Rethinking the economics of extreme events
Review of Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance by Frank Ackerman *** Long ago economics was termed “the dismal science,” but in recent years that title has arguably…
May 2018
Rethinking the economics of extreme events
I was asked to review Frank Ackerman’s Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance. I’ve learned a lot from his writing over the years so it was a pleasure…
Mass demonstration against the G7 and to open the borders!
Down with capitalist exploitation, colonialism, and racist and sexist politics! The heads of state of the seven most powerful imperialist and colonialist countries will gather on June 8th and 9th…
Can Anyone Imagine Such A Speech In Our House Of Commons?
There must be an independent investigation of the Gaza massacre, and those responsible must be held to account. My Commons statement today: pic.twitter.com/ig7c3bXg0j — Emily Thornberry (@EmilyThornberry) May 15, 2018…
North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference 2018
WHERE: CEDA, 2515 Rue Delisle, Montréal, QC WHEN: June 1-3, 10am-6pm FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/239455783465853/ The North American Anarchist Studies Network conference (NAASN) is intended to be a space where disciplinarity and…
Speculative Fiction, Resistance, and Social Change
WHEN: Thursday, May 24 at 7pm WHERE: Q-PIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Room 204 (Guy Metro) FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/172388626754372/ Speculative fiction has a long history of creating stories that challenge…
(May 19) Open the Borders! Refugees Welcome! Stop the Racist Far-Right!
OPEN THE BORDERS! REFUGEES WELCOME! STOP THE RACIST FAR-RIGHT! All out to the Canada-US Border at Roxham Road! Saturday, May 19, 2018, 11am-5pm At the Canada-US Border, 1 hour south…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joel French discusses the need for Alberta to implement a more thorough and progressive tax system in order to ensure it has…
The Strange Return of Stephen Harper
A few weeks ago he was spotted at an Ottawa McDonald's, trying hard not to be recognized, and apparently content to be living in well deserved obscurity.But appearances can be…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 15, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. An employee who has been temporarily “laid off” may be…
Stick it to Straws
People are more aware than ever before about the damage to our planet caused by plastics. The whole life-cycle of plastics causes harm from collecting non-renewable oils to the long…
Column: campaigns don’t matter
Now that Ontario’s election is underway – and Quebec’s and New Brunswick’s are in the offing – you’re going to hear this tired old chestnut a lot: “campaigns matter.” Do…
A Very Select Few
The Conservative Party of Ontario prefers cult to policy. That’s increasingly obvious in the Ontario election. Martin Regg Cohn writes: At a Doug Ford rally, the leader is always late,…
Councillor’s Accusation that Downtown BIA is Engaging in ‘Illegal’ Activities Should be the Last Straw for Sudburians
Wow. Greater Sudbury’s Ward 5 Councillor needs to resign. Apologize first, and then resign. His bullying and casual accusations of illegal behaviour directed against those who oppose his own personal…
Three-ring circus versus horse race.
Whatever you want to say about the Ontario election that is going on now, it could never have been a three-ring circus production by P.T. Barnum or his partner James…
“Wynne’s Liberals have fallen everywhere”
“The Liberals have fallen pretty precipitously everywhere. So this is becoming a race between these Conservatives and the NDP.” Great work, Team Wizard. Poll here. Chart here:
PRACTICING KINDNESS ON MYSELF, THE BUDDHIST WAY
Yesterday I had a massage. I needed it because for about a week now, I was grumpy from feeling rickety. A searing ache in my lower back meant that climbing…
Alberta Candidate Nomination Updates: 3 NDP MLAs nominated and another UCP MLA announces retirement.
New Democratic Party MLAs nominated: Three NDP MLAs were chosen as their party’s candidates for the next election at meetings held on May 6 and May 12, 2018. MLA Maria…
Alt-Right Ronny Cameron and the JDL: Strange Bedfellow
This is the second of two articles focusing on events in Toronto on May 12, 2018. Click here to see the first article. For some time observers have noted that…
Ryerson Far Right Protest, May 12, 2018: Ronny Cameron Interviews Faith Goldy Pushing "Dark Enlightenment" Views
This is the first of two articles focusing on events in Toronto on May 12, 2018. Click here to see the second article.ARC hasn't written about Ronny Cameron much, at…