2018 Is Number One
Just a few weeks ago this year’s wildfire season was the fourth worst in British Columbia history. Then it moved up to third and then second only to last year’s…
August 2018
Advice on dealing with the Trump Administration for Chrystia Freeland: don’t give away the store
WASHINGTON, D.C. – I see Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, is also in town tonight, so if I happen to see meet her strolling on the National Mall or…
new york, bruce springsteen, and other things i love
We are here! Staying here. Going to this! Also here, scene of many past celebrations. Ah, New York. And Bruce!! That is all.
Someone Finally Has What It Takes to Challenge Big Pharma
Opioid producers: your ‘get out of jail’ card just expired. The public purse is going to be cut off soon and lawsuits will follow.
Place Your Bets. Trudeau Announces Canada’s ‘Clean Fuel Standard.’
It’s called a “clean fuel standard” and it will be an unusually ballsy move for Justin Trudeau – if it ever comes into being. CFS in a nutshell: The CFS…
Andrew Scheer and the Party of One
When Maxime Bernier announced he was quitting the Con party, Andrew Scheer tried to downplay the defection.And along with many others heaped scorn on Bernier's "Party of One."But not any…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Matt Bruenig makes the case for a social wealth fund in the U.S. And David Dayen offers a reminder that Alaska’s dividend to…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday August 29, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. Ontario’s Family Law Act (FLA) governs the equalization and division…
What If Donald Trump Actually Shot Someone on Fifth Avenue?
It was his most infamous remark, the one that should have instantly disqualified Donald Trump from running for President.The one where he claimed that he could shoot someone on Fifth…
Democratic rights in Canada at stake in court fight against Ford’s attack on local Toronto elections…
Dictator Ford (photographed by Justin Tang of the Cdn Press) I’ll give Doug Ford one thing: like his late brother, he is an expert on swindling the public with his…
Please Watch This, Catherine McKenna
As Minister of Environment and Climate Change, I think it is important for you to see what the practice of real integrity, as opposed to the mouthing of inane platitudes,…
Actions And Rhetoric
Donald Trump has given Canada an ultimatum: Sign the new trade deal by Friday, or you’re out in the cold. Tom Walkom writes: Canada has been had. The Mexicans and…
Denver Saved Itself by Investing in Trains
The 1970s oil crisis left an impact on the city of Denver in the forms of good public transit. The writing was on the wall that individualized transit infrastructure that…
It’s ‘Scheer’ Madness.
Checking reports from last week’s conservative conclave in Halifax has not indicated any serious policy directions for the party in next year’s election. It was Maxime Bernier who sucked all…
Alberta’s lone-NDP MP Linda Duncan will not seek re-election in 2019
Photo: MP Linda Duncan and MLA Rachel Notley at Edmonton’s Pride Parade. It was one of the worst kept secrets in Edmonton politics. Linda Duncan has announced that she will…
ResoluteReader: Brian Aldiss – Non-Stop
ResoluteReader: Brian Aldiss – Non-Stop: *Warning Spoilers* Brian Aldiss’ Non-Stop is a extraordinarily fine science fiction novel that has barely dated since its initial publication. It’s a classic novel that…
ResoluteReader: Charlie Clutterbuck – Bittersweet Brexit: The Futu…
ResoluteReader: Charlie Clutterbuck – Bittersweet Brexit: The Futu…: The argument of his book, is that Brexit offers a unique opportunity to transform British agriculture in order produce healthy, sustainable food…
ResoluteReader: Matthew T. Huber – Lifeblood: Oil, Freedom & the F…
ResoluteReader: Matthew T. Huber – Lifeblood: Oil, Freedom & the F…: For those of us battling for radical action on climate change the role of the fossil fuel corporations within…
ResoluteReader: Mike Wendling – Alt Right: From 4chan to the White…
ResoluteReader: Mike Wendling – Alt Right: From 4chan to the White…: The election of Donald Trump as US President allowed a tidal wave of far-right politics to enter mainstream political…
Bored? Help Us Identify Some ID Canada Members
After 12 days, ID Canada (formerly Generation Identity Canada) finally managed to put together a video of their small demonstration on August 11 and uploaded it to YouTube. I now…