Let’s Do the Math
A new report from the International Monetary Fund laments that growth this year may decline to just 3.5 per cent. How does that sound to you? How long does it…
A new report from the International Monetary Fund laments that growth this year may decline to just 3.5 per cent. How does that sound to you? How long does it…
Is there no end to this silver-haired prick? Speaking on Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation, the vice president quoted from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as he defended…
Andrew Scheer was no doubt hoping to show Justin Trudeau that he could perform at a town hall as well as Trudeau has shown he can.And that like the prime…
I realize that I post a lot of items about climate change that aren’t very appealing. In fact many of them are pretty dark. Yet when it comes to gloom…
It’s the hat. The initial coverage of the Kentucky Catholic kid and the Indigenous veteran decidedly favoured the latter over the former. A short video of the pair was everywhere,…
Photo by Anthony Green We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace–business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider…
“Prince Charles sunk the Titanic” lol! Another meme from the Monarchists Facebook page. Itis a monarchist take on the NPC Wojak meme that flaredup a little while ago. While I…
Dismayed to see the “foreign funding” conspiracy theory gaining traction in Canada’s #oilsands discussion again. For perspective, I’ve pulled a few great articles from @Garossino written way back in 2012:…
We were warned about this! We were half-expecting it. Our car didn’t pass the inspection for BC auto insurance. Supposedly this is what happens when you bring a car from…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 21, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Roll Back Birth Control Mandate A man…
Assorted content to start your week. – Eric Levitz exposes the unsoundness of the right-wing excuses for allowing the accumulation of obscene wealth. And Toby Sanger weighs on the effect…
From former Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps, in today’s Hill Times: On the cabinet shuffle, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demoted a female aboriginal star when he shuffled Jody Wilson-Raybould out…
Giant redwood trees are beautiful to look at and are great for the environment. We need them now more than ever before. The redwoods filter air, water while also removing…
It was last April when Babel-on-the-Bay commented on the Toronto Star’s Quisling-like coverage of the Alberta tar sands quandary by Star business writer David Olive. We were pleased to note…
Technical descriptions are difficult, even tedious, but this video from Vice News should open your eyes to what is now underway across the far north.
Allegations about United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney’s Calgary domestic and travel arrangements during the years he was the Conservative MP for Calgary Midnapore circulating on social media over the…
Ms Soapbox has spent the last two days poring over Hansard. Now she’s sick in bed. Coincidence?
Since many of us who are watching developments on the far-right in this country have been focused on the reactionary Yellow Vest protests I thought I would take a look…
Cartoons on LondOntLife are are shared based on a premise that people will maybe use and remix them. Here I rework the drawing, running the drawing through Inkwork. I do…
Canada, like Brazil, has it’s share of Donald Trumps in political life.https://cupe.ca/bad-day-students-funding-cut-disguised-tuition-cut-will-cost-students-more-and-hurt-universitiesThese are people who govern to please the very, very rich. So they wouldn’t dream of making billionaires pay…