Coincidence, Or Have We Lost All the Real Leaders?
Donald Trump, Theresa May, Justin Trudeau – what has happened to the leaders of western liberal democracies? Is there no A-list talent left? Macron seems to have made a botch…
March 2019
Former Attorney General Jody Wilson Raybould Drops Bombshell – Recorded Call With Michel Wernick Released
PM wanted SNC-Lavalin deal ‘one way or another,’ top bureaucrat told Wilson-Raybould in secretly recorded call Jody Wilson-Raybould delivers her opening statement as she appears at the Justice committee meeting…
The SNC Tapes
Late this afternoon we finally got to see the documents that Jody Wilson-Raybould submitted to the House of Commons Justice Committee in regard to the SNC/PMO Scandal. Given that the…
Justin Trudeau is damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t…
Justin Trudeau is the grandchild of colonizers… Justin Trudeau is a man. These two things mean Justin Trudeau is damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t, WRT these rogue…
“He is going to get this done one way or another.”
Here’s the audio. Below, my tweeted summary. WERNICK THREAT TO JWR: “He is going to get this done one way or another. That is the type of mood he is…
Project Wide Awake: The RCMP Monitor Our Social Media Use Without Oversight.
Our national paramilitary police force operates as they wish with impunity. Our governments do nothing and it is left to Civil Liberties groups to challenge the lack of accountability.RH …
Monbiot – Crime and Punishment for Climate Harm
With the Earth on the cusp of tipping into catastrophic climate change is it not time that major polluters be tried and jailed for ecocide? The Guardian’s eco-scribe, George Monbiot,…
#LavScam shocker: she has tapes
Boom. Materials submitted to the Commons Justice Committee this week indicate Jody Wilson-Raybould recorded at least one of the contentious conversations at the heart of the SNC-Lavalin affair, multiple sources…
Theresa May’s Third Strike
Britain’s House of Commons has handed Theresa May’s Brexit deal a third defeat. Parliament voted 344 to 286 to reject the withdrawal agreement for a third and, possibly, final time.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Ryan Meili points out the unduly limited view of climate policy arising out of political posturing over the federal carbon tax. Ed Finn…
Magical Recruitment
When most people think about government ministries, many well earned stereotypes come to mind. People think about long lines, fees, being passed from person to person to person, and normally…
Corporate Extortion
Two noteworthy revelations in the SNC-Lavalin scandal have come to light. The first deals with impropriety, and the second with what can only be called corporate extortion. First, The Star…
Nader On Trump
Ralph Nader doesn’t pull his punches. He’s not impressed with the Mueller Report: What a farce and distraction this whole exercise turned out to be! Mueller’s assigned subject was Trump.…
Promises, promises
LNG plants will only be constructed in BC if the province provides unprecedented subsidies and tax relief. Inducements include natural gas that is essentially free of royalties and other levies,…
Walls Fail Us.
The last time we dealt with the subject of walls, we received a scholarly comment from a monarchist on the efficacy and history of the Great Wall of China. Since…
The UCP health platform: mostly spin, some two-tier medicine, and scraps of red meat for the base
Jason Kenney’s health care policy announcement yesterday was a typical conservative political speech – a mish-mash of anodyne sentiment, misleading spin, market-fundamentalist nostrums, scraps of red meat for the base,…
Maybe JT’s sin was sowing good money after bad.
Perhaps it can be traced back to the whole non-egalitarian “Woman born pf noble people” hogwash. It could be the whole SNC-Lavalin canard Jody Wilson-Raybould (JWR) instigated. Regardless of the…
If Liberals Really Want to Stop Andrew Scheer
Maybe Justin Trudeau can pull a “Harper” and wait for the SNC-L scandal to die a natural death over the summer holiday. Maybe not. Here’s a surefire way to stop…
$5000 Canadian Government Rebate for Some EVs
I've heard that Liberals are announcing an EV rebate soon. Great! (3 years late, but better late than Conservative.)A few important points for them to consider:1. #climatechange is real, which…