Ontario’s Conservatives looking like a Multi Level Marketing scheme….
If you’ve ever been to a presentation for a company like Amway or Melaluca, then you likely understand the appeal of someone like Doug Ford. The script is fairly simple,…
March 2018
Lauren Southern Banned From UK
The kids who are members and supporters of Generation Identity are having a tough time the past few days. First, Martin Sellner and Brittany Pettibone were arrested attempting to enter…
Taxpayer dollars at work
Here is a video of an interview conducted in England with a consultant who worked for British Columbia when the Campbell and Clark governments were awarding information technology contracts. His…
The Race for Adaptation in an Increasingly Acidic Salish Sea
Underneath the picturesque Salish Sea there are churning currents, with water swooshing in from the open ocean and surges of nutrient-rich fresh water from creeks and rivers that alter the…
At a Loss For Words
It’s becoming increasingly hard to write almost anything about climate change. There are no longer any stark words of warning that seem to connect in any meaningful way with most…
Jobs data doesn’t say much about the minimum wage (yet) but lots about growing inequality
We’ve had two months of jobs data in Canada since Ontario increased it’s minimum wage from $11.60 to $14 on January 1, 2017. When January’s Labour Force Survey numbers came…
Doug Ford and the Enema of My Enemies
Well he's now officially the leader, or the Boss of Bosses, of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.After complaining about "serious irregularities" poor old Christine Elliott has hurriedly surrendered.“After completing…
Curbing An Addiction
A recent post outlined the terrible toll plastic pollution is exacting on the world’s oceans and wildlife. We pay a very high price for personal convenience, but our addiction to…
Willy Loman In The White House
Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman goes to the core of the American character. Willy Loman, the chief protagonist, fervently believes in the American Dream. And he believes that…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of March 12, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 12, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Quebec MP pledges to help clear pot offenders’ records The Motherisk saga…
Resistbot Makes it Easy for Americans to Reach Politicians
The inability to easily take action is a leading factor in why people don’t engage in political change. The creators of a new service, Resistbot, want to make it simple…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rochelle Toplensky reports that ten years after a financial meltdown based on the instability of top-down economic structures, multinational corporations are paying substantially…
“What the world needs now…”
Got an interesting e-mail the other day from a fellow commentator on Canada’s left coast. He had an excellent suggestion on what Canada should do about the currently growing estrangement…
Rachel Notley and Jason Kenney find common ground, sort of … on dubious pipeline posturing
PHOTOS: Kinder Morgan Inc.’s Trans Mountain Pipeline. (Photo: Handout from Kinder Morgan Canada.) Below: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney, U of A economist Andrew Leach, and…
A Reminder That Kevin J. Johnston Is Also A Misogynist As Well As A Bigot
Back in July a strange story hit the news in Ontario. It involved Whitchurch-Stouffville Mayor Justin Altmann and a CSI-style mind-map of Whitchurch-Stouffville residents…. in his office bathroom: A wall…
Flaubert’s Conservative Dictionary
Watching Doug Ford become the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives and Jason Kenney taking shots at Justin Trudeau and gender neutrality in his congratulatory speech, Ms Soapbox’s mind drifted…
Building a Blockchain
We’ve all heard about blockchains, but what are they? It can be a complicated concept. The best way to learn, of course, is to roll up your sleeves and build…
White Nationalist Ronny Cameron: Canada’ Biggest Problem? Asian Immigration.
Less than 24 hours removed from Doug Ford becoming Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader and the folks this blog covers are feeling pretty good about themselves, including one Ronny Cameron: Despite…
Wood Duck in portrait
Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary