Andrew Scheer and the Real Scandal the Cons Cannot Escape
It's a double blow for Andrew Scheer. The fake scandal is fading to black, but the other real scandal isn't going anywhere.The scandal where he revealed his true colours, by…
2019
Four Day Work Weeks Increase Productivity, Decrease Stress
Working a job that is free of stress is rare, however there’s an easy way to make your current job less stressful: work four days instead of five. This is…
There Is Only One True Choice for Progressives in 2020
Photo by AFGE Presidential candidate Kamala Harris began this week in the nation’s first primary state by proclaiming what she isn’t. “The people of New Hampshire will tell me what’s…
Corporate Canada Behind Slow Motion Coup Attempt in Venezuela
Photo by Marcos Salgado It’s convenient but incorrect to simply blame the USA for Ottawa’s nefarious role in the slow motion attempted coup currently underway in Venezuela. Critics of the…
#LavScam legal: why I think some folks in Ottawa may have obstructed justice
A reporter and I went back and forth on the issue today. He had written there was no chance of a criminal charge. I disagreed. I told him the actus…
Venezuela: The Straw that Breaks the Empire’s Back?
Photo by European Parliament Venezuela in the limelight on practically all the written, audio and visual mainstream media, as well as alternative media. A purposeful constant drip of outright lies…
My Saturation Point
I have realized there is a lower point than disillusionment with mainstream Canadian media. I call it my bullshit saturation point. Canada’s news media has decided that it wants to…
A Cowardly Silence
Human nature is a strange, wondrous, and sometimes shameful thing. For every Nelson Mandela who takes a stand against arbitrary authority, there are countless millions who will simply go along…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Roberts sets out the big picture surrounding the Green New Deal, as essentially nobody other than the activists supporting it has made…
#LavScam latest: is Justin Trudeau SNC-Lavalin’s water boy?
Pretty much. From today’s Globe. There is apparently no rule, no law, no principle that Justin Trudeau will not break to assist this sleazy multinational. None. The Trudeau government is…
Saving the Scenic Salish Sea.
To nobody’s surprise the other day, Canada’s moribund National Energy Board (NEB), once again, approved the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. And once again to the barricades my friends…
They pay less; you pay more
Canada’s remaining non-renewable energy resources are being sold off in an environment of low prices with minimal and declining returns to governments.
Marc "Tyler" Malenfant of Yellow Vests Canada: The Dangers of Dehumanization
I still plan on posting a report on the events of last week in Ottawa, however I thought I'd first dive back into the reactionary Yellow Vests Canada Facebook page…
The stars of the NDP firmament are aligning today for someone in Burnaby South – it remains to be seen if it’s Jagmeet Singh
Even if all the New Democrats vote Liberal and all the Liberals vote NDP in the Burnaby South by-election today, the outcome could be a very close one. It’s rude…
#LetHerSpeak
I like Lisa Kinsella’s shirt idea. Anyone want one, she’s up in Ottawa this week.
Damn! Damn! Damn!
I admit it. I was a day late in doing by blog for Friday.. But I was almost done when – I don’t know – I must have hit a…
The 2019 Provincial Election: What it will be about and what it should be about
Last week Ms Soapbox had the pleasure of appearing on a panel with economist Trevor Tombe and naturalist Kevin Van Tighem to discuss our perspectives on the upcoming provincial election.…
A Disappointing Crop of Oscar Nominations
The oddsmakers have Roma winning, and I agree that it should – pure cinema, as Hitchcock would say – but Green Book will win because it has all those comfy,…
NEB ‘Reconsideration Report’ A New Low For Failing Agency
This bogus report is little more than pouring old wine in new bottles. It makes a mockery out of Trudeau’s pretend embrace of The United Nations Declaration on the Rights…