2019
Brian Mulroney urges Canadian politicians to take action on climate change, despite political risk
Originally published by the National Post Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in September. Riley Smith/The Canadian Press/File Brian Platt Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is urging Canadian political…
UCP to give Alberta government ‘a giant enema,’ minister of ‘red tape reduction’ proclaims
Grant Hunter, associate minister in charge of Alberta’s ministry of “red tape reduction,” got up on his hind legs in the Legislature Wednesday evening and proclaimed that the intention of…
The Conscience Chronicles
UPDATE: As this was being readied for posting, the Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills voted to recommend that Bill 207 not move forward in its…
Doug Ford’s Monstrous Environmental Vandalism
I always knew that the beast Doug Ford was going to be a destructive force, and sure enough he has been.He has bulldozed decency, teachers and children, and will no…
There’s a punk rock song for everything
Maaaaan. My God Almighty, this is the best thing ever. somebody on twitter today: trump's weird hand-scrawled denial today sounds like a ramones song. me: pic.twitter.com/mynZjx0E0M — Alex Kliment (@SaoSasha)…
Earth, 2019
Remember the street scenes in the original Blade Runner?
It’s True. North Pacific Marine Mammals Dying Off.
It was barely a week ago that I spoke with a fellow at Fisheries and Oceans Canada about the ecological devastation sweeping the Pacific Northwest and, in particular, coastal British…
Eating up the Hill: Pizza 2.0 a marked improvement from the Hill cafeteria
I wrote earlier about some of the changes made at the Parliamentary cafeterias during the summer/election break and the first I spotlighted, the supposed Peri Peri chicken, was a definite…
Eleven Steps to a Sustainable Planet
For years I’ve been hammering home the idea that survival of life on Earth as we know it absolutely depends on three changes – weaning ourselves off fossil fuels as…
China Still Stuck on Coal
Some have the idea that China will lead the world to a green future of renewable energy. That’s an idea that sounds good but doesn’t stand up to facts. China…
Cabinet Building
In the life of any Parliament there are a few big days that happen that are as much as symbolic in their importance as anything else. Usually those are lumped…
Nov. 21:An ugly World.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/20/trump-impeachment-hearings-gordon-sondland-testimony_________________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fossil-fuel-overshoot-1.5365974 I’m afraid it is not possible to clean up our act in time. The fuel industries won’t allow it. And don’t kid yourself. It’s not our votes that…
Smoking Guns
Yesterday, there were all kinds of smoking guns in Gordon Sondland’s testimony. He exploded all the Republican defences of Donald Trump. Max Boot writes: “Was there a ‘quid pro quo’?”…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Dan Hancox discusses how both work demands and consumerist force are causing people to lose sleep. And Jodi Dean writes about the…
Keeping warm
A close friend of mine has a great story to tell. Here she is: Warren, I bought that coat for my ex-boyfriend, who didn’t want to keep it when I…
“This is the final word.”
Well, no, it actually isn’t. Actual photo of the Mango Mussolini’s talking points on yesterday’s impeachment testimony, which directly linked him to bribery and extortion. Meanwhile, from Son Three, presently…
But who’ll fix the marijuana mess?
Swearing in the new cabinet at Rideau Hall was a painful process. Maybe it would have worked better if all the retreads with the same portfolios got sworn in together.…
Being kicked out of the Legislature means never having to say you’re sorry
Apparently, being kicked out of the Alberta Legislature means never having to say you’re sorry! Judging by the smile on her face yesterday morning as a crowd of more than…