Libraries? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Libraries!
Doug Ford is slashing funding wherever he can find it. He just announced that he is cutting funding for the Ontario Library Service Budget by 50%. Edward Keenan writes: While…
April 2019
Saturday Photo: The Beauty of Natural Easter Eggs, or an Ethical Contradiction?
This is not the first time I’ve posted this photo. It dates from 2015, actually, and shows four eggs I’d dyed red according to the recipe my old Latvian neighbour…
#LavScam latest: PEI shows Canada the way
Nate Erskine-Smith is my MP. I have always liked him. I have always praised him and had a big sign supporting him in front of my house in 2015. But…
Where’s Jagmeet Singh?
Somebody needs to check the potholes on the Yellow Brick Road. Could NPP leader Jagmeet Singh have fallen into one of them? If it was not the daily feed of…
Justin Trudeau and the Great Carbon Tax Battle
Justin Trudeau has had to fight all kinds of battles since he came to power. He's has to fight the Cons and their grubby stooge media. He has had to…
Musical interlude
Goldie – Inner City Life
Biden O’Rourke
It’s the only way to beat that bastard in a country like the United States.
Meet The Neil Before Zodcast
I am so happy to announce the Neil Before Zodcast, Episode One – The One Where Neil Gets His Own Podcast (With Guest Lindsay Stamhuis). I talk about why I…
Can You Imagine Canadians Doing This?
I can’t. I suspect our country would see more turning out to protest the carbon tax than to save the planet from extinction. “It’s growing at an amazing rate. I…
As Alberta retreats into bad conservative habits under Jason Kenney, PEI may show us what real change looks like
There isn’t much positive to say about the gross Alberta election results this week. The voters of that province are generally much more conservative than other Canadians and they stayed…
David Attenborough Takes Off the Gloves – At Last
He’s been criticized for ducking the hard issues of climate change in his breathtaking nature series. That’s over. David Attenborough’s hour-long BBC documentary, “Climate Change – the Facts,” lays bare…
Promise Made, Promise Broken
When polling firms do surveys every so often on who society trusts, there is a typical list of professions that finds itself at towards the bottom; politicians are usually one…
The Greening of America – Big Apple Style
New York City is getting serious about slashing greenhouse gas emissions. Former mayor Michael Bloomberg set out to cut emissions 30 per cent by 2030. The current mayor, Bill de…
The Greening of America – A Better Way to Say "Goodbye"
Washington has just become the first state (or province for that matter) to permit the composting of human remains. Instead of having to go up in smoke or uselessly interred…
ENVIRONMENT: Bill McKibben on how we might avert climate change suicide
Canada has been called out by Bill McKibben as a great source of destruction, digging up and shipping tar sands oil and using up about a third of the worlds…
Will Jason Kenney Lose His Pipeline War With Justin Trudeau?
Ever since he became the Premier-elect of Alberta, Jason Kenney has wasted no time giving his enemies the finger, and preparing to declare war on them.From "foreign funded" environmental groups,…
Léonie Tchatat et La Passerelle IDE: malentendus ou mensonges?
L’organisme La Passerelle a une description altruiste et noble sur son site web. À La Passerelle-I.D.É., notre mission est de promouvoir les talents francophones d’ici et d’ailleurs pour favoriser leur…
Léonie Tchatat et La Passerelle IDE: malentendus ou mensonges?
L’organisme La Passerelle a une description altruiste et noble sur son site web. À La Passerelle-I.D.É., notre mission est de promouvoir les talents francophones d’ici et d’ailleurs pour favoriser leur…
Léonie Tchatat et La Passerelle IDE: malentendus ou mensonges?
L’organisme La Passerelle a une description altruiste et noble sur son site web. À La Passerelle-I.D.É., notre mission est de promouvoir les talents francophones d’ici et d’ailleurs pour favoriser leur…
Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax: The Ultimate Sorry
On April 1st 2019, Justin Trudeau’s government initiated carbon pricing in an effort to place a price on pollution and address climate change. From that moment onward, there has been…