Threats to Democracy (repost)
“An obstacle to democracy is that the value of its name often exceeds the principles of its practice.” From an old speech by former MP David Kilgore – In his…
April 2019
Captive audience? Continuing care operators’ ‘reference document’ pushes residents, families to vote for UCP, shows NDP in negative light
A “reference document” implying residents of private for-profit and not-for-profit seniors’ care facilities and their families should vote for the United Conservative Party has been distributed by the Alberta Continuing…
Coded language of the Yellow Vest Mission Statement
I wrote the following specifically for a conversation in a Facebook group, but I suspect that conversation might be deleted and I thought I’d like to share these thoughts here:…
Aprill 13:Don’t "keep right on to the end of the road."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/climate-change-atlantic-ocean-dfo-report-1.5094133 Nah. There ain’t no climate change. If there were, New Brunswick’s Mr. Irving would have told us in all them provincial newspapers he owns. And he’s smarter than them…
Deep thought
Sure, on the surface one might expect refugee claimants to be displeased to be deported and subsequently killed based on Justin Trudeau’s decision to outsource their assessments to the Trump…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alex Hemingway points out that British Columbia has a long way to go in raising readily-available revenue in order to provide even the…
North Cowichan hit hard by WorkSafeBC fine
North Cowichan hit hard by WorkSafeBC fine By Larry Pynn A search of WorkSafeBC files reveals that North Cowichan received the highest fine for public-sector violations on…
Saturday Photo: What a Difference a Day Makes…
Crazy week: freezing rain that left 200,000 people north of Montreal without power for a couple of days, followed by a quick thaw and Spring! The first photo was taken…
The Method Behind The Madness
Like his Orange Cousin to the south, Doug Ford is a disruptor — and a master of distraction. Mitch Potter writes: From the vengeful, shock-and-awe downsizing of Toronto city council…
The Day Justin Trudeau Finally Went After The Cons
For nine long weeks Justin Trudeau has been forced to defend himself from the Cons and their media stooges, who tried to use the fake scandal to destroy him.But that…
Tories take a try at Toronto transit.
You really need to be a Torontonian to recognize the absurdity of the Ontario government’s latest plan for Toronto transit. It seems to be a right of passage for Toronto…
RCMP raid on UCP candidate’s business, polling trends, hordes of advance voters wind up the Internet
Alberta’s Internet was in a furious swivet last night. There seemed to be something to wind everyone up as we enter the final stretch of a provincial election both sides…
Musical interlude
Metric – Dark Saturday
Vote smart, Alberta
The choice in my home province actually isn’t hard. This sort of crap is disqualifying. Vote accordingly. #ableg #abvote2019 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/dcJIlb6QM6 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 12, 2019
Vancouver park commissioner Dave Demers wants staff to examine optimal uses of land now set aside for golf courses
by Charlie Smith on April 9th, 2019 Straight.com Some folks are incredibly passionate about using a golf club to whack a small ball around huge swaths of publicly owned land…
Logan’s run
Our amazing, smart, strategic, dedicated Logan Ross is leaving us. And we’re sad and happy at the same time. Sad to lose her, natch. But happy to see that she…
Signs of Change
The 2015 Federal election was a bit of a watershed moment in Canada, but this was especially true for Indigenous voters across the country. After years of Stephen Harper and…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted material to end your week. – Nick Falvo writes that artificially low taxes at the expense of Saskatchewan’s well-being are nothing to brag about: (T)axes can help finance important…
Henhouse Alert
Welcome to Ontario, A Place To Grow and Open For Business. Depending upon whether you are a private driver or a commercial operator, you will soon be sporting one of…