July 2019
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – PressProgress reports on federal government focus groups indicating the twin problems of precarious employment and high costs of living: According to recently…
indigenous designs are all around us: more thoughts on accusations of cultural appropriation
Coast Salish Orca In 2017, I wrote this post: accusations of cultural appropriation are a form of bullying — and don’t reduce racism, and a follow-up: postscript: some clarifications and…
Taking the Environment to Heart or You Are What You Breathe
How’s your ticker? Probably it’s not as good as you imagine. The problem is – poison air. That’s especially true for those who live and work where the air is…
Embracing Pessimism
The British, David Olusoga writes, are reflexively optimistic. But, as Britain hurtles to a messy Brexit, he argues that it’s time to embrace pessimism: Brexit, the rise of populism and…
When Premiers come out to play.
It was an interesting pack of premiers around the conference table at this year’s Canadian premiers’ meeting. They hardly had Justin Trudeau under their thumb. And they hardly bothered to…
Andrew Sheer would let Canadians rot in foreign jails before giving up an electoral edge!
I rarely paid much attention to John McCallum during his years as a federal Liberal cabinet minister under three prime ministers and, on the few occasions I did, he never…
July 13: Dreadful
About 1900, Canadian troops were fighting a British war in South Africa. (The enemies were Dutch settlers called Boers. Much of the Canadian role was to guard Dutch families in…
A Salute to Progressive Bloggers
The October election is coming fast and with it one can only imagine what tricks and zingers the main political parties along with the Russian trolls are coming up with.…
A Salute to Progressive Bloggers
The October election is coming fast and with it one can only imagine what tricks and zingers the main political parties along with the Russian trolls are coming up with.…
A Salute to Progressive Bloggers
The October election is coming fast and with it one can only imagine what tricks and zingers the main political parties along with the Russian trolls are coming up with.…
British Political Humour Getting Their Own Trump-basketcase
I will keep bigging up Marina’s impossibly brilliant work until she is rightfully appointed Queen of Everything. The stunning last line here should be beamed into the brain of every…
Elizabeth May’s Absurd Reasons For Hiring Warren Kinsella
As I said in my last post, Elizabeth May's decision to hire the toxic Trudeau hater Warren Kinsella is one of the most bizarre political decisions in modern Canadian history.And…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Owen Jones offers a needed reminder that no matter how often it gets trotted out as a basis to ignore the ideological underpinnings…
Canada finally accedes to Arms Trade Treaty
Ottawa has finally announced that Canada will become a party to the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) later this year. The government has introduced Bill C-47 which amends the Export…
Saturday Photo: Time to Plunge Back into Concrete
Once upon a time, I had planned to have a book on concrete appear in 2019. But things got away from me–the zeitgeist, my editor said–and so the book for…
The Iceberg
Andrew Scheer hopes — desperately — that Doug Ford will keep his mouth shut. But that’s something Ford just can’t do. Consider Ford’s proclamations over the last week. Adam Radwanski…
Be kind to your local NDP.
No doubt we all know a few new democratic party stalwarts. They are neither as numerous nor as annoying as they once were but they all need a hug these…
New Era of Truthfulness at BC Hydro?
In BC Hydro’s most recent annual report, the company promised “one of the largest expansions of electrical infrastructure in British Columbia’s history.” To gain approval for massive spending, BC Hydro…
Musical interlude
Delerium feat. Mimi Page – Blue Fires