How Do You Arrange That?
Michael Harris writes that a choice between Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer is a lousy choice. Trudeau has proved to be a remarkable blunderer. The list of his mistakes keeps…
May 2019
Exile on Mainstreet
So, that Mainstreet poll. On the one hand, I like its founder and the people who work there. My firm has used them in the past. When the Lavscam scandal…
Daisy is growing again!
Daisy Group is looking for smart and creative people who love to write, research and advocate. If you fit the bill, send your CV to Rob Gilmour at Rob AT…
Erin Weir Debacle Will Haunt Jagmeet Singh
The Erin Weir debacle continues to haunt the federal New Democrats. It underscores party leader Jagmeet Singh’s seeming policy confusion and calls into question his political judgment.It just won’t go…
Erin Weir Debacle Will Haunt Jagmeet Singh
The Erin Weir debacle continues to haunt the federal New Democrats. It underscores party leader Jagmeet Singh’s seeming policy confusion and calls into question his political judgment.It just won’t go…
Erin Weir Debacle Will Haunt Jagmeet Singh
The Erin Weir debacle continues to haunt the federal New Democrats. It underscores party leader Jagmeet Singh’s seeming policy confusion and calls into question his political judgment. It just won’t…
Scheer would do better if he shut up.
Sure, it is almost five months until the federal election but everyone is out stumping anyway. You would swear that the election was in June and everyone is getting desperate.…
Jason Kenney fiddles (with climate policy) while Alberta burns
It is an irony, though not a particularly satisfying one to observe, that while Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party Government moves swiftly to repeal Alberta’s carbon tax, the province…
The Moral Capitulation of the News Media
Bill Moyers asks, “What if we covered the climate crisis like we did the start of the second world war?“ Moyers addressed young journalists to mark the launch of Covering…
Will Doug Ford Cost Andrew Scheer’s Cons the Next Election?
When Doug Ford became the premier of Ontario, Andrew Scheer was so excited he treated him like his new best friend forever.It was going to be the Great Alliance, with…
May 23:: A bad, bad day.
I sit here in tears. Once in a while, I hit a key – I don’t even known which one – and it wipes out hours of work. And it…
Scheer versus Trudeau – the Lesser of Two Weasels
Michael Harris has penned, “An Early Voting Guide to Trudeau (Bad) and Scheer (Worse).” Before Liberal hearts soar, Harris says they’re both lousy choices – Trudeau slightly less lousy. His…
If You Can’t Believe the World Is Massively Overcrowded
Get an eyeful of this: These are climbers queuing to summit the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest. Hundreds of climbers hoping to make it to the summit of the world’s…
Ring of Fire Bungling Jeopardizes Green Economic Prosperity for Northern Communities
Buried beneath the feet of Northern Ontarians are the materials that will drive the green economy. Nickel, copper, cobalt and lithium are needed in abundance for batteries that will store…
Another Bad Day for Justin
It wasn’t the first time Trudeau’s security officers have thrown a woman to the ground but, this time, it was a 74-year old granny, part of a group of Trans-Mountain…
Labour a Key Partner in a Canadian Green New Deal
“Migrants” by Mary Tolstova In a month where unprecedented floods have ravaged many Canadian communities, the immediate perils of climate change have never been more evident. At the same time,…
Noteworthy Companies from Collision Conference
21 May 2019; Chelsea F. Briganti, left, CEO, LOLIWARE, Dianna Cohen, centre,rnCEO, Plastic Pollution Coalition, and Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, Climate Action Network Canada, on planet : tech Stage during…
The Kindest Cut Of All?
Given the butcher’s blade Doug Ford and his trained seals are taking to crucial services and programs in Ontario, perhaps the following best reflects the widespread disenchantment people are expressing…
A Week in the Life of the Ford Conservatives
As we have been noting here, the Ford Conservatives have been dealing with a lot of blowback from decisions that they have made. We’ve been seeing more and more manifestations…
What happened to Prisoner Justice Day?
What happened to Prisoner Justice Day? is a podcast mini series about the history of prisons in canada focusing on differences in the prison system in the 1960s-1980s versus today.…