Talking #LeadersDebate2019 with Evan Solomon
This afternoon I had the chance to join Evan Solomon on his nationwide “The Evan Solomon Show” with Jenny Byrne and Gabriella Gonzalez. We previewed tonight’s big English Leaders Debate,…
2019
Will automation steal all our jobs?
Yet another report predicts we are all going to be replaced by machines. Well, maybe not us, but our jobs at least. The report, issued for Wells Fargo clients, predicts…
Anybody Want to Start a Pool?
I wonder what the voter turnout will be this year. Since Confederation we’ve averaged just over 70 per cent. The highest turnout came during the Diefenbaker/Pearson era when 79 per…
Andrew Weaver Steps Down
He’s been a true stalwart of the Green Party movement in Canada. Our very own climate scientist, U. Vic’s Andrew Weaver. Now he’s announced that he won’t be seeking re-election…
Rebellious Hosting
Tonight is one of the biggest moments of this electoral campaign, with the English Leaders Debate, and in the run up to it tonight, we’re seeing the parties putting out…
NO MORE DEAD BABIES ON A BEACH!
NO MORE DEAD BABIES ON A BEACH! Alan Kurdi’s death was a direct result of Stephen Harper’s immigration and foreign policy. REMEMBER: Andrew Scheer propped up the Harper government for…
Anyone Want to Bet Trump Isn’t Auguring In?
Check out ‘the Donald’s’ tweet about Turkey and the precarious fate of Syrian Kurds. I didn’t believe that even the Mango Mussolini could do this. I checked. He did. We…
My latest: debate? What debate?
Here’s the thing about Monday’s leader’s debate, Canada. You won’t be watching it. Well, let’s amend that. Sun readers are a scrappy, elbows-up lot, who dig politics and a good…
Did Justin Trudeau call Jagmeet Singh “Marge Simpson”?
This has been circulating on the Internet since last night. It’s a recording – made with what sounds very much like a member of the Liberal caucus – in which…
David Akin And the Naked Bias Of The Con Media
I have never had much respect for David Akin, Global News' Chief political correspondent.Not since he worked at Sun TV News, where Ezra Levant also worked, and first looked like…
Why did Justin Trudeau abruptly leave that school mid-term?
The question isn’t going away. Trudeau’s story has changed at least four times since 2001 After media reports revealed that Justin Trudeau wore blackface during an event at West Point…
This Is How To Do It
With our typical timidity, Canadians are notoriously reluctant to put our money where our mouth is when it comes to climate change. Sure, we recently had very loud and proud…
Austerity round two in Manitoba
Premier Brian Pallister addresses media following the throne speech before the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on Mon., Sept. 30, 2019. Kevin King/Winnipeg Sun/Postmedia Network. Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives, led by Premier…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of October 7, 2019
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of October 7, 2019. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct…
The Tyee Trolls Andrew Scheer
The headline says it all – “SCHEER AMBITION: The Private Sector Months. And Then – to Government.” It’s apparently the first in a series on the life and times of…
Is This How Neoliberalism Ends – With a Crash?
It’s been nearly 15 years since John Ralston Saul proclaimed the death of neoliberalism in “The Collapse of Globalism, and the Reinvention of the World.” Back then he envisioned a…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of October 7, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 7, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court seeks class action, damages against e-cigarette…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Leonhardt discusses how the U.S.’ tax system has become definitively regressive, featuring this chart as to how the wealthiest few now pay…
Ralph Nader. 19 Reasons Americans Should Be Taking To the Streets.
This is Ralph Nader’s Top 19 List, “Reasons for Americans to Rise in Revolt.” There has never been more access to food—domestic and imported—yet hunger is an ongoing problem everywhere.…