“It’s easy to scare people into voting for you.”
Who do you think Prime Minister Trudeau was talking about, there? Trump’s too much of an idiot to pick up on any kind of subtlety. But well done, just the…
2017
Immigration Rage
Around the world, immigrants are becoming the enemies of those who see themselves as “we, the people.” South of us, that rage wears a large orange face. But the disease…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday March 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills,…
Rick Mercer on Kellie Leitch’s Bizarre Campaign
For months the ghastly Con leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has been demanding that refugees and immigrants be given her "Canadian Values" test.While never telling us what kind of questions she…
Immigration Rage
Around the world, immigrants are becoming the enemies of those who see themselves as “we, the people.” South of us, that rage wears a large orange face. But the disease…
Green Light gets a big ticket
Dear “#LPC #Green Light” folks: The more you mess with democracy, the more you’ll get this. Yours, #LPC Grassroots https://t.co/XIaYu6uei0 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 9, 2017
Building a City From Mushrooms
Climate change is destroying many parts of the world, which increases pressure on cities and farms to make more use of less space. Building flood walls will only buy so…
I hate greedy lawyers
Crass, misleading advertising. Lousy advice and representation. Disgusting, usurious fees. These are some of the things that have helped to destroy the reputation of trial lawyers – even among those…
Rick Mercer on Kellie Leitch’s Bizarre Campaign
For months the ghastly Con leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has been demanding that refugees and immigrants be given her "Canadian Values" test.While never telling us what kind of questions she…
Where our New Democrats are headed?
Now that Canada’s New Democratic Party has some thinking and articulate players running for the national leadership, we better pay some attention. The hope is that Canadians will find out…
Now the public’s tuned in, it’ll be hard to put a lid back on discussion of rich subsidies to ritzy private schools
PHOTOS: An illustration grabbed from the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School’s website. The elite private school charges annual tuition of $21,000 per year per student … and received more than $20 million in…
Minefields of Indigenous health care featured at top of Audreys Books Edmonton non-fiction bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended March 3, 2017, compiled on March 5, 2017, by Audreys Books…
Alberta taxpayers are subsidizing Calgary’s elite and exclusive private schools
Alberta taxpayers should not be on the hook to fund posh private schools for Calgary’s elites. According to data released by Progress Alberta, 15 private schools which charge more than…
Amy Stewart’s ‘Girl Waits With Gun’ tops Edmonton’s bestselling book list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended March 5, 2017, compiled on March 7, 2017, by Audreys Books…
Fossil Fuel Industry Has Lobbied B.C. Government 22,000 Times Since 2010
The fossil fuel industry lobbied the B.C. government more than 22,000 times between April 2010 and October 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy…
Fossil Fuel Industry Has Lobbied B.C. Government 22,000 Times Since 2010
The fossil fuel industry lobbied the B.C. government more than 22,000 times between April 2010 and October 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy…
An open letter to Ontario Liberal mutineers
Dear Mutineers: My experience is that this sort of thing doesn’t ever work. If leaders are going to take a walk in the snow, you gotta let ’em do it…
Women on strike in the US and Poland
For International Women’s Day, two interviews on women’s protests and strikes, in the USA and in Poland. My first guest is Barbara Smith. Barbara is an icon of the US…
International Women’s Day: yes, we still need to protest this shit
On International Women’s Day 2017, we still need to “protest this shit” because, for example, Donald Trump got elected president of the US and he “endorses positions of feminine passivity…