Facts matter
The BC Press Gallery has been a private club, reluctant to admit new members. Emma Gilchrist, co-founder of The Narwhal and Executive Director of its predecessor Desmog Canada, had media…
April 2019
Rachel Notley, one of the finest political orators of her generation, raises the rafters with optimistic speech in Edmonton
Rachel Notley looked and sounded like a politician on a roll yesterday afternoon as she addressed at least 1,500 people sardined into Edmonton’s Polish Hall – energized, by turns forceful,…
A Guide to UCP “Conservatives”
The Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservatives parted company with the Kenney “conservatives” when Kenney created the free enterprise unity party. Those three little words signaled the transformation of the conservative party…
Great Power… No Responsibility?
On Thursday we saw the first budget brought in by the new Ford Conservative government in Ontario and in it, there was some of what we’ve come to expect and…
Old Is New Again: Some Members of Far-Right Attempt To Have Ideological Opponents, Media, and Politicians Jailed
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the "apex" of far-right "patriot" journalism in Canada: Yep, this is a clip of a drunken Rick Boswick, Derek Storie, and Corey/Kory…. Something-or-Other (I…
Varoufakis’s Economic History for Dummies
First published six years ago, Varoufakis’s book, Talking to My Daughter about the Economy, addressed to his then 12-year-old daughter, is a quick read in economic theory that would benefit…
I’m thinking
I just read the @VanityFair profile of @BetoORourke. I put it down and then made a donation to the @CanadianGreens. Just like that. I’m going to go downstairs now and…
John Pilger On The Arrest Of Julian Assange
This is a pivotal event for democracy and free media. Lying is generally OK in the political realm, but truth-telling will bring down all the forces that have been exposed…
Value
You sometimes hear me stumble over the word ‘value’, the way I did in a recent interview. Let me explain why. The word ‘value’ is widely used in our field…
in which two humans figure out how to make a yard safe for canines
We did it! We closed the gaps in our partially fenced yard, in a way that looks decent, was within our budget, and within our skill set. First we researched…
Lisa Kinsella on the Ford budget – and indigenous people
OPINION: Ford government’s budget lacks commitment to Indigenous peoples BY LISA KINSELLA “There’s some positives to it and there’s some negatives and there are a few things that just don’t…
How Much of Venezuela’s Crisis is Really Maduro’s Fault?
Photo by Presidencia El Salvador The recognition by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Joe Biden of Juan Guaidó as Venezuelan president is the latest demonstration of…
The ‘Russia connection’ that unites the European right
Photo by Book Catalog It’s not the rejection of immigration, the defense of a notion of national identity or the impulse to say no to the dictates from Brussels. If…
Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 15: The end is near …
As a citizen of the province of Alberta, I will dutifully head to my nearby polling station to cast my vote in the provincial election on Tuesday. I admit that,…
Well, Well, Well
For someone who is ‘for the people,” Doug Ford has a strange way of showing his fealty to them. Buried in last week’s budget bill is a nugget that will…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Riley Yesno rightly calls out the Libs for telling Canadians they have no choice but to settle for a slight variation in…
The Cost Of Ignorance
Donald Trump has been throwing the word “treason” around these days — alot. Dana Milbank writes: On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that the probe was a “Treasonous Hoax” and that “what…
#LavScam by the numbers: Trudeau is losing – badly
Wow. The Toronto Star, of all media organizations, commissioned a poll after Justin Trudeau martyred Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott. And, according to the most Liberal-friendly paper of all, he’s…
In the arrogance of ignorance.
You saw the big beaming smiles on their faces. If not in the newspapers or television news clips, you can imagine the smugness that Ontario’s conservative government felt bringing in…