Trudeau Pipeline Gets Pushback in Washington
A group of climate activists in southern Washington are blocking the delivery of pipe from India destined for the construction of the Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline. Young activists interrupted the…
November 2019
Happy birthday Johnny
When I was a kid, I played “3 and you’re in”, every day after school, until my mother would come home from work. Whoever was in net or in reality…
Words to die by
“In politics, you can die 100 times.” – my guru, Alykhan Velshi. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 8, 2019
A "Century of Revolution and Chaos"
When we entered the 21st century a few history types predicted we were embarked on a century of revolution and chaos. They suggested that our traditional institutions and modes of…
Show Us Your Science, Mr. Trudeau
It was about as dire a warning as they come. Nobody was crying ‘wolf.’ Certainly not 11,000 of them. They warned of “untold suffering” around the world if we don’t…
"The Right Side Of History"
That’s how New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern describes her government’s landmark climate legislation, which commits the country to zero carbon emissions by 2050. The bill passed 119 to one:…
Ditching The Program
Andrew Scheer’s leadership of the Conservative Party, Tom Walkom writes, is doomed — because he cannot win in Ontario: The Conservatives did gain three more Ontario seats. However, their share…
The Liberals had a caucus meeting, too
It happened yesterday. You didn’t hear much about it, because all the drama had happened the day before, with the seven-hour-long Conservative mass-suicide disguised as a caucus meeting. The Liberal…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Luke Savage responds to the attempt by neoliberals to escape growing discontent with corporate control and individual atomization by denying they actually represent…
‘Goddamn the CPR.’
Can you imagine two more Canadian icons than journalist Allan Fotheringham and the Canadian Pacific Railway? It came as a pleasant surprise recently to see a television interview with ‘Doc…
First reading of Bill 207 reveals zero UCP votes for women’s reproductive rights
Here are two important statistics about the United Conservative Party’s Bill 207, the Conscience Rights (Health Care Providers) Protection Act, which was introduced in the Alberta Legislature yesterday … Just…
Alberta after Fossil Fuels
Alberta and oil are almost synonymous. But if the province is to do its share to avoid the apocalypse that global warming threatens, it must kick the oil habit, or…
Nov. 7: WOW1 Three Cheers for New Zealand.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/07/new-zealand-wins-global-praise-historic-law-bring-net-carbon-emissions-zero-2050 So. Why can’t the rest of us do that?_________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/06/billionaires-super-rich-extreme-wealth-political-influence-inequality-gates-bezos-buffett Would any Canadian or American newspaper run this opinion column? Not likely. They are more likely to be the…
Andrew Scheer And The Con Road To Ruin
It was Andrew Scheer's first meeting with his caucus since his election night defeat, and it went on for almost seven hours.So I'm sure many people waiting outside must have…
If You Want Another Reason To Be Pessimistic ….
This is unspeakably depressing. Most Americans — 65 per cent, according to PRRI — may now find Trump’s behaviour undignified and damaging to the presidency, but not white evangelicals. They…
Good Coffee for Good Causes
A coffee chain in Cambodia is more than just another place to get an espresso. Feel Good Coffee is a social enterprise that runs cafes and sells coffee wholesale to…
A seven-hour caucus meeting creates seven big problems
The Conservative caucus met on Parliament Hill yesterday. Watching them from afar, it recalled a big therapy session. But without a therapist in charge. It went for seven hours, reportedly.…
Democracy Can’t Be Taken For Granted
We are approaching the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The conventional wisdom then was that freedom was on the march. Max Boot writes: I was a…
It comes down to sidewalks.
Do we trust our governments to spend our tax money wisely? What kind of democracy is this when our municipal politicians hew to the right or left of the political…