Musical interlude
Meg Myers – Running Up That Hill
2019
A narwhal tusk and a fire extinguisher
Heroes still walk among us.
Ontario liberals are down but not out.
There are entirely too many media people who think that the Ontario liberals have been shut down. What they do not seem to understand is that a political party is…
Groundhog Day on Black Friday! With 5,000 job cuts planned, perpetual chaos returns to health care in Alberta
With yesterday’s announcement the Alberta Government intends to wipe out close to 5,000 jobs in public health care by 2023, and another 2,500 or so in other parts of the…
ARC Celebrates 12 Years on Blogger: Some Big Changes In The Works
NOTE If you are considering supporting ARC’s work financially, we have a Patreon account. It was 12 years ago that I posted this message to what would become one of…
Visiting Britain’s political prisoner By John Pilger
Visiting Britain’s political prisoner By John Pilger John Pilger November 28/29, 2019 “Information Clearing House” – I set out at dawn. Her Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh is in the flat…
Pre-COP25 Panel of Speakers
A headache kept me home from work today, so I got some fresh air and checked out the climate strike. It was great timing for the strike, on Black Friday,…
The Political Masochism Of The Sad Loser Andrew Scheer
Only Andrew Scheer knows why he is refusing to resign. Is he a glutton for punishment like his buddies at Opus Dei?Does he believe that his Godzilla has commanded him…
The Quality and the Rabble in American Government
The health of democracy, indeed government generally, often rests more with the quality of a country’s civil servants than with the quality of its politicians and their associates. Rarely have…
If Saudi Arabia is in trouble, the rest of the oil-producing world should probably start to panic.
Governments Need to Face Reality — the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Collapsing Government still subsidizes the oil and gas industry, even as the Bank of Canada warns of…
NEED TO KNOW INFO ON MOBILITY SCOOTERS
I am pleased to host this guest post about mobility scooters - what kind of questions to ask a salesperson and how to locate funding assistance, no matter where you…
Dear Mr. Scheer
During the attempted coup against Mr. Chretien, these were my talking points. Mr. Scheer, you’re welcome.
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Joseph Stiglitz discusses how the failure of neoliberalism to provide gains for any but the wealthiest few has led to risks to the…
The Kiss Of Death
The knives are out for Andrew Scheer. When you lose an election, the people who worked for or with you get snitty. And there’s lots of snit coming Scheer’s way…
Objectives other than winning.
Some people scratch their head and ask why someone will enter a political leadership race when there is little chance of winning? The truth is that there are different reasons…
Carbon Taxes – Too Little, Too Late Says Former Liberal Environment Minister
Former Ontario environment minister, Glen Murray, says it’s too late to expect carbon taxes to do any meaningful good. Glen Murray was the minister of environment in Ontario in 2017…
China, China, China
Judging by the number of reports on its website, the CBC appears to have realized that Canada has a China problem. See here, here, and here. As coverage goes, it’s…
Will Canada Fight Climate Change the Way We Fought the Taliban?
Canada, like most ISAF member nations, did a lousy job in Afghanistan. Harper said we were in it to win. We would drive the Taliban out – for good. We…
Will Andrew Scheer Be Able To Save His Job?
As you may have noticed Andrew Scheer has been keeping a very low profile, and hasn't been seen in public for a long, long, time.But then who can blame him…
what i’m reading: the marrow thieves, the glass beads
Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves, winner of multiple Canadian awards, is a brilliant book — and a frightening one. Set in a future Canada after climate change has devastated the…