"Normal Politics Has Failed Us"
Farhana Yamin has spent the last 30 years of her life as an environmental lawyer. She’s now joined the Extinction Rebellion. Yamin says we, ordinary people, have to stop relying…
June 2019
Open letter from an Albertan to his government
14 June 2019 The Honourable Sonya Savage, Minister of Energy Government of Alberta 324 Legislature Building 10800 – 97 Avenue NW Edmonton, AB Dear Minister: Recently I read in the…
Still here!
I must apologize to readers of this blog for allowing my posting to come to an abrupt end a couple of years ago without explanation. I got caught up in…
Two Hours a Week
Researchers in Britain suspect that two hours a week spent in nature produces big improvement in health and well-being. The physical and mental health benefits of time spent in parks,…
The Bolivarian Revolution and the Warmongering “Pacifists”
Photo by Reuters “Oh, I am against military intervention!” goes a “pacifist” narrative heard in the North that serves as pretext for a statement on Venezuela. This prelude consoles the…
The Business Levy or Why I Support the Fraser Institute and You Do, Too
Two institutions hold the keys to the money vaults of the country. One is concerned about the welfare of society generally, the other about its own welfare only. One is…
Denmark’s 41 year old Social Democrat Mette Fredericksen elected to lead new government
Encouraging signs that globally voters are once again supporting Left Centre party’s and rejecting the hard-assed hard-headed right-wing politicians. And that is not all. We are seeing a pronounced gender…
Meanwhile, In The Land Of The Free And The Home Of the Brave
An Entire Black Family Nearly Excuted By #Police Because A 4 Year Old Kid Walked Out Of A store With A Barbie Doll Without The Family Noticing It.#TheNewNormal4Blacks Use This…
Iran vs Tonkin II
Attacks are growing in the Strait of Hormuz. Is war inevitable with Iran?
Washington’s Coastal First Nations Call on Trudeau to Scrap Trans-Mountain Pipeline
Four coastal First Nations from Washington State are asking Justin Trudeau to protect the Salish Sea, that is to cancel the Trans-Mountain pipeline. The Tulalip, Lummi, Swinomish and Suquamish nations,…
More Disrespect on a Solemn Day: An Update
Last week I wrote about the galling and tone deaf move that came from the city council in Victoria, British Columbia on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasions. The…
The Coming Of Bo Jo
Tony Burman writes that it is now virtually certain that British Conservatives will choose Boris Johnson as their country’s Prime Minister. Think of that for a moment. The next British…
The late, unlamented New Democratic Party.
This information has been available for a while but this writer has been reluctant to mention it. The problem I have is with some of my readers who are entrenched…
Referendums or Citizens’ Assemblies?
Holding a referendum on whether to remain or leave the European Union was one of the dumber decisions in the long history of the British political class, as is becoming…
Acknowledging public reaction, Edmonton Public Library drops plan to cut pages’ wages, strikes deal with union
Acknowledging negative feedback received by Edmonton Public Library about its plan to reduce pay rates for youth pages in line with the United Conservative Party Government’s cuts to the minimum…
WE WON WE WON WE WON
Oh my God I am so happy
Me, Coming To the Defence of Dame Cathy
I’ve been an outspoken critic of Trudeau environment minister, Cathy McKenna. She and her government have consistently failed Canada and the Canadian people on protecting the environment and tackling climate…
June 20:sometimes one has to hate everybody.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protests-thursday-peaceful-1.5173320 For a couple of centuries, Hong Kong has been more a nation than being a part of a nation. For a very long time, it was forced to be…