My Socialism Includes Kids. . . .
After a lifetime of observation and thought, it increasingly seems to me that failures on the left are often not a result of leftists being too radical, but of them…
May 2019
More Of The Same
Donald Trump says he doesn’t want to go to war with Iran. But two of his closest advisors do. Tony Burman writes: Beyond the incoherence of the president’s overall foreign…
Saturday Photo: The Flowers That Don’t Bloom in May, Trala!
Work on replacing lead water pipes leading into our 116 year old house continues. Ten days ago the city replaced the ones on its side of the property line because…
Fake news on the opioid front?
We were reading a poster telling us about a community meeting to discuss a proposed safe injection site in the neighbourhood. It invited anyone who wanted more information or had…
Postmedia bid for role in UCP ‘war room’ illustrates the folly of Trudeau’s lifeline for failing newspapers
Connect the dots, Mr. Prime Minister! That newspaper industry bailout package you’re foolishly planning in the name of preserving democracy is principally designed to keep a corporation afloat that will…
BC NDP Delivering BC Liberal’s Agenda On Education
Most of the improvements implemented since the BC NDP were elected resulted from Supreme Court rulings directing the government on class composition and size. Most of the improvements in BC…
Andrew Scheer and the Con’s Climate Emergency Fiasco
As I said about ten days ago, when heavy flooding in the Ottawa area forced Andrew Scheer to admit that climate change was real, I knew it was all over,…
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress digs into Statistics Canada’s findings about precarious work in Canada, highlighting the connection between temporary work and subpar pay and working conditions:…
Musical interlude
Jeremy Vancaulart feat. Danyka Nadeau – Hurt
Sidewalk Grab
Another gem from Messrs. Trudeau and Butts. Read.
Canuck Owners Abuse Temporary Farm Workers Rights Again- Fined and Ordered To Pay
This Harrison Mooney story carried in the Vancouver Province should embarrass the Vancouver Canuck owners into treating their workers honestly and without abuse. Canucks owners ordered to pay over $130,000…
“I Wish They’d Stop Complaining”
We’ve only reach mid-May and we still have reached the one-year anniversary of the election of the Ford Conservatives in Ontario. I say that because it has felt a lot…
the north island report: alert bay, eagles, and our first ontario visitors (photos to follow)
When we moved to Port Hardy, I was sure that none of our Ontario friends would ever visit. It’s so far away, and not an easy place to travel to.…
It Will Take More Than Words to Deal With Climate Change
The Parliamentary Pissing Contest is well underway with Andrew Scheer and Justin Trudeau battling it out, each claiming to have the best chance of fulfilling Stephen Harper‘s 2030 carbon emissions…
So Much for ‘Austerity-Lite’ in Ontario
Photo by Victor Fedeli (Twitter) One eminent conservative scholar of public budgeting characterized annual budgets as a record of “victories, defeats, bargains and compromises.” Ontario’s 2019 Budget, the first of…
Bank of Canada Warns: Beware of Carbon Dumpster Fires
Bad tidings for the Petro-Pols of Parliament Hill. The Bank of Canada warns of looming carbon-asset “fire sales” that could destabilize our economy. The shift to a low-carbon economy is…
Louisiana Wakes Up, Looks Around and Cries, "We’re Screwed."
One of the most backward, impoverished states of the entire UuuuNited States of ‘Merica has figured out it’s, well, it’s screwed. The epiphany came in the form of a roadmap…
“Unthinkable”
American religious conservatives have a problem. Riding high on their partnerships with the Trump administration and the perception of being political kingmakers, they need to be sure that they will…