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Macleans-The latest news, analysis and primers for election 2019
Countdown to E-day Did someone forward you this newsletter? Sign up here to get it delivered weekday mornings. Happy Thanksgiving. We’re taking one last break before the campaigns move into…
Kenney’s Beloved Tar Sands at Heart of New York Fraud Trial
Somehow that sounds believable – Jason Kenney, Athabasca Tar Sands, Exxon and the biggest of them all, Exxon, on trial for defrauding company shareholders. In fairness, Kenney isn’t a party…
The NDP never did explain…
THE NDP NEVER DID EXPLAIN… WHAT IS WRONG W/ RANKED BALLOT?! In case you forgot, the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform, AKA ERRE, was an all-party Parliamentary…
Glow in the Garden at VanDusen back for another season of Halloween fun
With the evenings getting darker and the air crisp and cool, the lights and displays offer an exciting and fun way to experience the beauty of VanDusen, under the spell…
The IMF Is Utterly Indifferent to the Pain It’s Causing
Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank President (L) and Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director. Photo by Simone D. McCourtie/World Bank. Each year, the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gathers…
YOU. BOUGHT. A. PIPELINE. — THREAD ALERT!
THREAD ALERT! Anyone remember FIPA? The Canada-China trade agreement that Stephen Harper signed w/o ever tabling it in Parliament? #cdnpoli #elxn43 1/10 FIPA has given China UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS to Canada’s…
My latest: Trump trumps Trudeau, and why
Justin Trudeau is less popular than Donald Trump. Say it aloud, so that those still considering voting for Trudeau can hear you. Because, you know, Donald Trump. The most sexist,…
Here’s The Real Take Away
Andrew Scheer says he’ll balance the budget by 2024. Until then, he’s quite prepared to run deficits. But the question every voter should consider is this: What do those deficits…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: awil’gola open house: celebrate first nations communities at the library
On Thursday, October 24, the Port Hardy Library will host Awil’gola Open House, a celebration of local Indigenous cultures. Awil’gola is a Kwak’wala word loosely translated as “in celebration”, “being…
New column day
Here, discussing how Justin Trudeau is campaign entirely according to the formula so thoroughly documented by Martin Lukacs – and why voters seeking change need to reject politicians committed to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Paul Kahnert writes that tax cuts never lead to widespread prosperity – but do further entrench the wealth and power of those…
Doing Politics Not-So-Differently
As we go into the last few days of this campaign there have been many interesting subplots running through out it that have been hard to ignore. A big one…
An unlikely offender: Bitcoin has the carbon footprint of a small nation
The use of Bitcoin emits over 22 megatonnes of carbon dioxide annually, comparable to the total emissions of cities such as Las Vegas and Vienna. Photo by QuoteInspector.com (Flickr). The…
Also: he’s okay with Quebec implementing, in 2019, the same “values test” he opposed in 2015
My God, he is without a soul. Literal sign that the @JustinTrudeau #LPC campaign is getting increasingly desperate. Like, literally. A sign. His father is doing a pirouette in his…
Cli-Fi is the new Sci-Fi
If you want to understand current anxieties about the future then all you need to do is turn to science-fiction, and historically this has been true. Sci-Fi isn’t a way…
Give Me Your Frightened Masses
Run, children, run, to your polling stations!H/t Theo Moudakis Meanwhile, for those made of sterner stuff, there is an insightful analysis by Larry Kazdan of Vancouver of what should truly…
Taking the road to totalitarianism.
It is in Fortress Alberta that Jason Kenney did declare that his propaganda machine will be removed from all controls. What started as a so-called war room will now be…
Just a little funny stuff
Make sure you watch to the end: The Liberals are just a hot mess. #Compromise2019 pic.twitter.com/uJP5MaJrv7 — 22Minutes (@22_Minutes) October 16, 2019 And this one: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry…
Greta Goes To Edmonton, Alberta Goes Nuts
If you want to read something funny about bad people, here it is. Climate activist and hero Greta Thunberg is in Calgary and on her way to Edmonton for a…