Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 18: Jason Kenney goes to war
No one can say that Jason Kenney is easing into his new job as premier of Alberta. After appointing his cabinet this week (one from Edmonton, as expected, most of…
May 2019
The Smoked-Out Coast
What does it mean to live in America’s Pacific states? Smoke, a lot of smoke, enough that it is changing the way of life, perhaps unalterably. That’s discussed in an…
Hate Groups At Toronto Pegida Rally Burn Quran and Set Off Smoke Bombs
Sooooo, remember when these people claimed to be opposed to Islamic extremism, but not Muslims? No one believed that then nor does anyone believe it now: Here’s Andre Ch (Cdn…
Death Watch for NAFTA II
The Great Negotiator seems to have doomed his vaunted USMCA trade deal. The Bungler-in-Chief Trump has once again screwed the pooch. The deal has been heralded as a win by…
Removal request has been resubmitted
I was on vacation for a week and hadn’t posted since my request to be removed from ProgBlogs. Now that I am back I published a new post this morning…
Want a Preview of This Year’s Federal Election Campaign?
A columnist for The Guardian, Australia, Greg Jericho, looks at the election campaign waged by prime minister, Scott Morrison, and what is said and not said. It’s pretty much what…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Mike Benusic points out that the success of public health programs is found in the absence of preventable illnesses and dangers –…
pupdate: diego progress report
Diego seems to be doing all right. He’s able to hobble around on three legs pretty well. The incision looks good, and so far he’s leaving it alone, so we…
Top 10 Positive Outcomes of A Liberal re-election
In the Spirit of Late Night with David Letterman, the Top 10 reasons to see the Liberals re-elected. 10. A government guided by progressive principles can continue its work. As…
Ford And “Fake News”
Like his orange cousin, Doug Ford has gone to war with the media. Antonia Zerbisias writes: The war between Doug Ford’s government and the news media escalated this week when…
Pipe dreams and nightmares.
Nobody seems eager to address the questions of pipelines properly. Is it not possible that some pipelines can do good and some can commit unspeakable evil? Are we to be…
It bears repeating ….. again and again!
Is Anyone Listening? My name is Greta Thunberg. I am 16 years old. I come from Sweden. And I speak on behalf of future generations. I know many of you…
Rachel Notley sets out to do a little narrative building of her own about what Jason Kenney is up to, now that he’s premier
CALGARY – In her first major speech since losing the Alberta election to Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party on April 16, Rachel Notley called on her supporters not to allow…
Port Renfrew Chamber Decries Horgan’s Plan To Log Old Growth Near Jan De Fuca Plan To Log Old Growth
This is in Premier John Horgan’s constituency. The opposition is widespread, and now the Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce is at odds with Horgan over plan to log old growth.…
The silencing of journalists is an attempt to silence us all.
The silencing of journalists is an attempt to silence us all. Doug Saunders is a Globe and Mail columnist. His latest book is Maximum Canada: Why 35 Million Canadians Are…
May 4: my apologies.
Damn! I just lost the whole blog I had written in this page. Look. The first page of today’s blog appears on another blog just below this one. I have…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ethan Cox reports on the massive public support in Canada for a wealth tax. David Hetherington writes that the wealthy few go out…
My latest: Trudeau, Liberals, and the inevitable sinking ship metaphor
Cue the soundtrack from Titanic. Once upon a time, Andrew Leslie was a star Liberal Party candidate. A decorated former commander of the Canadian Armed Forces, Leslie was hailed by…
Musical interlude
The Black Lotus – Eon