Vancouver Green Party to nominate candidates on June 27
The Vancouver Greens will nominate their slate of candidates on Wednesday June 27 at the Heritage Hall (information here). At that meeting the membership will also vote on whether to…
2018
Trudeau fails to get optimal compromise between economy and the environment
For the past decade, Canada has lost $117 billion of economic value (about $ 30-40 million per day) simply because Alberta tar sands oil has not been readily exportable to…
Trudeau fails to get optimal compromise between economy and the environment
For the past decade, Canada has lost $117 billion of economic value (about $ 30-40 million per day) simply because Alberta tar sands oil has not been readily exportable to…
Trudeau fails to get optimal compromise between economy and the environment
For the past decade, Canada has lost $117 billion of economic value (about $ 30-40 million per day) simply because Alberta tar sands oil has not been readily exportable to…
Suzuki’s Lament
David Suzuki is in Edmonton today where he’s to receive an honorary degree from the University of Alberta if angry protesters don’t stop it. Perhaps with the anticipated vitriol in…
Gary Mason – Where Did Ontario Go?
Most of my relatives live in Ontario. Until 40 some years ago so did I. Some great memories. That first school trip to the Big City in the 60s when…
New column day
Here, on the parallels between the presidency of Donald Trump and the danger of a Doug Ford-led government in Ontario. For further reading…– Hugh Mackenzie has done the math on…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Kenan Malik reminds us of the ongoing importance of unions in fighting for fairness and equality. Frank Witsil reports on a push…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday June 7, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Ontario’s probate fees are $250 for the first $50,000…
Ontario Election: Young Voters Should Decide – But Will They?
Some interesting contrasts on print media websites today with regards to how this election might play out.In the Sudbury Star, there’s a letter to the editor suggesting that older voters…
Spoiling For A Fight
Donald is coming to Canada, and he’s spoiling for a fight. Julian Borger and Ashita Kassam write in The Guardian: This year’s conclave, opening on Friday, is being referred to…
Justin Trudeau and the Shameful Surrender of Andrew Scheer
It's been a few days since Donald Trump declared economic war on Canada, and imposed punishing tariffs on our steel and aluminum exports.And for most of that time Andrew Scheer…
Two tales of #MeToo
The first tale goes back six months. In January, in the same week that CTV News unleashed its extraordinary story about former Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown, a regular reader…
All bets are off.
For the first time since I first got involved in politics, I cannot make a guess on the outcome in an Ontario election. Results that used to be so easy…
Carey Doberstein’s book on homelessness governance
I’ve just reviewed Professor Carey Doberstein’s book on homelessness governance (UBC Press). The book looks at the way decisions are made pertaining to funding for homelessness programs in Vancouver, Calgary…
25% of Ontario Conservative Candidates Under Investigation
Doug Ford’s candidates. Nearly one-in-four is a potential criminal. Great.
Christy Lee Rogers – 2018
I love her work, very Caravaggioesque and certainly reminiscent of Evergon’s giant Polaroids. And she seem to be always taking it up a notch, one of the more interesting working…
Um, what?
“Handled”?
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan tops Audreys list of bestselling books
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended June 3, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Candidate names to be listed in random order on 2018 election ballot
City of Vancouver Information bulletin June 6, 2018 Vancouver City Council has voted today to list mayoral, councillor, and Park Board commissioner candidates in random order instead of alphabetical order…