US Medical Groups Declare Climate Health Emergency
I have two family members in Europe. One daughter has just relocated from Dublin to Amsterdam. She’s found a centuries old place, the postcard spot along a city canal. My…
June 2019
Will Climate Change Lead To Fascist Hell?
It's going to be a really hot day in France, and the beginning of a heatwave in Europe that some are already calling Hell Week. Authorities have urged children and…
Oops! Solicitor General Mike Farnworth Backs Down After Chief Seymour Calls Out Special Treatment For Government Weed Store
Cowichan Tribes Chief William Seymour called out the government for rigging the licencing process and discriminating against Cowichan Tribes longstanding application to run a Cannabis Dispensary at the Cowichan Commons…
That’s Serious Money. Where Will We Find It?
A succession of neoliberal governments across the West have been wildly effective at advancing inequality, austerity and an era of ‘everyday low taxes.’ Before long that’s going to bite us…
The Westminster Quagmire or The Price to Be Paid for First-Past-The-Post
Today’s Guardian editorial contends that the United Kingdom may not survive Brexit but neither might the Conservative party. The editorial board singles out first-past-the-post for Britain’s looming political quagmire. The…
A Meteorologist Finds Art as France Swelters
It’s a scorcher in Europe. France is expected to set a record for June with a temperature of 45 degrees Celsius. The previous record of 41.5 C was set in…
A Reminder of Just Who We’re Really Screwing
The debate over pipelines, supertankers and bitumen is undercut by how we take it in the context of ourselves, our nation. That spares us from thinking of bitumen trafficking in…
The Twitter King?
Political Potshots When I joined twitter. Itwas due to its influence on our political climate. I felt it was being manipulated by one voice. One of which was not mine…
The Twitter King?
When I joined twitter. It was due to its influence on our political climate. I felt it was being manipulated by one voice. One of which was not mine or…
The Case for Better
Social Media has changed so much in our modern world, but probably in no greater way than in politics. This hasn’t all been good, but instead of throwing the baby…
Trudeau should cut his losses on the Trans Mountain pipeline
Justin Trudeau is in over a barrel. In 2015, he made a deal with Alberta. He would get an oil pipeline built to a coast if the province joined his…
When Madness Becomes A Social Disease
Micheal Gerson offers a very solid explanation of why Donald Trump lies: Most of Trump’s boldest lies are devoted to protecting himself from facts that diminish him. So, his net…
Pizzagate poll: the shocking photographic evidence
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the “Papineau Youth Council,” whatever that is. One of his fart-catchers took a photo (of course). I and and a panel of experts have…
The Summer doldrums start early.
It is a fixture of fixed elections. It is not the beating of the war drums in the distant jungle but the sudden silence that creeps across the land. It…
Hamilton, Halifax, and More on Pegida Rally in Toronto With Special Appearance by a Former Canadian Nazi Party Leader
ARC spent the weekend covering the Pegida rally in Toronto and counter-protest as well as the events that resulted afterward, however we neglected other important news of the day. In…
Ten things to know about this year’s Alberta Alternative Budget
The Alberta Alternative Budget (AAB) is an annual exercise whose working group consists of researchers, economists, and members of civil society (full disclosure: I’m the Editor). Our general mandate is…
About Those Ear Plugs…
Sigh. I expected to spend the next four years writing letters to my MLA, Doug Schweitzer, but I didn’t think the first one would be about ear plugs. But we…
Why A Top Environmentalist Decided To Run For the Liberals
Steven Guilbeault is one of Canada's most distinguished environmentalists, and the co-founder of Équiterre, Quebec's largest environmental organization. So when he let it be known that he was interested in…
It May Not Be Good Company but Justin Trudeau Has Plenty of It.
Justin Trudeau isn’t the only leader talking out of both sides of his mouth on climate change. Many of his G20 colleagues are just as hypocritical as the Dauphin. G20…
"A Tasteless Joke"
That’s how Max Hastings, former boss to Boris Johnson, sees the future Tory prime minister. Six years ago, the Cambridge historian Christopher Clark published a study of the outbreak of…