Maduro’s Win: A Bright Spot in Dark Times
Photo from Public Domain The U.S. backing of Israel’s massacre of Palestinians and Donald Trump’s death threats to Kim Jong-Un prove that the United States’ imperialism is alive and well.…
May 2018
The Whales’ Song Has a Special Message – For Us.
Out here you don’t hear people express much concern about the influx of marine life from southern waters. We tend to see them as newcomers rather than what they are,…
Why I got arrested for blocking Kinder Morgan
Citizens preparing to get arrested outside Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby tank farm (Photo: Alex Harris) By Kyle Farquharson This year, nearly 200 people — including federal parliamentarians Elizabeth May and Kennedy…
Rediscovering Democracy
Since I became eligible to vote many years ago, I have participated in every federal, provincial and municipal election that has been called. Even though it has become something of…
No Takers for Pipeline? What’s the Surprise in That?
To hear Bill Morneau tell it, potential buyers would be falling all over each other to take over Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. Apparently not. There is no queue. Nothing…
Bill C-27 pension reform: an unprecedented attack on all
Photo by Art Babych/Shutterstock.com On October 19, 2016, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled Bill C-27, taking aim at the Pensions Benefits Standards Act governing pension plans in workplaces under…
Media are complicit in the sexual exploitation of women
Breaking news! Time magazine names The Silence Breakers of the #metoo movement the Person the Year in 2017. The Canadian Press names the movement itself the top news story of…
Examining the American nightmare
The Public in Peril: Trump and the Menace of American Authoritarianism Henry A. Giroux Routledge, 2018 This new work by one of the world’s leading social critics, the founding theorist…
The movement for Black lives stands with the Palestinian people
Since the Great March of Return began on March 30th, 2018, 111 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and more than 10,000 have been injured. These Palestinians were courageously…
State of the Ontario Election Campaign
With around 2 weeks to go, Ontario voters are beginning to look more carefully and thinking a lot harder about whether they really want a Doug Ford led provincial government.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Matt Taylor discusses how the U.S.’ Supreme Court has stacked the deck against workers by allowing employers to evade all types of collective…
Math Challenged
Over the weekend, it emerged that Ontario’s NDP had made an error when costing the party’s platform. Adam Radwanski writes: As Ontarians were settling into their long weekends, perhaps discussing…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday May 23, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. A final Separation Agreement will document all issues that have…
Also not The Onion
“Premier” John Horgan: I’ll sue you to stop you from exporting your oil, but I’ll also sue you if you stop exporting your oil to me. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #ableg —…
Worker-Owned Companies can Save Capitalism
We’re all well aware of the harm caused by the box-box retailers on local communities and their international suppliers; indeed, the people hurt the most are the workers. As a…
Not the Onion
Doug Ford is trying to distract voters with a reckless pledge to put beer in corner stores. It's not safe and it's not sensible, unlike our balanced approach to adding…
Where’s Justin?
Oh, we know where on this earth Prime Minister Trudeau might be located. We just wonder where his mind might be at? This country is going downhill morally and politically…
Guest Post: Canadians should be on red alert over Redwater Energy case
Guest Post by Regan Boychuk Regan Boychuk is an independent researcher in Calgary and part of ReclaimAlberta.ca, which advocates solutions to the crisis of aging and expired Alberta oil and…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Clutching cats.