T-minus ~365 days to #elxn43…
The 43rd Canadian federal election is scheduled to take place on October 21, 2019… that means, we’re +/-365 days. REMEMBER: Stephen Harper was turfed last election. FYI: Maxime Bernier will…
October 2018
We get the mediocre city we deserve if we re-elect John Tory as Toronto mayor
I like Toronto mayor John Tory as a person. He seems decent enough and hard-working. He’s come a long way since the nasty backrooms of the 1993 federal election and…
Oct. 20: Yes. New Brunswickers will have a new election. And no. They will still get it wrong.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jamal-khashoggi-consulate-death-1.4871498 https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/jamal-khashoggi-1.4867155 This has been a bizarre story from the beginning. Both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have been deliberately starving and bombing millions of children to death. The U.S.…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Kate Aronoff interviews Mariana Mazzucato about The Value of Everything, including some important discussion about the relationship between governments and markets: Aronoff:…
Why Tory won (bigly), why Keesmaat lost (badly), and who was behind the scenes
What, presently, is the biggest election in Canada? It’s big, really big. Close to two million voters, and close to three million citizens. A budget of $13 billion. Greater population…
Saturday Photo: Burning Bush, or Antidote to a Burning World?
Our neighbors’ burning bush trees are in full colour this week. They are modest looking bushes for most of the year, but they turn a glorious red, come fall. There…
For The People?
This week, Doug Ford showed us how a government which has adopted the motto “for the people” operates. Martin Regg Cohn writes: The news this week that Ford has rewarded…
Voting for the future?
It has always been my observation that there are fewer ‘Come line’ bettors in municipal voting than ‘No line’ bettors. If you are not a craps player, I should explain…
Musical interlude
The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
Abraham Rotstein and the Radical Decade from the mid-sixties to the mid-seventies
Remarks at a posthumous book launch of his Myth, Mind and Religion at Massey College, University of Toronto, October 2018 For more than 50 years, going back to the days…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew "The Legacy" a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew "The Legacy" a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
Melancholia for the rest of yah
I drew “The Legacy” a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a…
What Side Are You On?
It’s come to this. I didn’t want this anymore than anyone else. Perhaps I saw it coming a little more clearly, a little sooner than some others but that’s about…
The Reefer Madness of Andrew Scheer (Continued)
In one of my last posts I said that judging from Andrew Scheer's body language, I was sure he would re-criminalize marijuana if he ever became Prime Minister.If only to…
The Day the Federal Liberals Deflated Doug Ford
It's the kind of news that can make some people scream in horror, and others like myself keel over laughing.But believe it or not, Doug Ford has only been Premier…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rupert Neate reports on the latest Credit Suisse study showing that wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few ultra-rich individuals.…
The Consequences Of Koshhoggi’s Death
Jamal Khashoggi’s death may be the straw that breaks the historical camel’s back. Certainly, Tony Burman writes, it has put an end to three recurring myths: First, the fantasy that…
Cost of challenging climate change.
The bills keep rolling in. Dougie and the Deplorables should take their show on tour and give things a rest at Queen’s Park. This provincial government, that ran on promises…