Some Thoughts on Thanksgiving
Usually the thought of Thanksgiving invokes images of family and friends sitting around the dining room table enjoying good food, sparkling conversation and laughter…as well as reminiscing over past thanksgiving…
October 2019
Perfidious America
Early in 2018, U.S. President Donald J. Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, a deal largely negotiated by and signed off on by his own country.…
Why I am voting for Trudeau
Trudeau stands for poverty reduction, international democracy promotion, Indigenous partnership, climate change initiatives and economic developmentHe also stands for personal courage: Why did I vote Liberal? Because Justin Trudeau put…
The Imposter
@JustinTrudeau's blackface was racist, of course, and therefore wrong. But it was singularly appropriate, too, because it reminded all of us that he is always happiest when wearing a mask,…
Bryan Palmer: The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike heard around the world
Winnipeg, July 20, 2019: Professor Bryan Palmer at the 14th annual forum of the World Association for Political Economy. Photo: Paul S. Graham The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike was followed…
Justin Trudeau and the Cons Who Would Kill Him
Two weeks ago after a man tried to attack Justin Trudeau at the Climate March in Montreal, I warned that the threats against Trudeau were escalating out of control.And that…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Moscrop writes that the Libs’ choice to break the promise of electoral reform to instead lock in an unfair and unrepresentative…
Me and Fight Club
About forty years ago, I stood on a stage in a community hall in Calgary, and looked down at a swirling, tilting mosh pit of punks, slamming into each other,…
The Platforms
I enjoy reading the analysis of Scott Clark and Peter Devries. From the standpoint of economics, they’re not happy with any of the party platforms. They’ve given the Liberals a…
On being progressive.
I have been wondering lately how we can determine if what we write is progressive? When does a tweet from Twitter become a blog? Maybe we progressive bloggers need to…
Advanced Polls are open…..
I will be driving the few miles to the polling location shortly to waste my time voting for a candidate who will not be elected, its more of a protest…
Greta Thunberg heads for Wild Rose Country: first chance for the UCP’s War Roomers to mess up big time!
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist who seems to have turned the world upside down by mobilizing young people to do something about global climate change, tweeted last night that…
A Deep Dive into The Federal Conservative Party
Given the election date is fast approaching I thought I’d do a little bit of a deep dive into the federal Conservative Party: Not surprised he stands by those people.…
Great tweet of the day
Its not from today, its from a while ago, but it is a great one: This poem never fails to destroy me. It’s one of the reasons I started writing…
With his first book, Martin Lukacs delivers a devastating analysis of Trudeau’s four years in power
The Trudeau Formula: Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent Martin Lukacs Black Rose Books, 2019 Slick, brand-driven star power legitimizes the neoliberal status quo, obscuring growing inequalities as…
Kanesatake Resident Begins Hunger Strike to Protest Ongoing Colonial Land Fraud
Photo by Rebecca Zandbergen/CBC On 21 August 2019, Ellen Gabriel and other Kanien’kéha:ka (Mohawk) of Kanehsatà:ke held a press conference in the Pines, the site of the so-called “Oka Crisis”…
Got leaves? Fall leaf collection is coming up!
City-wide extra leaf collection turns your fallen leaves into nutrient rich compost October 4 2019 – Vancouver trees are now shedding their leaves in preparation for winter. We be-leaf it’s…
On voting, roads, and prairie privilege
Andrew Scheer visits rural dairy farmers in La Baie, Quebec. Photo from Twitter. During the televised debates last week Andrew Scheer and Justin Trudeau promised tax cuts that would cost…
Oct. 12: A very ugly world
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/ This has not been an exciting election for Canada. The best news (which isn’t great) is that the Liberals are best positioned to form a minority government – probably…