The anti-Semitism offensive orchestrated against Jeremy Corbyn
Britain’s opposition leader should have plenty on his plate at the moment, but Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is spending much of his time instead putting out fires as he is…
May 2018
May 9: To Trump, Britain says…
….”Liar, Liar, pants on fire” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/09/uk-will-not-follow-trump-in-ditching-iran-deal-boris-johnson-vows Now, get this. Trump says he has evidence, compelling evidence, that Iran has been developing nuclear weapons. What the British government is saying, in…
Our We Now Going to Crowdsource Our Legal System?
The issue of lawyers and their money has been a constant tussle. There is a mess of policy aspects involved. Contingency fees, cash, in-kind payments, pro-bono work. In medieval times…
Benny and Steve: The Bromance Continues
Well it wasn't exactly Romeo and Juliet, or even Romeo and Julius.But the bromance between Stephen Harper and Benjamin Netanyahu was something to behold…Read more »
He’s Back! Monbiot Returns to Action.
It’s been a while but it seems George Monbiot’s ordeal with prostate cancer and the brutal surgery that ensued may be over. I won’t excerpt it. You can read it…
So, Let’s Get this Straight.
Trump, despite the advice and warnings of America’s security/intelligence agencies and his country’s major allies, gives in to Netanyahu’s propaganda campaign against Iran, and walks away from the Iran nuclear…
Last Call for Charlie Dickens.
The ranks of the permanent underclass are, shall we say, swelling. The ladders of social mobility in the post-war era are being pulled up and not just in the Third…
New column day
Here, on how Canada is falling further behind the rest of the world on ensuring corporate transparency and recovering income stashed offshore. For further reading…– Transparency International’s most recent report…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michal Kalecki discusses how full employment shifts the balance of power from corporations to workers. Roland Kupers reminds us that inequality is…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 10, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A last will can leave instructions for who will…
This Should Make Us Cringe
Yes, unfortunately this is the face of Canada too. The woman identified by Lethbridge News Now as Kelly Pocha from Cranbrook, B.C., told the news site the men “were kind…
The World At The Roulette Table
The Iran Nuclear deal bears the official acronym JCPOA — short for Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Donald Trump torpedoed JCPOA two days ago. The rationale for his decision, Jonathan…
Costa Rica to Ban use of Fossil Fuels
Back in 2015 Costa Rica ran on only renewable energy for the first quarter of the year, and since then they have improved. The country now regularly runs their power…
Prepping politicians.
Whatever happened to the time-honoured prepping of politicians for Monday’s debate in Toronto? That opening debate was a disaster for all concerned. It is CITY-TV that should be embarrassed. The…
Alpha Male Alberta III Militia Hide From The Meanies Who Aren’t Nice To Them
UPDATE: In what will not be a surprise to anyone, the threepers are celebrating the racist rant that occurred last month in a Lethbridge Denny's restaurant: Remember this later on…
Don’t trust the pollsters nor the cynical pundits, Kathleen Wynne is going to do better than they think…
(Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS) The Ontario election campaign has begun in earnest. I’ve got a few observations I’d like to share and some predictions. DON’T TRUST MOST POLLSTERS…
Call it what it is, says labour minister: successive Conservative governments denied Alberta working people their rights
CALGARY – For many years, Alberta working people were routinely denied rights other Canadians take for granted, Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray said last weekend in a bluntly worded speech…
I Heard "Canada Is No Longer Competitive" and I Thought, Define "Competitive."
The Bloomberg business network posted this video of Sun Life CEO warning that Ottawa will need to rethink Canada’s competitiveness. That got me wondering what this guy must be on…
700 voters say “arf”
The votes are in – and Roxy nearly beat the leader of the Ontario NDP. She did, however, easily beat the Ontario Liberal Premier! Not bad for a dog!
These Are Not Ordinary Times. Drop the Voting Age to 16.
I believe it’s not only appropriate but essential that we get younger voters to the polls for federal elections. Why? Because today governments need the mandate of that segment of…