Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives – Let’s Get Ready To RUMBLE!!!
Okay Ontario Conservative party members and watchers, the moment you’ve been waiting for is almost here. Who will come out on top in this winner take all cage match and…
February 2018
As Budgets Go, Maybe "C" For Effort, "D" For Execution. And One "F"
Justin Trudeau knows how to tell Canadians what they want to hear. He’s long on promises but falls terribly short when it comes to delivering. The Financial Post has published…
Song of Batoche by Maia Caron tops Audreys Books Edmonton bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Feb. 25, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Now Trump Supports – Wait For It – Gun Control
It’s Wednesday and today Donald Trump wants a comprehensive gun control law for America. Or so he says, today, Wednesday. Tomorrow, who knows? President Trump contradicted himself and members of…
The Stock Market Jitters
The real problem is the absence of a sustainable growth model. My latest Globe ROB column.
Canada Pledges $170 Million to End Water Crisis in Indigenous Communities. But Is It Enough?
Cape Town, South Africa is running out of water. Compared to Gilford Island, a Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation reserve on B.C.’s temperate rainforest coast, that sounds like an upgrade — at…
Making Sense of the Trudeau Government Budget
Like most of us, I got the highlights of the federal government’s 2018 budget from news reports. It’s $50 million for this, $100 million of that, $5 billion for another…
Why Canada’s Promise to Explore Charitable Status For News Organizations is a Very, Very Good Thing
A brief paragraph on page 186 of Tuesday’s federal budget held some of the best news for Canadian journalism in decades. “Over the next year the government will be exploring…
The Walls Keep Tumblin’ Down
Trump’s communications director, Hope Hicks, is getting out of Dodge. No back story as yet although she announced her resignation one day after stonewalling congressional investigators trying to question her…
I Like Dick’s
There’ve been some changes in the web page of Dick’s Sporting Goods. A major American gun dealer, Dick’s has over 600 locations in 47 states. What’s missing from the new…
No Big Deal – Episode 3
This Arctic thawing business went largely overlooked for several years. In the middle of the pitch black Arctic winter, there would be a sharp spike in temperatures, often 30 degrees…
There’s an Interesting Idea, Let’s Stop Killing Off Our Bees. Well Done, Europe.
Recent years have seen lots of warnings about the die-off of bees around the world. What was killing these great pollinators? What was in store for us if we lost…
Nick Kouvalis, pyrrhic victories, and a mystery
So. Bear with me, here. This takes some explainin’. Back in late December, I wrote about prominent political strategist Nick Kouvalis being charged for a visit he and others made…
Justin Trudeau and the Women’s Budget
Of all the good things that Justin Trudeau has done since he liberated us from Stephen Harper's monstrous regime, the one thing I like the most is his support for…
It’s time to take our charities to the cleaners
The Oxfam sexual exploitation scandal signals the arrival of the moment for an honest public conversation about charities’ role in society, the white saviour mentality, gender relations, charity accountability, and…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday February 28, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Feb…
Ezra Schemes And Dreams
I would say that Ezra Levant should be careful about the company he keeps, but I doubt that there is more that can bring down his reputation other than simply…
Marx at the Movies
The Young Karl Marx Raoul Peck Diaphana Films, 2017 Raoul Peck’s The Young Karl Marx opened on Friday, February 23 at the Metrograph in N.Y. and the Laemmle Royal in…
Why the Parkland Shooting can Change the Gun Conversation in the USA
Out of the tragedy of the Parkland school shooting might come some good. You might be sceptical as Americans are used to schools being attacked by gunmen and we’ve heard…
UN Independent Expert: Sanctions Must be Terminated and Economic War Must End
Alfred De Zayas is an independent expert for the United Nations Interview with Professor Dr iur. et phil. Alfred M. de Zayas, UN Independent Expert on the Promotion of a…