Has The Ontario PC Party Opened Up a Pandora’s Box With Brown?
Since the Patrick Brown scandal broke on CTV, there are a lot of unanswered questions about the allegations surrounding Brown’s accusers of sexual misconduct, to the role both the party…
2018
BC’s failing grade in climate change
In a report issued today, Auditor General Carol Bellringer says the BC government is not adequately managing risks posed by climate change. She finds: Government has work underway to adapt…
Anti-Muslim Protest Planned For Parliament Hill on February 18; Numbers Attending In Question
For the past one and a half weeks, the Islamophobes ARC keeps an eye on have been promoting an anti-Muslim rally scheduled for February 18 in Ottawa on Parliament Hill…
#MeToo at Queen’s Park – again?
With all of the Patrick Brown self-immolation today, I missed this. I sincerely hope John is able to assist this woman in a way that protects her and respects her…
From Competitive Corporatism to Embedded Austerity: Neoliberalism and Structural Reform in Greece during the Eurozone Crisis
Here is a link to my latest article on the structural transformation of labour relations in Greece. Source: From Competitive Corporatism to Embedded Austerity: Neoliberalism and Structural Reform in Greece…
Layin’ Pipe
Wanda's having relationship troubles…because she's just not that into #pipelines:https://t.co/V8ppUMFnTd RT if you can identify with Wanda. #StopKM #NotPipelines#cdnpoli #bcpoli #WaterIsLife #NoMeansNo pic.twitter.com/1zCvBAA1Sf — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) February 15, 2018…
The Tar Sands Are a Big Loser. When Will Trudeau Wake Up to Reality?
Last week it was renowned Alberta ecologist, University of Alberta prof Dave Shindler, who along with Trudeau’s own Environment Canada and the Royal Society of Canada, demolished Alberta’s and Ottawa’s…
Feb. 15: Where are we going? Where are you going?
From its earliest days, the modern newspaper has been a propaganda sheet for its owners. Of course. Pioneer William Randolph Hearst used his newspapers to start a war that killed…
Patrick Brown thinks he’s still leader
He has had “Progressive Conservative leader” on his Facebook profile for weeks. Now we know why. He’s launching the first political coup in modern Ontario history. This guy is in…
Alberta’s Leading the Pack With Cheap Wind Power and There’s Way More to Come
When the winning bids for Alberta’s renewable power auction were announced in December, jaws dropped. The winning projects were approved at a record-breaking low price of 3.7 cents per kilowatt…
Schiff Lifts the Carpet, Gives the Public a Glimpse of What Lies Beneath.
The ranking minority member on the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, says they’ve uncovered an abundance of evidence of collusion with the Russians and obstruction of justice involving Donald Trump.…
It Wasn’t Just a Crazed Kid with an Assault Rifle At that Parkdale High School Yesterday. He had Company, America’s "Bought and Paid For" Congress.
I watched Lawrence O’Donnell interview a father whose 15-year old daughter was at the Parkdale, Florida high school where 17 people, mainly students, were gunned down yesterday. The man’s daughter…
CTV News – The Donald Trump of Canadian journalism
CTV News has announced that they, “stand behind their reporting” of the Patrick Brown story and that attacks on their journalistic practices are, “groundless and wrong“. Really? They can stand…
Less Than Meets The Eye?
Given its recent rather dubious pursuits of lost tax revenue, I readily admit that I don’t know what to make of the latest report that the CRA has actually begun…
From next week’s column: PR tips in the #MeToo era
There’s a couple of them that seem particularly germane this morning. I wonder who I am referring to? • Don’t attack your alleged victims. In the #MeToo era, even Harvey…
Roundup of more great reviews of The Fatness
Reviews continue to get posted about my new book. If you haven’t already checked out Joe Mahoney’s funny video review of The Fatness, you definitely should. There’s also a new…
A Society Which Cannot Offer Its Youth A Future
There was another mass shooting in the United States. Barack Obama used to come out and publicly appeal for gun control legislation. Yesterday, the Tweeting Twit used his standard medium:…
Happy birthday
Many guys will understand what I mean when I say this: your father is both a bit of light, and a bit of shadow, over your path through life. Mine,…
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