Avalanche! Rick Gates to Plead Guilty.
There were some who thought Omerta might just save the Trump gang. For a while it looked as though Paul Manafort’s understudy, Rick Gates, would tough it out and refuse…
2018
Standing Rock is Everywhere
Around the world, indigenous peoples are occupying the front lines in the battle to defend the planet’s environment. Chief Avrol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota people,…
The night the pigs attacked a Muslim woman in a church
Here’s the scene: We were in a church. There was a choir singing upstairs. People were sitting, quietly, with their kids. And then the pigs got up on their hind…
The Guardian Meets Charles Dickens
When it comes to my daily scour of the news it always starts with a quick scan of the CBC website and then on to the serious stuff, beginning with…
Strange bedfellows: Greenpeace, CAPP Team Up in Court Case on Alberta’s Abandoned Wells
The Alberta government and an unlikely crew of allies — including Greenpeace, an oil lobbying firm, Ecojustice and attorneys general of four different provinces — are squaring off with ATB…
We Shall See
When it comes to gun violence in the United States, Michael Harris gets down to the nitty gritty. Consider, for instance, how much money the NRA has donated to American…
Why is a quarter of Canada’s prison population Indigenous?
The recent decision by an all-white jury to acquit Gerald Stanley, the killer of Colten Boushie calls on us all to confront systematic racism and demand reforms to Canada’s justice…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Livia Gershon discusses why relative equality plays a far greater role in people’s well-being than absolute income in developed countries. And Stefanie Stantcheva…
The Day the NRA Killer Crazies Struck Back
At the CNN town hall the other night, Emma Gonzalez and other Parkland Massacre survivors were able to put the NRA's representative Dana Loesch on the spot.Or tame the beast…
The Day the Con Media Ended Up Looking Like Idiots
As I'm sure you know, I have absolutely no respect for most of the Parliamentary press gang. They are incredibly mediocre, gratingly provincial, almost entirely dedicated to trying to return…
Don’t count the Liberals out in Ontario.
It has been a bit disquieting lately to see the progressive bloggers’ web site infiltrated by conservatives. In checking to see what people are saying these days, I came across…
Is Caroline Mulroney the Hillary Clinton of Ontario politics?
Comparing Hillary Clinton with Caroline Mulroney might seem like a stretch, but it does work on a few levels. Hillary Clinton entered the political arena in large measure due to…
Who blinked? Doesn’t matter: There are plenty of reasons to doubt B.C. and Alberta’s differences are settled
PHOTOS: A map showing the route of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Below: B.C. Premier John Horgan, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney, and B.C. Environment Minister George…
Notley opens the Quails’ Gate and lets the BC wine flow into Alberta once again.
Did Alberta win the pipeline war against British Columbia? No, but the great BC wine boycott of 2018 appears to be over. The interprovincial dispute over the Kinder Morgan Inc.…
What Canada Can Learn From Germany’s Renewable Revolution
Changing from an energy system powered by fossil fuels to one based on renewable energy takes long-term planning, innovation and a buy-in from citizens, industry and all levels of government,…
Caroline Mulroney – Burning down the PC house?
Caroline Mulroney is running for the leadership of Onatrio’s Progressive Conservative Party, following in her father’s political footsteps. Conservatives interested in the long term viability of the Ontario PC Party…
Meters Fees & Charges: Nobody likes them!
Last November, in the 2018 Park Board budget deliberations, seasonal parking fees were introduced at Spanish Banks beach. This is the last beach in Vancouver to have parking fees, and…
What Those Who Call Themselves "Patriots" Really Believe
Put on your irony seat belt folks. When I wrote the article detailing the reaction to the George Stanley acquittal, I used the Facebook group, "Canadians Against the NDP and…
Climate Lemmings. You Either Are or You’re Not.
I think very few among us have any realistic idea of how far down the climate change road we’ve already gone. That includes our political leadership. No question about that.…
Site C: The Elephant in B.C.’s Budget
Conspicuously absent from the B.C. government’s 19-page budget speech on Tuesday was any mention of the largest publicly funded project in the province’s history. Nor did the government devote a…