Which half will vote?
There is a supposition that following the low turnouts of voters in Ontario elections in 2011 and 2014, there will be a similar low turnout in June of 2018. The…
May 2018
elect laura kaminker for mississauga centre
Dear friends of wmtc: I have been nominated as the NDP candidate for Mississauga Centre, the riding where I live and work. You can follow my campaign here on the…
Steven Myatt, Like Most Authoritarian Personalities, Doesn’t Think His Motives Should Be Questioned By Mere Plebs
A couple of days ago ARC came into possession of Steven Myatt's petition that outlines rationale (such that it is) for having Justin Trudeau charged with treason because, you know,…
Organizational inertia and Site C
While the NDP has done much to change the direction of government in BC, they’ve been paralyzed when it comes energy policies. BC Hydro has been a troubled organization for…
Musical interlude
Wide Mouth Mason – Midnight Rain
There Is No Freedom of Religion Without Freedom From Religion.
Freedom of religion exists as a political construct. It’s a political freedom under s. 2 of the Charter. It’s also a human right, enshrined in Article 18 of the Universal…
Climate change and the next left
Photo by Guido van Nispen Climate change is already happening. But the really bad news is that there’s very strong evidence that capitalism will deliver a future of catastrophic climate…
Guess Who Thinks Trudeau’s Pipeline Sucks? Al Gore, That’s Who.
American climate change warrior, Al Gore, thinks the Trans Mountain pipeline is “a step backward in our efforts to solve the climate crisis.” “The Kinder Morgan pipeline carrying dirty tar…
May 12: The Road to the Final War
If you want a newspaper that gives little information – and lies even about that – then spend your mornings with New Brunswick’s irving press. Most readers would also shy…
Filthy Lucre
It’s a Biblical term. It means money earned in a dishonest or dishonourable way. In today’s environmentally troubled world, filthy lucre is an apt description of revenues governments pursue from…
Where Are the Riots of Yesteryear? Remembering May 1968
May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in France Mitchell Abidor AK Press, 2018 This month marks the 50th anniversary of the wave of radical revolts and…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Gary Younge comments on the highly selective willingness of far too many privileged people to acknowledge suffering around them. And Paul Krugman calls…
His Nose In His Navel
Jason Kenny has coined a new phrase and is milking it for all its worth. The enemy, Kenny declares, is “the green left.” The reason for his bombast, Michael Harris…
Our ‘Pollyanna’ foreign minister.
You have to be very gullible to believe the statements Canada’s foreign minister Chrystia Freeland has been making after each of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) sessions. It…
Gordie’s funeral was today
It was uplifting and unbelievably sad, all at the same time. Jim Watson and I eulogized our friend, or tried to. I was okay, until the end. It was hard.…
Canada backs foreign investor rights to shield mining industry: Book
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria during a bi-lateral meeting in Paris (OECD/Flickr CC Licence) Canada’s controversial mining sector may be the driving force behind the…
Strategic voting in the 1999 Ontario election failed to defeat the PCs. Can it work in 2018?
Two Ontario Elections The Mike Harris PC government went to the polls on June 3, 1999, having been elected to a majority government in June 1995. One striking curiosity about…
Mass Hysteria Grips the United Nations Security Council
Cartoon from Public Domain The deadly recurrence of Russophobia bears comparison to the psychosis of the Salem witch trials, several centuries ago, and with the pathology of McCarthyism in the…
Free and Accessible Transit Now
Transit is a critical issue for many people in Toronto, as in all major urban areas. More is at stake than reducing traffic congestion and gridlock. Transit and general mobility…