Global Climate Strike Starts Strong
Archie Graham, 15, and his mates were supposed to be in school today: “What’s the point in going to school if we can’t use that knowledge in future because there…
September 2019
So far, so what?
The dispatches from the front line of the current election strife are mostly about stupidity, compounded by incompetence. Despite the usual whining, scratching and digging up old pictures of each…
Global Climate Strike
The global climate strike inspired by Greta Thunberg and other young leaders concerned about their futures, is underway. #climatestrike just starting to build in #Melbourne, I'm sure we will see…
Monbiot – Time to Declare War on Wealth
We are in a fight for life itself. The stakes couldn’t be any higher. Guardian enviro-scribe/activist, George Monbiot, is calling for a war on wealth. It isn’t wealth itself that…
Which is more distressing, the idiocy of our PM or the hypocrisy of our Opposition leader?
Which is more distressing, the immaturity and sheer idiocy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or the nauseating hypocrisy of Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer? One of them, sad to say, is…
SaskPower Cancels Solar Power in Saskatchewan
SaskPower has yet to build a mere Megawatt of solarpower, but has now canceled the ability of solar installers to accept new work in the province. They went way farther…
"For ’tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard"
Accusing Justin Trudeau of being racist is ridiculous. This is a prime minister who formed the most ethnically diverse cabinet in history, welcomed 40,000 Syrian refugees, condemned a proposed niqab…
Sept. 19 Greta Thunberg, please run for prime minister of CAnada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greta-thunberg-congress-1.5287903 Wow! This is more intelligence than I’ve heard from any of our adult politicians. And that’s not just patting a little girl on the head. What’s speaking here is…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Martin Regg Cohn writes that Doug Ford’s brutal austerity against the people who most need social support has been based on entirely…
Nourish your mind with food, arts and culture at Vancouver’s Sustenance Festival
Elisia Seeber / Vancouver Is Awesome September 19, 2019 If you’ve been thinking about fermenting foods, learning how to reduce your kitchen waste or exploring a new cuisine, then you…
Canada’s General Election Looks Like a Bad Kabuki Performance
Normally, I find Canadian General Elections to be rather boring. For 150 plus years, Canadians have been governed by either the red party or the blue party. Now, since neither…
Canada’s General Election Looks Like a Bad Kabuki Performance
Normally, I find Canadian General Elections to be rather boring. For 150 plus years, Canadians have been governed by either the red party or the blue party. Now, since neither…
Way to improve our international reputation, Mr. Trudeau
Headline of the year for me pic.twitter.com/iKQn1xxNzZ — Camilla Long (@camillalong) September 19, 2019
Why you should care about Venezuela
Most Canadians imagine Canada to be a force for good on the world stage. Polite, reasonable, peace-loving and progressive. At least, that is how we like to imagine ourselves. Winnipeg,…
Oh my God
A regular reader just wrote to me. “Warren, look at the video again. The cameraman pans down on Trudeau.” “Yeah? So?” “Warren, Trudeau shoved something down the front of his…
Well, that got everybody’s attention
And this is why we have campaigns. Team Trudeau might have started Wednesday thinking the most damaging thing to Justin Trudeau’s brand that day would be the lack of transparency…
Economic Sanctions: War by Another Name
In early 2019, the White House threatened to invade Venezuela, take down the government and replace it with their choice of president and political party. Though no missiles have been…
Trade Unions Join the Children’s Revolt Over Climate Change
The International Trade Union Confederation has pledged the support of its 200 million workers world wide to the global climate strike tomorrow. General secretary, Sharan Burrow, says it’s everybody’s fight…
Justin Trudeau and the Fake Aladdin Scandal
I must admit when I first saw the picture of Justin Trudeau dressed up as Aladdin I found it hilarious.Oh sure, I knew some of the friendly snowflakes I know…
What Are the Standards?
Kinsella is exorcised but, then again, he would be. He’s had it in for Trudeau for a long time and his indignation is theatrical-grade. We live in an era of…