Has Donald Trump Really Fired Dr Evil?
As we all know Donald Trump is becoming more and more unstable.As the voices in his head get louder and louder.I dare anyone to read this story and not conclude…
2018
He Talks A Lot
… but doesn’t seem to say much. Here is our Prime Minister on anti-Trump protests: Recommend this Post
Seeking the Science Behind B.C.’s Wolf Cull
Even if you live on Vancouver Island you’re not likely to have seen the elusive coastal wolves that populate its northernmost corners. These genetically unique wolves, which are distinct from…
Andrew Scheer and Mr Ding Dong
You know when I stare at that picture of Andrew Scheer, even I find it hard to believe that he is a mortal threat to Canada and its values.I mean…
Of Patterns and Puppetry
I’ve noticed a few patterns in this country’s right wing politics that make me deeply suspicious. Consider the following: 1) Andrew Scheer flies to London to “prepare a trade deal…
New column day
Here, on how the Libs’ criminal justice bill (Bill C-75) is aimed solely at speed rather than fairness – and seems likely to fail even by that insufficient metric. For…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Canadian Press reports on new research showing how wealth shocks at any level of income or wealth are associated with a…
Andrew Scheer and the Fascist Horror of Faith Goldy
It looked like some kind of low budget religious TV program, with a host and a guest who were made for each other.Faith Goldy, the monstrous Christian Crusader and white…
Removing All Doubt
The Canadian Press reports this morning that Doug Ford’s campaign to be the premier of Ontario will not include a bus for the media: Ontario’s newly minted Progressive Conservative leader…
Here’s an Optimistic Savings Chart
Retirement is a dream too far away for people to think about. We’re all really bad at thinking about the future and we often don’t want to think about money.…
[Insert Titanic reference here]
Liberal Minister @TracyMacCharles and MPP @GrantCrack announce they will not seek re-election in June #onpoli — Colin D'Mello CTV (@ColinDMello) April 5, 2018
Ceding Civility in Canada.
Writing about civility in politics the other day, we never got to the situation here in Canada. Despite our Canadian reputation for civility, things have lately gone to hell in…
Forget Postmedia’s paranoid propaganda: Becoming an environmental pariah won’t restore the ‘Alberta Advantage’
PHOTOS: An Alberta oilsands operation (Photo: Kris Krug, Creative Commons). Below: Calgary Herald political columnist Don Braid, Calgary Sun political columnist Rick Bell, and United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney.…
Watch for so-con ‘free speech advocates’ to attack NDP’s bill to create safe zones around abortion clinics
PHOTOS: Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman. Below: United Conservative Party House Leader Jason Nixon. Later this week, Alberta’s NDP Government will introduce Bill 9, the Protecting Choice for Women Accessing…
Ruth Orkin, An American Girl in Italy, 1951
Iconic photograph often thought to portray the negative experience of women as they walk city streets. Yet the woman photographed, Ninalee Craig, has since said, “At no time was I…
Who is Jordan Peterson and Why Should I Care?
I’ve heard the name. He’s some professor from Toronto. But apparently he’s a big deal, enough so that Foreign Policy thinks he’s some sort of latter day Pied Piper luring…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andre Picard writes about the unjustifiable limitations and inconsistencies in Canada’s health care system: Break your leg and the X-ray and cast will…
Coal is King – Again
We’ve been warned. Climate scientists have told us that the only hope we have of avoiding warming of 2 degrees Celsius is to leave high-carbon fossil fuels, that is to…
Best of Alberta Politics 2017: Rachel Notley, MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona (and Premier of Alberta)
Photo: Ryan Hastman, Rachel Notley and Dave Cournoyer (photography by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta) With more than 1,200 votes cast, Premier Rachel Notley was chosen as the Best Alberta MLA…
As Arctic Opens to Shipping, Communities Scramble for Oil Spill Response Training
On a sunny August afternoon in 2010, the Clipper Adventurer hit an underwater rock shelf near Kugluktuk, Nunavut, carrying 128 Adventure Canada passengers and 69 crew. The nearest ship capable…