June 2019
Saturday Photo: Are Electric Cars the Future?
These sleek beauties are fueling up through the electric cords running to their house. Supposedly a nearly completely electric fleet of automobiles is what we want, at least where elecricity…
Austerity and the Decline of the Collective
(Notes for Second Annual Arnold Amber Memorial Lecture, Toronto, May 29, 2019) I am honoured to be celebrating the life and values of Arnold Amber. Celebrating social justice and human…
Signifying What?
Jason Kenney is all about oil. And, given what’s happening in the rest of the world, it’s clear that he’s living on another planet. As this one warms because of…
On crisis acting
Shorter Brad Wall, Distinguished Statesman: Never mind the facts about my trumped-up grievances, I demand that we break up the country in order to burn down the world!
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The NDP has released its Power to Change climate plan, including steps to create green jobs and give effect to Indigenous rights while…
‘None of the Above’ is not an option.
There seems to be some disquiet across this fair land over our lack of good choices in the looming federal election. And whose fault is that? Frankly, Canadians have been…