Bill Morneau’s neoliberalism.
We should make it clear that neoliberalism is something a real liberal abhors. Neoliberalism is like the corporatism of the Italian fascists of Benito Mussolini of the 1920s and 30s.…
2018
Time For A Basic Income
It’s time to implement Guaranteed Basic Income Programs. However, Gwynne Dyer writes, there is surprising resistance to the idea. Conservatives argue that giving people free money is fraught with moral…
Financial destruction of BC Hydro
Simple financial analysis demonstrates that management of BC Hydro during recent years was thoroughly incompetent. Largely, that is explained by policies and people imposed by BC Liberals on a utility…
How Ottawa Got Hustled by the Boys from Enron
The popular narrative is that British Columbia is sabotaging Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. BC is Justin Trudeau’s whipping boy. The province is Rachel Notley’s whipping boy. Even Calgary mayor,…
What Does This Say for Canada’s Economy?
Back in February, I did an item about the largest corporations in the US and Canada respectively: Here are the current standings 1. Apple – $849 billion 2. Google –…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Noah Smith writes that public resentment toward the U.S.’ wealthiest few is based on a genuine (and justified) concern about an economic system…
May 19:not a day of optimism
The purpose of a commentary page in a newspaper is to offer informed analysis of the news. What does all this news really mean? You really can’t tell just from…
Anti-Fascists Face Off Against Storm Alliance, III%ers, and Others On Quebec Border
There are a number of people who are covering this event. I’ll see what I can do to provide up-to-date information: Donc apparement le groupe d’extrême droite Storm Alliance a…
What Should Teachers Do to Prevent Gun Violence?
Lots of us have students who don’t quite fit in and spend all their time alone, friendless. They might have been bullied for being different, and we can’t always solve…
See Doug. See Doug Run.
Bullies, con artists and cowards all have something in common: they live in fear that they will be exposed for what they are – weak, manipulative people who try to…
Horvath May Be The Next Premier
Andrea Horvath is on a roll. Martin Regg Cohn writes: This time, unlike last time, the New Democrats are putting forward voter-friendly policies such as partial pharmacare and cheaper child…
A Royal Wedding, Or A Royal Life, And A Royal World?
Some find a royal wedding moving and beautiful. But I disagree. Beautiful would be taking the vast fortune of the “royal” family of England and sharing it with the five…
Saturday Photo: Bumper Crop of Violets, the Other Side of Invasive
I love invasive plants. Or Darwinian gardening, if you prefer. In my book, an attractive plant that has expansive tendencies is wonderful, because it will push out less attractive plants…
In the rough
Fore! You know, when your party drops to one seat in Toronto, you want to know your election co-chair is golfing in California. Because he is. #onpoli #olp #pcpo pic.twitter.com/m750qay1u4…
Jeffrey’s snout back in the trough
Last Monday The Block snuck a motion into the meeting without putting it on the agenda: to allow Councillor Jeffrey to pursue her personal political goals at taxpayer expense, and…
We are not ready to surrender.
What are we coming to? When fair weather warriors are conceding defeat, are we all supposed to lay down our arms? I have been involved in too many comebacks to…
Cobra Clutch by A.J. Devlin tops in fiction last week on Audreys Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and noir-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended May 13, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Well That Didn’t Last Long. Vancouver Island Northern Guard Chapter Breaks With Alberta Chapter and National "Organization".
Last weekend I wrote about the bigots who protest a conference discussing white privilege that too place at Ryerson University. I primarily used Ronny Cameron's video of the event interspersed…
Michael Harris on Israel’s "Eye for an Eyelash" Slaughter in Gaza
Michael Harris sums it up as well as any: When the only thing refugees can do to advance their cause is present themselves at someone’s border to be shot, you…
Masking BC Hydro’s financial condition
Under BC Liberals, BC Hydro stopped using regulatory accounts for rate smoothing and used them instead to hide the true state of the utility’s financial condition.