Leadership 2018 Links
The latest from the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign as the voting window closes and the results are about to be unveiled. (Note that members voting online are able to cast…
March 2018
The Neoliberal Creep – An Update
I’m not sure what I find more offensive. Is it the fact that Bill Morneau, despite all that he has said about his limited vision regarding pharmacare, is apparently lying…
It’s Coming Apart
The pace of Robert Mueller’s investigation has been stunning. And it’s a big investigation. Paul Koring writes: It’s bigger, much bigger both in scope and gravity. This isn’t about whether…
Saturday Photo: Borderline Behaviour, Why Places That Should Be Alike Aren’t.
It looks like we’ve got a title for my book about pairs of places that have much in common, but diverge in significant ways: Borderline Behaviour, Why Places That Should…
How A Con Plan To Smear Trudeau Backfired Disastrously
A few months ago, Hamish Marshall, the Rebel co-founder who is now the Con's campaign manager, addressed the annual gathering of uber right-wingers at the Manning Centre.And told them that…
Is Donald Trump Finally Cracking Up?
He's shown signs of cracking up before. His shrinking inner circle claims he's still the same old Donald Trump.But others say something is happening to him. And that he's never…
The bravado of President Trump.
Every time we have needed a warming thought in these blah days of winter, we have pictured President Trump running into a school to rescue children from a mentally ill…
This Seems to Explain a Lot
I have my own reservations about Rachel Maddow. Sometimes she gets just a little carried away which is never a good thing if you’re chasing witches. That’s why I rarely…
Why Trump’s Trade Tantrum Matters – To You. Yeah, You.
The Legendary B-61 – Old Reliable Remember, this is the same Donald Trump who, when still a candidate for the Republican nomination, asked his nuclear weapons tutors, what was the…
My friend Iqtidar Awan
So, I decided to go get a bite in my old law school stomping grounds, on the West side of McMahon Stadium. I walked. It was pretty cold, and there…
Ipsos: Trudeau is losing
First time they’ve gotten that result in years. Link here. Comments are open. If a federal election were held tomorrow, the Conservatives would win. According to a new Ipsos poll…
Musical interlude
The Revivalists – Wish I Knew You
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. -Tom Parkin laments the timidity of the Libs’ budget, while recognizing the opportunities it creates for the NDP: Over $7 billion in infrastructure investment,…
What You Need to Know About BC Hydro’s Financial ‘Mess’ and the Site C Dam
B.C. Energy Minister Michelle Mungall said Thursday that “there’s a mess” at BC Hydro. Mungall made the comment after the B.C. Utilities Commission denied the government’s request for a hydro…
Five Things to Know About the 2018 Federal Budget
I’ve written a blog post about the 2018 federal budget. Points made in the blog post include the following: -Important new housing investments were made for First Nations, Inuit and…
On this day in 1974
…in yesterday walks tomorrow, you sausage-fingered, sphincter-mouthed human Cheezie.
He’s Coming Unglued. This Guy Is Not Fit to Govern Anything.
Donald Trump is threatening a major trade war with Europe, with China, and possibly Canada to boot. Trade wars are pretty serious stuff. They can damage relations among nations, increase…
Coming soon to U of C and U of A!
Me – as the grateful speaker at the annual Merv Leitch QC Memorial Lecture. First in Edmonton and then in Calgary. A great honour. Added bonus: Lisa Kinsella will be…
Park Board Appeals BC Supreme Court Decision on By-Law Amendment regarding Cetaceans in Parks
Vancouver Park Board News release March 2, 2018 The Vancouver Park Board has filed an appeal of a B.C. Supreme Court (BCSC) ruling of February 9, 2018,in which the Court…
“Defend Lives, Reform Laws.”
We need artists, geniuses, radicals and random brilliance to disarm society and its pathologies. Normal doesn’t work anymore. “Some of the negative comments claim what we did was insensitive, but…