Posted this a year before the Ontario vote. It’s still true.
Let’s recap. The Ontario PCs raised $16 million last year, and the Ontario Liberals – the, you know, government – raised $6 million. Ten million less. The government. The most…
March 2018
Whose Democracy Is It, Anyway?
While the Mound has been giving comprehensive coverage of the Cambridge Analytica assault on democracy, I am taking this opportunity to supplement his work with the following. I hope it…
Ageism and Justin Trudeau.
There was an opinion piece in the paper the other day by a favourite commentator. She was writing about the Liberal government not trusting anyone older than the prime minister.…
Media release: Alberta needs a provincial sales tax
(March 20, 2018-Edmonton) Today, a coalition of researchers, economists, and members of civil society released an alternative budget to boost Alberta’s economic growth while reducing income inequality. “Alberta is on…
On Masculinity
Pankaj Mishra, author of Age of Anger: A History of the Present, wrote an interesting article in The Guardian last Saturday on the rise of a new idea of masculinity…
Support in Alberta is overwhelming for ending public support of elite private schools, new poll shows
PHOTOS: Private schoolboys. In Alberta, our taxpayers subsidize ’em! (Photo: Bundesarchiv.de.) Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney, and Progress Alberta Executive Director Duncan Kinney. Now…
Public schools should be the priority, says trustee Michael Janz
With Finance Minister Joe Ceci scheduled to table Alberta’s budget in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, March 22, there was plenty of activity today by advocates wanting to see big…
"Russian Roulette" – Second Excerpt
In my initial post on Isikoff and Corn’s new book, “Russian Roulette,” I described it as a recapitulation of facts we already knew but placed in a much clearer light…
Conflict of Interest? Troubling Questions Raised About New BC Hydro Board Appointees
BC Hydro is the utility that keeps the lights on in B.C. and generally it does a fine job of restoring wind-toppled power lines and firing up our smart phones…
Private power – BC’s unmitigated financial disaster
The Horgan Government indicated it will conduct a review of private power purchases but lifting contract secrecy is the one thing that could be done immediately. It is inconceivable that…
Support Herman Bell!
Last week the New York State Board of Parole granted Herman Bell release. Since the Board’s decision, there has been significant backlash from the Police Benevolent Association, other unions, Mayor…
That’s not a Throne Speech, that’s a suicide note!
…so someone said to me at lunchtime. Sometimes, you just have to laugh. Anyway. These are the Ontario Throne Speech “priorities.” If anyone can see a big re-election victory somewhere…
Protect the Inlet is really about preventing future generations from enduring climate hell
Photo by Mark Klotz This week, Alberta premier Rachel Notley threatened to cut oil shipments to B.C. if the province interferes with Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. And today,…
No evidence Vladimir Putin was behind U.K. assassination
Photo by the Kremlin The careful use of the words “likely” and “plausible” by world leaders reflects the fact that, to date, there is no hard evidence on who was…
Has The Con Media Handed Scheer’s Cons A Majority?
Pity poor Andrew Scheer. The Con media has stopped attacking Justin Trudeau for a moment, so they can go after the NDP's Jagmeet Singh.Which is bad for the Cons, because…
Wiley Fingers Lewandowski, Bannon and Trump. Russia Too.
Does Chris Wiley not know that people die for saying less?
The Disaffected Lib 2018-03-19 12:34:00
Projects, a load of them, costing tens of billions of dollars each now to avoid tens of trillions of dollars of losses and suffering for future generations. See the problem?…
Coming Soon to Your Nightly News
There are some 600,000 of them, Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, huddled across very steep and very bare slopes in an area of Bangledesh called the Kutupalong-Balukhali settlements. They’re huddled close…
A Modest Proposal – A Way Forward for the Kinder Morgan Pipeline?
Most British Columbians oppose the Notley/Trudeau/Big Tar Kinder Morgan pipeline. We oppose it because of the devastating environmental harm that can be caused by pipeline ruptures and, yes, the record…
ResoluteReader: Yuri Prasad – A Rebel’s Guide to Martin Luther Kin…
ResoluteReader: Yuri Prasad – A Rebel’s Guide to Martin Luther Kin…: This year radicals will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of 1968, a year of global rebellion. One of the…