One Big, Happy Family
The Ontario election took yet another weird turn yesterday, when Renata Ford — Rob Ford’s widow — sued her two brothers-in-laws for $16.5 billion dollars. Kevin Donovan writes in The…
June 2018
If you don’t know, don’t!
It has always been grating on election day hearing radio announcers telling their listeners to get out and vote. They actually say if you do not know who to vote…
Ronny Cameron At June 3 Border Protest. Spoiler Alert, But He’s Pretty Much Gone Full Nazi
I spent part of Sunday watching Ronny Cameron’s live feed of the protest by a collection of racists and xenophobes in Quebec near the Lacolle border crossing that was organized…
That U of A ‘bailout’ the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s prattling about? Hasn’t happened; isn’t happening; won’t happen …
Good news for Alberta taxpayers! The University of Alberta has not sought, is not seeking, and will not seek a “bailout” – or anything like a bailout – from the…
Doug Ford’s Most Horrible and Devastating Day
With only three days to go before the Ontario election, Doug Ford's Team Harper's handlers have been taking no chances.Keeping him in a bubble most of the day, lest he…
Ford Nation Gets Sued by Ford Nation
The widow of PC leader Doug Ford’s brother Rob is suing Doug for $16.5 million. Doug Ford is the trustee of the estate of his late brother Rob Ford. In…
Conversation on ‘Digital Deceit’
Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Scott about is great New America report “Digital Deceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Internet” at a Brookfield Institute…
June 5:
Here’s a report the irving press is not likely to mention. http://theantimedia.com/un-report-condemns-us-creating-inequality/____________________________________________________________ I’ve mentioned before that the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, though commonly quoted as an independent news agency,…
Behind the Screens: Who decides what I see online?
A short video that the awesome Taylor Gunn and Civix Canada made with me about social platforms, journalism and democracy, for use in Canadian classrooms, focused on grade nine students:
Well, With 2019 Drawing Near, Maybe It’s Time to Dust Off this Classic
It was written for Harper but I’m thinking it’s going to be okay for Pipeline Pete. In 2019, we’ll get our chance to, well, listen to the song. They won’t…
Canada’s Dirty $20-Billion Pipeline Bailout
Cartoon by Ingrid Rice Finance Minister Bill Morneau has proposed sacrificing Canadian taxpayers to bail out an uneconomic U.S. pipeline owned by former Enron executives. Let’s parse the fantastic numbers,…
Pipeline Another Live Protest Against Kinder Morgan Pipeline
This time, it is in front of the constituency of Trudeau’s Justice Minister and Attorney General, Jody Wilson-Raybould: Recommend this Post
How can the resistance of the Venezuelan people and Maduro’s government be explained?
Photo by AVN Despite economic war, sabotage, low oil prices, international sanctions, and political violence, the Venezuelan people are still standing and supporting the leaders of the Bolivarian Revolution. Economic…
Conservatives: This Is What You’re Voting For
A douchebag that will park in a handicap spot so he doesn’t have to walk more than 20 feet to pitch his snake oil:
Me with Batra on Sun TV on Wynne’s Surrender Room
Just like the old days!
Liberal Democracy Cannot Survive Undefended.
Since the advent of the neoliberal era, the reign of Thatcher, Reagan and Mulroney, liberal democracy has been left to its own devices. The warning sign, the red flag, was…
Ford Plan for Ontario – Potential Employment Impacts
Ontario Conservative leader Doug Ford finally released a partially costed version of his election promises in his Plan for Ontario in the last week before the election. This includes approximately…
Justin Trudeau, the Elephant, and the Moose
Justin Trudeau hasn't wasted any time taking his case against Donald Trump's tariffs directly to the American people.In an interview on the NBC News show Meet the Press he made…
Climate Change Resilience? Maybe I Was Too Hard on Government.
I was wrong. Our governments aren’t ignoring all climate change impacts and the need for adaptation strategies. Infrastructure – power grids, roads, bridges, basic utilities, ports, that sort of thing…
On Thursday, I Will Vote NDP. I Hope You Will Too.
Vote NDP. Don’t be fooled by Wynne’s last plea. We must stop Ford.