tom Walkom writes, is inconsequential. Business wants the TPP.…
2017
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Tom Parkin writes that the Trudeau Libs and Bill Morneau have taken the side of wealthy shareholders over workers who want only…
Reader’s rant
From a regular reader who has grown frustrated with the amount of self-serving BS that spills regularly into our world: There are too many people who do not produce or…
Bill 30, Alberta NDP’s workplace safety and Workers Compensation legislation, steps bravely into 21st Century
PHOTOS: Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray, in a shot taken by the author at last summer’s Premier’s Pancake Breakfast on the Legislature grounds. In the background, media camera crews mob…
Three new right-wing candidates challenge Jason Kenney in Calgary-Lougheed by-election.
Photo: Calgary-Lougheed by-election candidates Jason Kenney (UCP), David Khan (Liberal), Lauren Thorsteinson (Reform), Phillip van der Merwe (NDP), Romy Tittel (Green) and Wayne Leslie (Independent/AAPPA). Not pictured: Larry Heather (Independent)…
The Ordeal of Hassan Diab
Photo by Ottawa Citizen, via YouTube In December 2014, the former Carleton University sociology professor, husband to Rania, father of a lovely toddler daughter and one month before the birth…
Where is Zionism Taking Us?
Photo by gnuckx Part I – The Inevitable Apartheid Nation We know where Zionism has taken Israel. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 led the way. In that imperial and colonial…
Canadian Media Just Created Another Alt-Right Superstar
Photo from Public Domain Canada’s punditry just created the world’s newest alt-right folk hero. And it only took them 10 days. That has to be a record for them, really…
The Wit, Wisdom, and Humour of Will Rodgers.
Whether it’s Charles Dickens or George Orwell, there are some who impart wisdom that is truly timeless. Another is American humourist, Will Rogers. Enjoy. See they conducted experiments on convicts…
Q&A: Why the Fate of Canada’s Peel Watershed Rests in the Supreme Court’s Hands
The fate of the Yukon’s Peel Watershed — one of the most pristine wilderness areas in Canada and home to four First Nations — will be decided by the Supreme…
Vancouver Will Now Segregate the Children of the Rich from the Poor
Vancouver is increasingly moving towards a financial caste system. It’s not like it hasn’t been going on for generations, but now it’s becoming entrenched in civic development policy. Instead of…
Wanna Catch Tax Cheats? You Can Do Better. Let Me Help.
A story in the CBC has the Canadian Revenue Agency in hot pursuit of tax cheats focusing on Canada’s richest neighbourhoods.“Comparing someone’s lifestyle — cars, boats, houses — to their…
Let’s Talk Nukes
Donald Trump wonders why have nukes if you can’t use them. Vlad is furiously deploying new warheads and delivery systems including new nuclear subs and ultra-long range cruise missiles. Team…
A note on the 2018 Ontario provincial campaign
Dear Parkdale-High Park Members, Volunteers, Donors & Supporters: It has been my great pleasure to work with and get to know you over the past few years. Over the past…
Will the Fossil Fuelers Be Next?
Big Tobacco is coming clean in newspapers and on TV screens across the US. It’s not voluntary. A court is holding a gun to their heads. The parallels between Big…
What’s the "Word of the Year" for 2017.
I suppose it makes sense. According to Dictionary.com, the most commonly looked-up word this year is “complicit.“ Look-ups of the word increased nearly 300 percent over last year as “complicit”…
Nov. 27:
By chance, I came across the White Helmets (Syria) film on Netflix. It’s called White Helmets. And any reporter who watched it should have known this was pure, staged propaganda.…
Is Tesla a Death Sentence for Conventional Power Utilities?
Elon Musk wagered he could build s 129 megawatt battery in Queensland within 100 days or it was free. Tesla built and installed the battery with plenty of time to…
Re-Thinking Disaster Bailouts
One of the now outdated vestiges of our former geological epoch, the Holocene, is disaster relief where governments federal and state or federal and provincial disburse large sums of cash…