Imagine a Free Palestine
I wrote Siegebreakers because I can’t liberate Gaza or Palestine, but I can dream about it. I wanted it to be a proximate dream, a dream of the next step…
August 2019
Unifor aligns with Liberal foreign policy instead of international solidarity
Chrystia Freeland and Unifor President Jerry Dias Inviting Chrystia Freeland to address this week’s Unifor convention undermines the union’s claims of international solidarity. As Foreign Affairs Minister, Freeland has pursued…
Curious in Cowichan
Hi Richard, I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I spent Sunday afternoon checking out Lake Cowichan’s 75th anniversary celebrations. There, I took a tour of the weir, led by…
Sticker Shock
Back in June I wrote about the Ontario Conservatives plans to force gas stations to put politically torqued stickers on their pumps with misleading information about the federal Carbon Tax.…
#LavScam: a tweet for every occasion
+1 https://t.co/XcOy0kVH10 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 20, 2019
Dark Clouds
Naturally, Canadians want their politicians to deal with Canadian problems. But, Glen Pearson warns, whoever becomes prime minister will face a dysfunctional world. He offers several examples to make his…
Toronto Star: Build a Wall? Canada’s Response to Trump
It would be an act of monumental self-deception for Canadians to believe that our country is an island set above the rage bubbling across the world.
The Funny Farm runs the election.
It is that time of year. Mid-summer is no time for serious. Even Elections Canada has joined the fun. In a television interview yesterday, an Elections Canada spokes person said…
Patrik Mathews: Once Again, Sometimes Life Comes At You Hard
And in the case of Patrik Mathews, very hard. ATTN: Swat teams are now in Beausejour. In this video you can hear his commanding officer call him to come out…
Trudeau’s Ethics Violation
It was a headline befitting the National Enquire, splashed across the top of the newspaper in four different fonts and three different colours: “The evidence abundantly shows that Mr Trudeau…
We Should All Spend $442 On Facebook Targeting Climate Deniers
Is Elections Canada really going to pursue environmental and advocacy groups that promote the truth?
The Never-Ending Homophobia Of Andrew Scheer
When I last wrote about Andrew Scheer he was marching in an Acadian parade in New Brunswick.And being made to look like a fool by Justin Trudeau. As well as…
Larry Pynn’s New Blog-Six Mountains
Here is Larry Pynn’s new website… Welcome to www.sixmountains.ca What you need to know about logging of the Six Mountains in the Cowichan Valley North Cowichan municipality, in the Cowichan…
My Sunday Seven
If you take a look at this George Couros post, you’ll learn that the “Sunday Seven” is by the Burgess Consulting community, of which “IMPress Books” is a part of…
Meet Cpl Patrik Mathews, Winnipeg Recruiter For Violent Hate Group The Base
Ryan Thorpe has published the name of the individual responsible for the posters found in Winnipeg recruiting people to join The Base, a secretive and violent hate group with links…
City committed to ensuring safe and stable accommodation for people experiencing homelessness in Oppenheimer Park
City of Vancouver and Park Board Information bulletin August 19, 2019 This morning, the General Manager of the Park Board provided notice to people who have erected tents and other…
Longueuil Changes
Politics can be a strange and fickle beast at times, or at least some days it feels that way. And in one way, that makes a lot of sense; people…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Tom Parkin talks to Toby Sanger about the utter failure of corporate tax cuts to produce anything other than concentrated wealth and increased…
The Slanted Playing Field
Between elections it’s not uncommon for Parliament to makes changes and updates to the laws that guide our election campaigns. Sometimes that involves simple updates to make the laws more…
A Journal’s Sad Decline
Readers of this blog will probably know that I am a big supporter of newspapers. In my view, they are the best bulwark against the ignorance that seems so prominent…