The Myth of the Single-Issue Party
The Liberals seem to be getting a bad case of “swamp ass” with the way they’re smearing the Green Party. Some dig deep and claim it’s a racist party because…
2019
Cutting Dignity
Over the past month in this space I’ve had a lot to say about post-budget cuts that have come from the Ford Conservatives in Ontario. Fact is that there have…
Everyone can be replaced
Everyone.
Coyne – How Canadians Fell Out of Love with Justin.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil Liberals insist that Justin Trudeau is a victim of anyone and everyone but himself. The mainstream media was just dandy while…
May 7: To hell with everybody…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-global-biodiversity-report-1.5124089 _https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/07/the-future-of-life-on-earth-lies-in-the-balance-a-picture-essay Yes. This really is happening. And we are doing almost nothing about it.________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/06/us-deploys-aircraft-carrier-and-bombers-after-troubling-indications-from-iran The U.S. has not done well in most of its wars since 1945. And…
Five points about Nanaimo-Ladysmith, which, inter Alia, is a cool riding name
1. The Justin Trudeau Party – which isn’t the Liberal Party – came fourth. Fourth. Trudeau is in big trouble. 2. This isn’t an aberration. The Green Party has been…
Conservative ‘Blue Wave’ Sweeps Across Canada
Photo by Doug Ford/Twitter The federal system under which the Canadian state operates, places a great deal of decision making power in the hands of its provinces. While the dubiously…
My wife drop-kicks Herr Bernier
Fuck off, Max. https://t.co/o0suqbbx63 — Lisa Kinsella (@lisakinsella) May 6, 2019
Young People, Climate Change, Quebec
Have our old school (atrophied) political parties misjudged the issue of climate change? I think so. The worst part is that they haven’t merely shot themselves in the foot. They…
A Green Wave? No, But Possibly a Green Ripple.
It was just a by-election. Even if the governing party had an outside chance (it didn’t, the Liberal brand out here rarely is competitive) voters “punish” the part in power…
we movie to canada: wmtc annual movie awards, 2018-19 edition
Time to change things up. I’ve (finally) gotten tired of my silly movie award categories, and need a change. I decided to go with a conventional one-to-five rating scale. But…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Ball reports on the movement forming in support of a Canadian Green New Deal. Kyla Tienhaara discusses how it fits into…
For The People?
The man who claims that his government is “for the people” appears not to be listening to “the people.” Robert Benzie reports in The Toronto Star that Ford’s proposed changes…
A New Day
Having abandoned any notion of voting for the Liberals in the next election, I find it irritating beyond expression to be constantly confronted by the binary thinkers among us who…
The Morning After: Nanaimo-Ladysmith Edition
Yesterday we saw the last by-election of the 42nd Parliament take place on Vancouver Island in the riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith. This seat became open when New Democrat Sheila Malcolmson stepped…
How one Political Party Mocked Pro Global Warming Government
The current “conservative” government in Ontario hates the environment so much that they keep producing policies to increase Canada’s carbon output. Indeed, they’ve made it mandatory for gas stations to…
Pray for Justin’s Jeremy
Pause, for a moment, to say a prayer for Jeremy Broadhurst. A few days ago, Broadhurst was named the campaign director for the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2019 re-election effort.…
Who runs this country?
Like it or lump it, Canada is a confederation. And that means the parts of the country that created it think they are just as important as the whole. As…