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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Revivalists – Wish I Knew You
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,…
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…
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…
…in yesterday walks tomorrow, you sausage-fingered, sphincter-mouthed human Cheezie.
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…
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…
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…
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…