A Political Stress Test, An Idea Whose Time Has Come.
Imagine a government fully committed to meeting the multiple threats of climate change. What would that government look like? What would it be doing? How would that be reflected in…
2019
So, What in Hell Does Justin Do Now?
This is another fine mess he’s created. He tried to help Rachel as much as he could but she’s out, bumped off by the bete noire of Western conservatism, Jason…
Earthgauge News – April 16, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/egnews-0415-forair.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday April 17, 2019. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
The Ascension of Jason Kenney and the Trudeau Challenge
It was Jason Kenny unchained, and a horrible sight if ever there was one.He looked more like a feverish Alabama preacher than a premier-elect. All he was missing was a…
Me on Newstalk 1010 with Ryan and Jay
I make jokes. Bad ones. Here.
Look who is back in the Sun!
The tree version, no less. Spotted at a Starbucks. Full column here!
Learning Junk Food Marketing Manipulates, Teens Consume Less
Healthy eating can be a challenge when millions of dollars are spent everyday trying to convince us to eat junk food. It turns out that telling the truth to teens…
The Morning After: Alberta Election Edition
Yesterday was a watershed day in our politics for this year, without a doubt. And now here we are, on the morning after, picking through the bones of the result,…
A Call For Leadership
Jason Kenney’s UCP has achieved a majority in Alberta. Proclaiming that Alberta is open for business and that “ope is on the horizon,” he joins Ontario’s Doug Ford both in…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frank Clemente is the latest to point out how the Trump Republicans’ tax cut scheme served only to further enrich the already-wealthy. And…
Election Alberta 2019, in tweets
Biggest loser tonight in #abvotes2019? @JustinTrudeau. He motivated more voters than any other politician. Away from him. #ableg #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/jJ9k4IvR88 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 17, 2019 Wrong. Under Laurence…
Unadulterated Ignorance
Yesterday, Albertans voted in the Regressive Conservative Party — otherwise known as the UCP. Geoff Dembicki writes in The Tyee: Albertans elected one of the most socially conservative and environmentally…
The Alberta that God forgot.
“O outcast land! O leper land! Let the lone wolf-cry all express The hate insensate of thy hand, Thy heart’s abysmal loneliness.” From the poems of Robert Service. Jason Kenney…
Another Victory for Racists and Homophobes
What are the glimmers of hope for progressives in the wake of more Con wins across Canada?
Budget 2019 – revised trends #nlpoli
Budget 2019 was an election budget in the sense it contained a lot of little goodies, but there was nothing to get overly excited about. While everyone else is focused…
For the NDP, it’s 1 Down and 1 To Go
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s resounding defeat at the polls last night may just be the breakthrough that New Democrats need to get back into the game that the 2019 federal…
Jason Kenney, having delivered victory to his UCP, sounds like man with his eye on Ottawa
Give Jason Kenney his due: The man delivered a convincing enough victory for his United Conservative Party last night that no one can call him a political flop if at…
Mark Carney Warns Climate Change Demands Wholesale Change – While There’s Still Time.
Canadian Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has joined with Villeroy de Gilhau, his counterpart at the Bank of France, to warn the financial community that they can…
Take a moment to pity the future of Jason Kenney
So the people of Alberta have exorcised their anger by electing a government led by a homophobic, white nationalist, probably corrupt BS artist who has spent years stoking their anger.…