El Salvador: A New Chapter Begins
During the 12 years of civil war, the Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN) managed to build and maintain the unity of five allied politico-military parties and various civil-political…
February 2019
The Dark Underside Of Sunny Ways
Her testimony was riveting, her aura of integrity palpable. One could only come away from the testimony of Jody Wilson-Raybould into the SNC-Lavalin scandal drawing at least two conclusions: politics…
An Inspiring Vision for the Future of Canada Post
Canada Post is changing and the workers at the company want to see it grow to be more than just package delivery. They’ve looked at other postal services around the…
Trudeau takes on the Truth-Teller.
The streaming video from CBC News in Ottawa on Wednesday afternoon was a time of truth. There was absolutely no reason to disbelieve former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould. She was…
#LavScam: in yesterday walks tomorrow
Thirty-five years ago today, Pierre Trudeau “took a walk in the snow” and resigned. If what Jody Wilson-Raybould testified yesterday is true – and there is plenty of reason, now,…
Alleged UCP electoral shenanigans begin to attract a wider audience than just Alberta
Thanks to Opposition Leader Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party leadership race he won last year, not to mention the way he won it, electoral politics in Alberta are…
Did SNC-Lavalin Try to Shake Down the Trudeau Government?
From what I’ve read in the funny papers, the Trudeau government, with an election just months away, twisted ex-justice minister Jody’s arm after the prime minister’s arm was twisted by…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2019-02-27 22:45:00
Oh look, Ford of Canada has a new revenue Stream… https://tgam.ca/2GOCbZR
TheZazzle store plugs along
Yes, it’s been a while since I added any products. Once a year they drop $50 bucks into my Paypal account, so I really can’t complain. And I have been…
Waiting for #Elxn2019 – This Ain’t No Green Godot
When we last visited our intrepid Green Party heroes, May Green and Green May (MG and GM for short), they were nestled beneath a baobab tree, waiting…..thinking of Samuel Beckett…
Devastating Truth
Today has been a wild day all around the world, between Michael Cohen’s testimony in Washington, Trump and Kim in Vietnam and the new tensions between India and Pakistan. There…
what i’m reading: solitary raven: the essential writings of bill reid
I’m supposed to be writing about the Jackie Robinson biography, which I finished weeks ago, but so far I haven’t been motivated to do so. I finished another Wallander mystery…
How we move forward…
If we are going to move forward… Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to confirm mistakes have been made, acknowledge the problems within the Prime Minister’s Office by requesting the resignations…
Musings From The Cheap Seats
Do you know what part-time, precarious, low wage, employment is? There is a lot of it out there. Retail runs on this model of labour management. It is not about…
They fired an Indigenous woman because she wouldn’t break the law for them
There can’t help but be demands that Trudeau resign, now. This is extraordinary. #CDNPOLI #LavScam — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 27, 2019 That’s it. They fired an Indigenous woman because…
Why Andrew Scheer Must Never Be Prime Minister
It was one of the most appalling spectacles I have ever witnessed, a deplorable assault on the very foundations of our democracy.The sight of Andrew Scheer, the Leader of the…
Can You Imagine a Canadian Government Without One of the Two Major Parties?
Could there come a day when either the Liberals or the Conservatives disappear from federal politics? It’s hard to imagine but a UBC political science prof, Richard Johnston, thinks one…
Ford’s Mission
Ontario premier Doug Ford is a cauldron of contradictions. Heather Mallick writes: People often claim to be economic conservatives and social liberals. Why? To get along with other people, to…
#LavScam cover up continues
Check this out. These guys are a bunch of clowns. They think Canadians are really, really stupid. A tidbit from @nathancullen not widely known: The committee was asked to move…