Went to Winnipeg
I went to Winnipeg on the weekend. A car rental was less than $70 for 4 days. While there I witnessed a U-Haul van driver gently crash into the car…
April 2018
Up Is Down In Moe Town
Will @CBCSask and @leaderpost and @620ckrm let the Premier continue to lie without being challenged?Does @ryanmeili or someone else have to say something first? Is there no permission to correct…
Vacation Over. Time to Get to Work
I’m back and have learned two things: 1. Nepal is awesome. The landscape is breathtaking and the people among the friendliest I’ve encountered in all of my travels.2. Kathmandu less…
The Humboldt Vigil and the Crassness of Andrew Scheer
I watched the vigil for the Humboldt Broncos last night, and although I'm not religious, I still found it extremely moving.For it is a very sad story, and it couldn't…
Jess Spindler!
The cut-off for supporters to buy memberships to vote is approaching fast. If you want to support Jess – and everyone should! – you can get signed up here!
The Regina Manifesto at 85: More Relevant Than Ever?
The cyclical crises of Canadian capitalism has brought with it a paralysis of Canadian reformism split between the labour movement and the NDP. It is only natural that this has…
It’s Time to Re-Think NATO
One of the great geopolitical blunders of our era was Western Europe’s and NATO’s march east in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. TheEuropean Union and NATO…
Would You Vote Liberal Again?
Don’t look at me. I parted company with the Liberal Party of Canada during the reign of Ignatieff. I became a Liberal when Pierre Trudeau succeeded the thoroughly estimable Lester…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Suresh Naidu, Eric Posner and Glen Weyl highlight how the economy as a whole suffers when employers exercise too much control over wages…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 9, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 9, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Star’s lawyers make opening arguments in case to end secrecy in Ontario…
Is History Repeating Itself?
The federal government’s plan to deal with climate change is running into stiff head winds — partly because many Canadians don’t believe the science. Andrew Coyne writes: Fully 40 per…
Canada’s Venezuela sanctions inflict hardship, endorse right wing elite
Photo by Carlos Díaz In terms of foreign policy damage, whatever harm Justin Trudeau did by parading around India in colourful outfits is a nothing-burger compared to the severe hardship…
The Kids Are Alright
You may note that in the title of this post, I chose the informal version of all right, lest there be any doubt about the ideology of many young people…
Column: faithlessness
Ah, ye little Faith. Not that little, actually. She’s tallish, slouching near the doors at Sun News Network, chain-smoking. Smirking. “Troll with a tan,” someone at the erstwhile network said…
Even More Research that Raising Minimum Wage is Good for Everyone
Haters keep telling us that minimum wage is too high, which is really saying they would love free labour for private profits. Those haters are also not thinking about the…
Getting to know Doug Ford.
It takes time. Over the next six to eight weeks, more and more Ontario voters will start to think seriously about the June 7 provincial election. To many, it will…
Spin, bias, or just wrong? #nlpoli
If four media outlets all reported a story in precisely the same way despite some fairly obvious factual problems with their interpretation, is it spin, bias, or just a mistake?…
Inevitable change
This weekend, Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (KML) suspended all “non-essential activities and related spending” on its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. They blamed “continued actions in opposition to the project.” That’s…
Kinder Morgan threatens to pull plug on Trans Mountain Pipeline; Alberta goes wild
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley in an old file photo of the author’s. Below: Opposition leader Jason Kenney, B.C. Premier John Horgan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and a famous flag…