Don’t Take This the Wrong Way
I’m not trying to guilt you out. Even by today’s standards I’ve been as much a sinner as most. A study finds that air travel is a major contributor to…
2019
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim Stanford calls out corporate apologists for blaming workers for deteriorating working conditions and stagnant wages which have resulted from deliberate policy choices:…
Adam Vaughan Watch, a regular series
This reckless Liberal MP talks about how people he doesn’t like should be “whacked.” You know, killed.
The Yesterday Man
Those with undying affection for, and advocacy of, fossil fuels are indulging in a venal nostalgia for the way things were. They cling to past truths about price differentials that…
Corrupt And Incompetent
It’s been a tough year for Doug Ford. He used to rail about Kathleen Wynne’s government. Bob Hepburn writes: Ford called the former premier’s handling of Ontario’s finances “the biggest…
Political polls and other summer games.
It is like playing Snakes and Ladders without the dice. It is phoning people at random and hoping they might tell you the truth. It is annoying people with recorded…
The Lesson of the Beaver: Something for Alberta’s fossil fuel boosters to think about
If you forget everything else, just remember this about our country’s incessant and often bitter debate about fossil fuels: “Canada is never going to run out of oil, just like…
The Automobile Industry is changing and it will affect Alberta
“McLaren is commited to having a 100% hybrid lineup by 2025 and has begun researching an all-electric auto despite concerns that clients might reject anything lacking the rumble of an…
CBC, Change the Debate
CBC has a history of providing a substandard democracy experience for its owners, the Canadian public. Over a decade ago I organized a Regina protest in front of CBC Saskatchewan…
The Importance of Candidate Vetting: PPC Edition
The 43rd general election coming in the Fall is one that has promised to be very different from most elections we’ve seen in Canada for a while now. In the…
Canadian Far Right Celebrate Donald Trump’s Most Recent Example of Overt Racism
In 1947, a short film was produced by the American War Department warning Americans to be wary of racist demagogues and the dangers they pose to democratic institution: The film…
Alberta isn’t immune to global warming
Living in Alberta one often gets the impression that when it comes to energy and the environment, promoting the oil industry is top priority while dealing with global warming is…
A Platform for Tax Fairness
“Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.” This quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. is the motto of Canadians for Tax Fairness, an organization that “advocates for…
Andrew Scheer’s Dangerous War On Science
We already knew that Andrew Scheer has no respect for science, for if he did he would never have come up with a fake climate plan designed by and for…
NDP Suppresses Palestinian Solidarity Again
Photo by John Geoffrey Walker One side is playing for keeps. They oust elected representatives and block members from voting on efforts to challenge a brutal occupation. On the other…
Closer Than You Think
In his latest series of racist tweets, Donald Trump urged four congresswomen of colour, all but one born in the U.S. to go back and help fix the totally broken…
Old, schmold
I don’t need an app designed by Russian intelligence to look old: I just need to look in a mirror. Here, instead, is me and Ras Pierre at a Hot…
He Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About
Doug Ford continues to rail at the carbon tax. But the truth is that gas today is still cheaper than it was a year ago. Josh Rubin reports in The…
‘Yesteryear Politicos’ and ‘Tired Advice.’
Most people are probably unaware that they can get a good laugh from the Hill Times almost every day, for free. The Ottawa-based political newsletter will send you their headlines…
Advice to Jason Kenney’s cabinet: curb your enthusiasms, one conspiracy theory at a time!
It’s sound advice in private and public life to restrict yourself to one nutty conspiracy theory at a time, lest folks start to wonder if you’re the one who’s, well,…