No, 2008 Wasn’t A Failure Of Socialism
In the Financial Post today, we have Terence Corcoran yammering on trying to claim that the 2008 Subprime Mortgage Crisis was the result of the evils of “socialism”. That the…
September 2018
Monbiot – Let’s Go to War
The Guardian’s enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, argues it is time we went to war with the corporate sector or that part of it that enables today’s throw-away consumerism. Do you believe…
She Couldn’t Help Herself. Wente Unleashes Her Inner Trump.
The Globe’s Margaret Wente has unveiled what derailed the Justin Trudeau Memorial TransMountain Pipeline – those damned “activist” judges on the Federal Court of Appeals. It seems Maggie didn’t need…
Sometimes the birds cooperate too much
At Whistler Blackcomb: But ultimately the Whisky Jacks did co-operate:
Trudeau clings to Chapter 19 in NAFTA, but why?
Photo by Shealah Craighead As talks on a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continue, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to be saying that its Chapter…
Is Donald Trump Now Too Dangerous To Be President?
I can only imagine what Donald Trump's mental state must be like, but I'm sure it's not a pretty sight.Not after Bob Woodward in his new book Fear, claimed that…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Finn discusses how employment and unemployment rates are among the economic indicators which are all too often misleadingly substituted for shared…
New column day
Here, looking to the work of Elizabeth Warren and the Institute for Public Policy Research for options in making our economy more responsive to the needs of the public. For…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday September 6, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
The People’s Pipeline
Photo by Kinder Morgan In an era of neoliberal privatization when governments the world over are hastening to sell off state owned assets and public services for a mess of…
In The Long Run
Chrystia Freeland is back in Washington, trying to hammer out a trade deal. That’s no small task, given the fact that — as Bob Woodward’s new book and the recent…
Appropriated identities and the new wave of dispossession
Photo by Jacob C Boynton In the early days of colonization in what is now known as Canada, settler governments engaged in horrendous acts of genocide in order to clear…
Well at least Lougheed’s legacy is safe
Is this the kind of leadership a Kenny government will bring? Alberta’s loyalty to Canada may be waning after the justice system dealt a blow to the province’s pipeline plans.…
The White House resister’s tale has saved thousands of jobs in Canada. Here’s why.
The I AM PART OF THE RESISTANCE INSIDE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION story was shocking for this reason: it details a high-level mutiny against a sitting President of the United States.…
“And miles to go before I sleep.”
It is rare that a politician(?) such as Doug Ford can remind me of a snatch of a poem such as the one published by Robert Frost in 1923. The…
Further Greening Your Green Practices
Seeing so many “green” products on store shelves can be confusing as you might not know what the right decision is. Over at The Guardian they’ve written up a handy…
Say hello to the hurtin’ Albertans, Mr. Trudeau: If the premier ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!
Welcome to Alberta where, as the prime minister of Canada no doubt discovered yesterday afternoon, if the premier ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy! And, right now, the premier ain’t happy!…
Cameron vs. Van Hamme: Battle of the Douchebags
Not a particularly classy title for this article, but I believe that most readers will find it apropos. I think we can all accurately define Ronny Cameron as a white…
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It’s Pence’s speechwriter! Someone’s a bit upset: Does the so-called “Senior Administration Official” really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the…
Will the Ontario Labour Movement Return to Class Struggle as Austerity Deepens?
Photo by Randy Risling (Toronto Star) The Ontario labour movement is in deep crisis. Some impressive struggles aside, it has been staggering since the end of the great mobilizations of…