Iceland Recovering from Deforestation
Long ago, when the vikings first arrived in Iceland the land was forested. Something between 25-40% of the country was covered by trees and humans slowly cut down the trees…
2019
Health Care Funding Means Cuts are Coming (and its Armageddon for other programs)
Hospital operating funding is budgeted to increase $384 million this fiscal year – close to a 2% increase compared to the interim estimated provincial funding for last year. This is…
Ontario’s Deficit
Doug Ford claims that Ontario has a deficit because the previous government spent too much money. However, if you look behind the numbers, a different story emerges. Linda McQuaig writes:…
Bankrupt Ontario.
You had no idea that Ontario was bankrupt, did you? We find that conservatives seem to have a very different definition of bankrupt than most bankers and economists. The other…
The “feminist”
Ah, The Feminist. There he was again, last week, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened. All moist-eyed sincerity, all sotto voce. The Feminist had just athletically jogged down a flight of…
Ego, Brain Farts, and Electoral Reform #nlpoli
Public ignorance of our political system is a scourge. Tackling that is the first step to meaningful electoral reform in Newfoundland and Labrador. The second priority is to make sure…
Stephen Mandel, as impudent as ever, pleads for public subsidy for his Alberta Party
Hello, Alberta! Stephen Mandel here! My Alberta Party didn’t manage to elect a single MLA last month, but we’re good guys and we got 9.1 per cent of the vote.…
Examination of Marc Lemire: Part XIII
Between 2008 and 2013, ARC published a series of articles detailing Mar Lemire's racist past and his involvement with the Heritage Front. I compiled all of the links on this…
Justin Trudeau and the Con War on Women
In my last post I looked at yet another good reason to vote for Justin Trudeau's Liberals.You know, The One. Million. Jobs. Reason. But today on Mother's Day, there is…
Will We Be Putting Our Leaders on Trial?
An aboriginal claim hits the United Nations tomorrow. It is brought by Australia’s Torres Strait Islanders. A coastal group facing devastating sea level rise, they contend that their government and,…
Has there ever been a dance as important as this dance?
I don’t think so. A 22 ounce rubber ball dances on a metal rim that is 18 inches in diameter, chooses one direction over another, and an entire country goes…
Is This the Set-Up for War?
The timing couldn’t be more obvious, not with a US navy carrier task force bearing down on the Persian Gulf and Trump spoiling to kick a little Iranian butt. Four…
Lessons from the AFL and AOC
What if we’ve run out of time? What if there’s no time left for baby steps; for one step forward and two steps back? What if it’s time to go…
So, Like, Where Do You Find Your Truth?
This being the Sabbath and all I thought it a good time to consider the idea of truth and what it means to us, to me and to you. As…
Stuff Still Happens IV, the Reckoning, week 19: The Greens are coming, the Greens are coming!
Don’t look now, folks, but the Green Party has quietly become a force in Canada. In British Columbia, the Greens hold the balance of power in the minority NDP government.…
I Know, You Know, So Does Antonio
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, says the political will to fight climate change is “fading.” From Deutsche Welle. Guterres said the world was “not on track” to confine the rise…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Tony Burman writes about the seismic change we can expect as the importance of our climate crisis – as well as the…
Raucous Years Ahead
I confess that I’ve been feeling pretty discouraged recently. In response to a comment from the Mound of Sound yesterday, I quoted Mark Twain: “Hain’t we got all the fools…