For Which People?
Since the Ford Conservatives in Ontario released their first budget a few weeks ago, we’ve seen trickles and trickles of news come out about either details from that budget buried…
2019
The Blind Are Leading The Blind
The United Nations released a summary of a report last week on the health of the planet. Brad Plumer writes in The New York Times: The 1,500-page report, compiled by…
Is Kenney a Constitutional Crisis?
It seems that between Jason Kenney and his predecessor as premier of Alberta, Kenney has the shriller voice. When he goes to Ottawa to bitch and whine about how his…
The Financial Reality of Election 2019 #nlpoli
The reality confronting any administration after May 16 is the same regardless of which party wins the election. The government is unlikely to balance the budget in 2022, regardless of…
Returning soon
April 2019 marked the tenth birthday of this online site. I say thank you to regular readers who participate with comments and make these sections interesting and informative. Special thanks…
A Shake Up for Canada’s Old School Parties
You can think of Canada’s federal politics as bi-polar. We have two parties that will form government, just the two and it shows. Over time the Liberals and Conservatives have…
Talk to you next Sunday
Yesterday Ms Soapbox attended the Alberta Federation of Labour 2019 Convention. It’s theme was Choosing Our Future. She heard some terrific presentations from people like Rachel Notley, John Max Smith…
Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 18: Jason Kenney goes to war
No one can say that Jason Kenney is easing into his new job as premier of Alberta. After appointing his cabinet this week (one from Edmonton, as expected, most of…
The Smoked-Out Coast
What does it mean to live in America’s Pacific states? Smoke, a lot of smoke, enough that it is changing the way of life, perhaps unalterably. That’s discussed in an…
Hate Groups At Toronto Pegida Rally Burn Quran and Set Off Smoke Bombs
Sooooo, remember when these people claimed to be opposed to Islamic extremism, but not Muslims? No one believed that then nor does anyone believe it now: Here’s Andre Ch (Cdn…
Death Watch for NAFTA II
The Great Negotiator seems to have doomed his vaunted USMCA trade deal. The Bungler-in-Chief Trump has once again screwed the pooch. The deal has been heralded as a win by…
Removal request has been resubmitted
I was on vacation for a week and hadn’t posted since my request to be removed from ProgBlogs. Now that I am back I published a new post this morning…
Want a Preview of This Year’s Federal Election Campaign?
A columnist for The Guardian, Australia, Greg Jericho, looks at the election campaign waged by prime minister, Scott Morrison, and what is said and not said. It’s pretty much what…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Mike Benusic points out that the success of public health programs is found in the absence of preventable illnesses and dangers –…
pupdate: diego progress report
Diego seems to be doing all right. He’s able to hobble around on three legs pretty well. The incision looks good, and so far he’s leaving it alone, so we…
Top 10 Positive Outcomes of A Liberal re-election
In the Spirit of Late Night with David Letterman, the Top 10 reasons to see the Liberals re-elected. 10. A government guided by progressive principles can continue its work. As…
Ford And “Fake News”
Like his orange cousin, Doug Ford has gone to war with the media. Antonia Zerbisias writes: The war between Doug Ford’s government and the news media escalated this week when…
Pipe dreams and nightmares.
Nobody seems eager to address the questions of pipelines properly. Is it not possible that some pipelines can do good and some can commit unspeakable evil? Are we to be…