And Canada becomes a little less of a country
And our federal leaders say nothing. Oh, and our Prime Minister says he’s okay with “values tests.” Does anyone care about what is happening, here? Immigrants who want to settle…
And our federal leaders say nothing. Oh, and our Prime Minister says he’s okay with “values tests.” Does anyone care about what is happening, here? Immigrants who want to settle…
They are in deep, deep trouble. Very sad to see. Torstar Corp. suspended its quarterly dividend as it reported a $40.9-million loss attributable to shareholders in its latest quarter. The…
Doug Ford is having second thoughts: Tom Walkom writes: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is busy backtracking. He would be wise to backtrack more. The extent of the Progressive Conservative premier’s…
When Alberta’s finance minister announced the Kenney Government’s plan to roll back unionized public employees’ pay by 2 to 5 per cent yesterday, he blamed Alberta’s debt and deficit, not…
Contained cats.
As ARC members have continued to watch the reaction of the far-right to last week’s election, we continue to see for the most part equal parts denial, anger, infighting, and…
I am beginning this on Sunday, Oct. 27. I have just listened to a speech to the UN General Assembly delivered by Donald Trump. What a liar! and what a…
I don't know why Andrew Scheer doesn't accept his fate graciously, or at least stoically, like a good religious fanatic should.Accept that even after the foulest campaign in Canadian history,…
Recently Dr. Zachary White and I gave a webinar as part of a series of free, supportive learning events for caregivers sponsored by the Department of Continuing Education at McMaster…
Last night, WISE LAW’S Legally Adulting community seminar came to Creeds Coffee Bar on Dupont Street in downtown Toronto. Our interactive, Legally Adulting seminars occur monthly at various locations accross…
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/mixdown-2019-10-29.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online…
A sad tale of outport Newfoundland. The provincial government has decreed that the isolated community of Little Bay Islands is over, finished. As of the 31st of December, all life…
Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto Aaron Bastani Verso, 2019 Fully Automated Luxury Communism is Novara Media co-founder Aaron Bastani’s attempt to turn a popular meme into a political manifesto.…
Last night the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation unanimously passed our aquatics plan for the next 25 years. The plan will guide the vision of public aquatics assests in…
With the 43rd General Election now a week in our collective rear view mirrors, many people are doing a lot of thinking about what happened during the campaign and what…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Vrishti Beniwal writes about Abhijit Banerjee’s call to put concentrated wealth to better social use by taxing it. – Yutaka Dirks interviews…
Yesterday I had the chance to join Kristy Cameron on “Ottawa Now” on CFRA with Kate Harrison and Shane Mackenzie. We talked about the return of the Ontario Legislature, the…
If you were to search through my archives, you would find back in 2012 that I did a series of “5 Questions” with Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates who were…
Michael Harris writes that Andrew Scheer will have to go. Canadians know he’s a fraud: I don’t know what Scheer’s vacuous grin was supposed to convey during the campaign. But…
A team has started a Kickstarter campaign to label a product’s carbon footprint so consumers can make better decisions about which brand to buy. The labels are meant to bring…