Sounds Like Corporate Extortion To Me
Given all of the revelations about how the Liberals legislated Deferred Prosecutions with SNC-Lavalin expressly in mind, it is perhaps no surprise that Big Pharma is now attempting to flex…
2019
Episode 34: When you play the Game of Thrones… Alberta election edition.
In this episode Dave and Ryan discuss the huge turnout at the advance polls, some of the key races to watch on election night, and recap of the final days…
The Pathology Of Oil
The Albertan mind, Andrew Nikiforuk writes, has been warped by the politics of oil: Oil, a commodity that nurtures dependency, has so coddled the Alberta mind that it has fostered…
British Columbia’s Carbon Pricing Works Well
British Columbia shows carbon pricing works while another province looks uselessly backwards. The regressive and antidemocratic Ontario “conservative” government is set to sue the Canadian government for protecting the environment.…
Delay of Game.
There could be a serious family squabble in the offing. I might not have mentioned it in the past but the wife is the sports fan in this family. Not…
Budget 2019 Context #nlpoli
Most of the commentary about Budget 2019 on Tuesday will be focused on the short-term. Here are some slides that show longer-term trending. We’ll update them later on with the…
Facts matter
The BC Press Gallery has been a private club, reluctant to admit new members. Emma Gilchrist, co-founder of The Narwhal and Executive Director of its predecessor Desmog Canada, had media…
Rachel Notley, one of the finest political orators of her generation, raises the rafters with optimistic speech in Edmonton
Rachel Notley looked and sounded like a politician on a roll yesterday afternoon as she addressed at least 1,500 people sardined into Edmonton’s Polish Hall – energized, by turns forceful,…
A Guide to UCP “Conservatives”
The Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservatives parted company with the Kenney “conservatives” when Kenney created the free enterprise unity party. Those three little words signaled the transformation of the conservative party…
Great Power… No Responsibility?
On Thursday we saw the first budget brought in by the new Ford Conservative government in Ontario and in it, there was some of what we’ve come to expect and…
Old Is New Again: Some Members of Far-Right Attempt To Have Ideological Opponents, Media, and Politicians Jailed
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the "apex" of far-right "patriot" journalism in Canada: Yep, this is a clip of a drunken Rick Boswick, Derek Storie, and Corey/Kory…. Something-or-Other (I…
Varoufakis’s Economic History for Dummies
First published six years ago, Varoufakis’s book, Talking to My Daughter about the Economy, addressed to his then 12-year-old daughter, is a quick read in economic theory that would benefit…
I’m thinking
I just read the @VanityFair profile of @BetoORourke. I put it down and then made a donation to the @CanadianGreens. Just like that. I’m going to go downstairs now and…
John Pilger On The Arrest Of Julian Assange
This is a pivotal event for democracy and free media. Lying is generally OK in the political realm, but truth-telling will bring down all the forces that have been exposed…
Value
You sometimes hear me stumble over the word ‘value’, the way I did in a recent interview. Let me explain why. The word ‘value’ is widely used in our field…
in which two humans figure out how to make a yard safe for canines
We did it! We closed the gaps in our partially fenced yard, in a way that looks decent, was within our budget, and within our skill set. First we researched…
Lisa Kinsella on the Ford budget – and indigenous people
OPINION: Ford government’s budget lacks commitment to Indigenous peoples BY LISA KINSELLA “There’s some positives to it and there’s some negatives and there are a few things that just don’t…
How Much of Venezuela’s Crisis is Really Maduro’s Fault?
Photo by Presidencia El Salvador The recognition by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Joe Biden of Juan Guaidó as Venezuelan president is the latest demonstration of…
The ‘Russia connection’ that unites the European right
Photo by Book Catalog It’s not the rejection of immigration, the defense of a notion of national identity or the impulse to say no to the dictates from Brussels. If…
Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 15: The end is near …
As a citizen of the province of Alberta, I will dutifully head to my nearby polling station to cast my vote in the provincial election on Tuesday. I admit that,…