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…
April 2019
Episode 35: The big UCP win, an Alberta Election Recap
The Alberta election is over. In this episode Dave and Ryan discuss the election results, who Jason Kenney might pick for the United Conservative government cabinet, what is next for…
Like Rats Jumping a Sinking Ship
My class had a great conversation the other day about discrimination and W.E.B. DuBois’s “double consciousness.” I discussed the theory and solicited for comments, but there were none, as I…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Paul Krugman offers a reminder that the gap between the 1% and the rest of us is far larger than most people are…
A Good Friday Observation
A friend sent this along. I hope it prompts some sober reflections on this Good Friday. Recommend this Post
He’ll Live in Infamy
For weeks, Donald Trump has been claiming that Robert Mueller totally exonerated him. We should have known by now that that was a lie. Mueller did nothing like that. E.…
Not just a pocket to be picked.
The chickens came home to roost faster than expected. While I have been forecasting dire consequences as Justin Trudeau downgraded the liberal party to a fan club, we are starting…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Katharine Hayhoe offers some suggestions as to how to reach people in talking about climate change. Karine Peloffy writes about the growing…
April 18: We are gpverned by the greediest and most immoral of humans.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/18/billionaires-donations-notre-dame-france-inequality Well, you can be sure that none of these billionaires will be poor as a result of their donations. I am reminded of the New Brunswick oil billionaire who…
This Is What Gives Them Away
A lot of stupid people in Canada have come to think of Athabasca bitumen as “oil.” That is the single most important victory the petro-state has achieved. It’s not oil.…
Failing the Test
Through out the whole SNC/PMO scandal, anonymous voices were coming out of the woodwork to smear former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould and over time, those attempts failed miserably. That failure…
The unvarnished truth
The Mueller Report is out! Thank you, President Donald Trump, for being unafraid to let us know the truth!
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
It’s a blast from the past. Booze returns to BC Ferries. It’s only for the Tsawassen to Schwartz Bay route, the ferry that carries drivers between the lower mainland and…
The Mueller Report (some of it) Is Out.
Want to read it yourself? You can find it here. I think I’ll wait until someone picks up all those bones and mops up the entrails. It could be a…
Cutting Jody Down to Size
A fresh and immensely persuasive voice on former justice minister Jody and her role in the SNC-Lavalin case undermines the at times self-righteous claims of Wilson-Raybould and her supporters. The…
Spring Election on the Rock
Spring is finally arriving in earnest; the weather has gotten nice and warm, the snow is melting away and it seems that our long winter is finally done (knock on…
New column day
Here, wondering whether Alberta’s lamentable election of Jason Kenney and his gang of regressive Conservatives might have been avoided if Rachel Notley’s NDP had made an effort not to perpetuate…
La Chine appuie le projet de loi sur la laïcité (repost)
Au moment où le projet de loi sur la laïcité de l’État suscite de nombreuses critiques, le gouvernement Legault vient d’obtenir un appui inattendu venant de… la Chine. Read the…
The land of the long white stain (repost)
The killer was an Australian. But New Zealand has a long history of white supremacist ideology, writes Scott Hamilton. Content warning: this article contains descriptions of racist behaviour and quotes…
Reality 1, Jason’s Amazing Monocolour Dream Sweater 0
During the recent campaign our Premier-Elect made all sorts of ridiculous promises to the gullible. He is the one who will get the pipelines built. He will bring back jobs…