Justin’s dad had no rule book.
Frankly, I am getting tired of this schmaltzy feminist dialogue from the prime minister. Enough is enough. He needs a new playbook. This business reminds me of the time his…
February 2018
Groundhog Day 2018: Liberty Conservative ‘Didsbury Derek’ dispatched into deepest darkness
PHOTOS: Derek Fildebrandt as he hoped to be perceived when he went hunting in rural Alberta (photo grabbed from his Facebook account). It didn’t work out as planned. Below: Mr.…
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (repost)
My dad emigrated from Colombia to North America when he was 18 looking looking for a better life. For my brother and I that meant a lot of standing outside…
The Terrifying Rise of Alt-Right Fight Clubs (repost)
Anastasia Yankova, a Russian model-turned-mixed martial artist who has appeared in a Nike commercial, was a month away from her professional debut when she took to Instagram to post a…
Check this out, #ONpoli
Wow. And, postscript: Jenni Byrne is a bit of hero, no?
Musical interlude
Phantogram – You Don’t Get Me High Anymore
‘This Might Get Nasty’: Why The Kinder Morgan Stand-Off Between Alberta and B.C. is a Zero-Sum Game
The stand-off between Alberta and British Columbia over the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline seems to grow in intensity by the minute. On Tuesday the B.C. NDP announced a proposal…
The Real Threat to Boreal Caribou: Our Elected Leaders
Anyone who saw pictures of caribou being flown on government helicopters from one remote Lake Superior island to another could have been left scratching their heads, wondering just what was…
Trudeau’s Magical Thinking Falls Flat in Nanaimo
Straight from the horse’s mouth today in Nanaimo: “We wanted a national carbon reduction plan, a national emissions plan that is going to allow us to reach our climate goals,…
Site C Dam Decision Causes Friction Within NDP Ranks Ahead of Provincial Council Meeting
When B.C. cabinet members arrive at the NDP’s provincial council meeting tomorrow in New Westminster, they will face a group of “very concerned” delegates and party members who are urging…
Canada’s Offshore Petroleum Boards Under Fire for Conflict of Interest
Rumoured changes to the way the federal government makes decisions about offshore oil and gas projects have fishermen and environmentalists crying foul on Canada’s East Coast. The changes would give…
Fish Farm Lowballed Number of Escaped Atlantic Salmon, Misled Regulator: Report
It’s been a nightmarish year for Washington State’s only active Atlantic salmon farming company — Canada’s Cooke Aquaculture Inc. On Tuesday, a Cooke subsidiary was found responsible for an August…
Seeking Some Substance – Part 2
In Part 1, I tried to establish that there is a gross discrepancy between the rhetoric and the reality of Justin Trudeau’s promise to makie sure corporations pay their fair…
Eating up the Hill: Mushroom Arancini with Tomato Sauce
It’s a new year, and the Parliamentary cafeteria system is celebrating with some new additions to its menu. And after two-and-a-half-years of the same menu of specials on a six-week…
Handicapping the Ontario PC candidates
Following the shocking allegations about Messrs. Brown and Dykstra, it was reasonable to conclude that the Ontario Progressive Conservatives were basically toast. The election was less than 100 days away:…
What They Don’t Want But Need
The standoff between Alberta and British Columbia has put Justin Trudeau in a bind. But he put himself in that bind before the governments of the two provinces decided to…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Joseph Stiglitz discusses the apparent destructive belief among Davos’ elites that irrational exuberance and top-heavy economic gains are remotely sustainable: The world is…
Leadership 2018 Links
The latest from the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign as the Saskatchewan Party’s election of Scott Moe brings the province’s political playing field into greater focus (while also offering a reminder…