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Things are going really well, I see. Gerald Butts return means the return of these #LPC problems: — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 20, 2019
2019
Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel
Free Palestine protest at Parliament Hill, Ottawa, July 2014 • Photo by Tony Webster (Flickr) On June 25, Canada’s Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism announced that the Trudeau government’s…
The Tipping Point Both Justin and Chuckles Must Dread
With each worsening season public awareness of the magnitude of the threat posed by climate change increases. Priorities shift when your house is on fire. Arguments extolling the merits of…
Britain has bullied Iran for centuries
Britain’s imperial designs on Iran go back at least to the Great Game with Russia over control of trade routes through central Asia in the 19th century. Indeed, Iran’s southern…
A Reminder – Natural Gas Is Not a Clean Fossil Fuel
Sure, when it’s burned, natural gas generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy than carbon-heavy alternatives such as coal and bitumen. The devil, of course, is in the…
My latest: Butts, back, big bother
Kick me. Here’s a little-known fact: The “kick me” sign — which is usually affixed to some hapless soul’s back or behind, for laughs — was apparently devised by merry-making…
Brexit With Boris
Frying pan, meet fire. Conservative party members have selected their new leader, the next prime minister of the UK, bad boy Boris Johnson. He won by a 2-1 margin over…
‘Too little, too late’: Don’t wait for CSIS to stop the rise of right-wing extremism in Canada
While some observers hailed the federal government’s recent addition of the Neo-Nazi groups Blood & Honour (B&H) and Combat 18 (C18) to the national terrorist list as symbolically important, analysts…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Osita Nwanevu describes the higher-brow forms of bigotry and wilful ignorance being pushed by U.S. Republicans for upper-class audiences. And Kate Aronoff…
Venezuela and Imperialist Confrontation in Latin America
“Today, 200 years later, we can say it: After having lost that independence that cost so much, Venezuela, in these last ten years…has recovered its independence…and this recovered independence is…
Try These Ethical Alternatives to Popular Apps
Large tech companies find ways to make money off of your data without you knowing about it, they might even be sharing personal information about you with governments or advertisers.…
Distributing The Pork
Doug Ford came to power proclaiming that he would slash unnecessary spending. Martin Regg Cohn writes that he has done the opposite — he’s building an empire: Quite apart from…
Butts is back.
Gerald Butts and company are back to drive the liberal campaign bus. One can only hope that a few lessons were learned from their past four years in Ottawa. After…
Irony is dead but doublethink thrives as Calgary opts to cut services and subsidize hockey billionaires at once
Really, what can one say about the deal the City of Calgary struck with the Flames professional hockey club yesterday for the former Cowtown’s taxpayers to subsidize half the cost…
Another Good Reason Not To Vote For The Greens
It's hard to believe that only a month ago I was hoping that Elizabeth May and her Green Party would do well in the federal election.Win a few more seats…
Michelle Rempel and the Angry Canadians
In my last post I looked at the sad case of Michelle Rempel, and what her new American husband thinks of Canada. Which isn't very nice, but Rempel still thinks…
Juxtaposition
Some parties and leaders recognize the stakes in determining how to manage a minority Parliament: I asked Mr. Duceppe what he thought would happen if the prime minister refused to…
Post-Partisanship (A.K.A., This Will Inflame Many)
In a move sure to enrage those ‘progressives’ who see a vote for anyone other than the Liberals as an attempt to subvert the natural order, Green Party head Elizabeth…
Mardi Gras Meltdown or Baked Alaska
Alaska is throwing its universities to the wolves. The Republican governor, Michael Dunleavy, eager to deliver bread and circuses to the people of the 49th state, has slashed university funding…