Met some guy from Texas. Nice guy.
And, in case you were wondering, in conversation he was smart, perceptive and very funny. (Very.) This picture was taken backstage at the OREA event (more pix here and here…
2019
EVs Outselling Stick Shift
Not surprising, people are buying more EV cars than manual transmission ones. But why is electric even an option in that poll? The question appears to be about transmissions and…
Iron March Leak: User "New Canadian Empire" Attempted to Forge Alliances With Canadian Fascists; Had Political Ambitions; Claims to Have Been in Army
NOTE: If the screen shots in this article are too small to read, please right click and open in a new tab. You can then size the image appropriately. We…
Talking Ron MacLean, Prince Andrew & Alberta-Quebec Relations with Evan Solomon
This afternoon I had the chance to join Evan Solomon on “Ottawa Now” with Katlyn Harrison and Shane Mackenzie. Today we talked about Ron MacLean’s apology, the dumpster fire of…
Episode 44: Live from the Parkland Institute Conference: Truth, the First Casualty? War Rooms and Rumours of War Rooms
Daveberta Podcast host Dave Cournoyer teamed up with AlbertaPolitics.ca writer David Climenhaga at the annual Parkland Institute Conference at the University of Alberta last weekend to share what we know…
Ron MacLean and the Horror of Cherry Nation
I watched Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday to see what the show would do now that Don Cherry is no longer there.And although I was happy to see that…
The Ugly Cons and the Shining Example of Maddison Yetman
As you may know, I thought the last election campaign was one of the most disgusting spectacles I have ever witnessed.With Andrew Scheer and his filthy Cons taking us to…
Social Media Fuels Influence For The Marginalized
Loren Duncan In many poor places with large indigenous populations, the poor have become literate, and familiar with social medias powers of influence. And they have smartened up, understood and…
Isn’t that Brainwashing?
Have we been brainwashed? Are we making our own decisions or is that something that we imagine? Many years ago I realized that we, but especially the American people, had…
How Many is Enough? How Many is Too Many?
I’ve stumbled across a book in my stack of overdue reading, a mystery book. All I know is that I didn’t buy it. Somebody must have sent it but ‘whom’…
Towards a Green Social Democratic Economy
Background/Context Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation,…
Its Achilles Heel
Doug Ford is setting himself up for failure. He’s looking at province wide teachers’ strikes because he has failed to learn the lessons of recent history. Martin Regg Cohn writes:…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jeremy Rifkin sets out how Canada can implement a Green New Deal – while also reminding us of the costs of failing to…
On unreliable suppliers
There’s been plenty of bluster between Jason Kenney and Yves-Francois Blanchet over equalization and its relationship to the oil industry. But it’s worth pointing out that to the extent Quebec…
“5 Questions” Interview(s) with Ontario Liberal Party Candidates: Steven Del Duca
Our next candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party Leadership to submit replies to the questions is Steven Del Duca (you’ll find his website link in one of the replies to…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 18, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 18, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Media asks judge to make today’s Mulvaney hearing public Sportsnet cuts ties…
Decolonize Games at the Toronto Biennial
This coming Saturday (Nov. 23) from 2-5pm you can play a game which challenges the colonial narratives present in too many games. Presented as part of the Toronto Biennial, Unsettling:…
In the job nobody wanted.
Watching the West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson trying to interview Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the Bloc Québécois, on Sunday caused mixed emotions. Here is the guy who took on the job…
I’m part of the warm-up act for a president
Today, at the kick-ass OREA conference – which earlier features Jean Chretien, Doug Ford, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott – I’m on a panel (with my sister Adrienne, Kathleen and…
Excellent question: If a referendum’s good enough for the CPP, why not for the teachers’ pension fund?
“Jason Kenney says he will use a referendum to determine if Albertans want their Canada Pension Plan shifted to AIMCo,” Jonathan Teghtmeyer, Associate Communications Coordinator of the Alberta Teachers Association,…