The Ugly American
I’ll let the oleaginous Republican Senator Ted Cruz stand in for the rest of his ilk: NEW VIDEO: “Ted Cruz’s Top 10 Tips on Being a Hooker for the NRA”…
February 2018
The Patrick Clown Show, plus bonus caucus resignation phone call tape!
ABOVE: Brown says he didn’t resign – but here’s the tape proving that he did! Yesterday there was an Ontario PC leader debate. You are forgiven for not noticing. That’s…
The inconvenient truth about foreign aid
Like political campaign contributions, today’s self-interested foreign aid often supports badly-designed development projects, imposes foreign investor-friendly policies on recipient countries, facilitates access to intended beneficiaries’ resources, helps aid-giving countries to…
Marching Backwards
After viewing yesterday’s leadership debate, Martin Regg Cohn writes: Ontario’s once-proud PC party may emerge from this renewal process having regressed — with nary an idea for the future economic,…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Harriet Agerholm comments on the connection between income inequality and a growing life expectancy gap between the rich and the rest of us.…
IT’S NATIONAL CAREGIVER DAY – I’M SAYING THANK YOU!
Last year, the US Providers Association for Home Health & Hospice Agencies (PAHHHA) designated the third Friday in February as National Caregiver Day. This year, that’s today – February 16!…
Re: Prime Minister Trudeau’s Bad Balance Sheets are Bad News for Canada
Responding to John Reid, Prime Minister Trudeau’s Bad Balance Sheets are Bad News for Canada. As the representative of Canada’s innovation sector you have a responsibility to promote the good…
The Day The Ontario Cons Ate Themselves Alive
I watched the first debate of the Ontario PC leadership candidates live on Twitter yesterday afternoon at work, instead of watching the tape on TV several hours later when I…
Righting policy on the right.
Former Tory Leader Patrick Brown thought he had it made last November. He had the policy for the 2018 provincial election nailed down. He had what he thought was a…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: Black History Month Posts
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: Black History Month Posts: Here we are half way through February and half way through Black History Month. Here are my posts from the…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: Lucy Parsons Redux
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: Lucy Parsons Redux: I originally posted here about Lucy Parsons for Black History Month . Here are some updates from the web about Lucy.…
A modest proposal to defuse the looming constitutional and national unity crisis caused by Western Canadian pipeline plans
PHOTOS: Protesters opposed to expansion of the Kinder Morgan Pipeline in Vancouver last fall. (Photo: William Chen, Creative Commons.) Below: Police and protesters square off in Burnaby, near Vancouver, where…
B.C. Not Prepared for Climate Change Disasters, Not On Track to Cut Emissions: Auditor General
B.C. is woefully unprepared to deal with climate change catastrophes, despite recent floods, droughts and forest fires, and the province is not dealing effectively with the root cause of climate…
Has The Ontario PC Party Opened Up a Pandora’s Box With Brown?
Since the Patrick Brown scandal broke on CTV, there are a lot of unanswered questions about the allegations surrounding Brown’s accusers of sexual misconduct, to the role both the party…
BC’s failing grade in climate change
In a report issued today, Auditor General Carol Bellringer says the BC government is not adequately managing risks posed by climate change. She finds: Government has work underway to adapt…
Anti-Muslim Protest Planned For Parliament Hill on February 18; Numbers Attending In Question
For the past one and a half weeks, the Islamophobes ARC keeps an eye on have been promoting an anti-Muslim rally scheduled for February 18 in Ottawa on Parliament Hill…
#MeToo at Queen’s Park – again?
With all of the Patrick Brown self-immolation today, I missed this. I sincerely hope John is able to assist this woman in a way that protects her and respects her…
From Competitive Corporatism to Embedded Austerity: Neoliberalism and Structural Reform in Greece during the Eurozone Crisis
Here is a link to my latest article on the structural transformation of labour relations in Greece. Source: From Competitive Corporatism to Embedded Austerity: Neoliberalism and Structural Reform in Greece…
Layin’ Pipe
Wanda's having relationship troubles…because she's just not that into #pipelines:https://t.co/V8ppUMFnTd RT if you can identify with Wanda. #StopKM #NotPipelines#cdnpoli #bcpoli #WaterIsLife #NoMeansNo pic.twitter.com/1zCvBAA1Sf — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) February 15, 2018…
The Tar Sands Are a Big Loser. When Will Trudeau Wake Up to Reality?
Last week it was renowned Alberta ecologist, University of Alberta prof Dave Shindler, who along with Trudeau’s own Environment Canada and the Royal Society of Canada, demolished Alberta’s and Ottawa’s…