A Green Revolution?
In a recent interview on CTV Question Period Elizabeth May, the Green Party federal leadersaid that they had been getting an increased interest,and donations, in the party. Hardly a surprise…
February 2019
Paperwork SNAFU! Elections Alberta says Stephen Mandel can’t run! Alberta Party lawyers say he can! Stand by for video!
This just in! Elections Alberta’s updated list of candidates ineligible to run as candidates or serve as chief elections officers includes at least one name most Albertans will recognize. To…
Reactionary Yellow Vests Supporter Arrested: Numerous Weapons Charges
Back on January 28, an off-duty RCMP officer heard a man calling for a lost dog. When he tried to help the man whose name is Tony Green, this happened:…
Welcome to the People’s Pipeline. Would You Like a Two Billion Dollar Subsidy With That?
It’s bad enough that the Trudeau government overpaid for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline just when the boys from Texas were about to throw in the towel. It’s bad enough…
Musical interlude
Omnia feat. Danyka Nadeau – For You
No Comment
Many days on Parliament Hill, issues or stories will pop up that look bad on a government. When it happens, some of the most hardcore partisans jump up and down,…
Hey, That Line’s Already Taken
I thought there was something familiar when I read that Trump’s nominee for Interior Secretary has pledged to balance energy and the environment. That’s what Justin Trudeau pledged, to balance…
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Contractual obligations
Retired economist Erik Andersen presented a paper about contractual obligations to the legislative budget committee 2 years running and was met with stony silence from all MLA committee members.
The SNC-Lavalin/Wilson-Raybould/Trudeau Fracas – Who Cares?
Apparently Liberals care, or at least some of them care. The Conservatives, always looking for something, anything to distract the voting public from Chuckles the Scheer, care – a lot.…
#LavScam Twitter thread
…one of my first ever! THREAD. @AndrewScheer is right to move #LavScam into committee. The only way to relieve @Puglaas of her solicitor-client obligation is (a) for the client to…
Monbiot Sees Disaster Capitalists Gathering in the Wings of Brexit.
There’s money to be made out of chaos. That’s the whole point of disaster capitalism and those who play that game see vast potential in the UK plummeting into a…
SNC-Lavalin: Scandal Or Much Ado About Almost Nothing?
I suppose it's the price I must pay for trying to maintain a daily blog, that yesterday I should write about how Nicholas Kristof called us the "moral leader of…
If You Want to Understand Brexit, Think Ireland and the Rise of England.
It will take an hour of your time but, when you’re done, Fintan O’Toole will help you understand why Brexit has so bedeviled Theresa May, the British House of Commons…
Some Habits Die Hard
In some ways, it is hard to believe that the old Liberal propensity for corrupt coziness with corporate chums has reasserted itself so quickly, barely three years into Mr. Trudeau’s…
#LavScam by the numbers
Apropos of nothing, my Twitter metrics suggest that #LavScam is only just getting started – on my feed, at least, other stuff is still dominating. Early days.
Why Allesleving Is My Least Favorite Verb
By making those investments we are defining the foundation upon which our country was built and what the economy will be built on not only today but into the future.…
Maybe They’re Not Really Economists
In his State of the Union speech, Donald Trump resurrected an old menace — socialism: “Here in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Eric Holthaus writes that the Green New Deal which looks to be at the centre of Democratic policy development offers an important opportunity…