Coteau fights on for Ontario leadership.
In an e-mail the other day, Michael Coteau promised his supporters that he will fight on against the status quo for Ontario liberals. With Steven Del Duca poised with a…
February 2020
Settlement in ExxonMobil dispute #nlpoli
CNLOPB regulates the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore The Government of Canada and ExxonMobil have reached a settlement in the oil company’s 16-year-old dispute over the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum…
Mark Carney, named UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, says the smart money is on transition from fossil fuels
Environmental and banking system protestor wears a mask of Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney as they demonstrate outside the Bank of England demanding that the bank rule…
A Family Day toast to Don Getty, whose record is underwhelming, but whose best-known achievement was one for the ages
The winters around here are long. Even with social media Canadians need a February holiday. Come to think of it, given what the Internet has turned into in the few…
Delusion, deception, inertia
Faced with a choice between respecting Supreme Court confirmed indigenous governance and serving foreign financial interests (Shell, Petronas, and PetroChina), BC NDP joined with the land polluters, not the land…
Eating off the Hill: The best wings in a non-wing city?
While the best chicken wings can be found in Buffalo, there are nearly as good wings to be had elsewhere. When in Toronto, I’m partial to Duff’s Famous Wings. While…
Family Day Alberta Style
Tomorrow is Family Day in Alberta. While we wait for Jason Kenney’s Family Day announcement extolling the virtues of the family and maybe throwing in a reference to Albertans as…
Putting the RCMP raid on the Wet’suwet’en in historical perspective
Protesters and land defenders erect a barricade in Vancouver in support of the Wet’suwet’en, who are blocking a pipeline from being built on their land. Photo by Sally T. Buck…
The Wet’suwet’en, Aboriginal Title, and the Rule of Law: An Explainer
A land defender holds iconic solidarity art at the blockade on CN Rail near Pioneer Village in Toronto, where protestors gathered for a direct action on the second-largest rail classification…
An Open Letter to Bill Barr – "Be Gone"
1,100 signatures. Democrats and Republicans alike. That’s quite a few. They’re sending a message to Trump’s lapdog Attorney General, Bill Barr – Go, Go Now. More than 1,100 former federal…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Heesu Lee reports on Greenpeace’s estimate that air pollution costs the world nearly $3 trillion every year. And Damien Cave writes that…
help nominate tommy douglas as the face of the next $5 bill
There’s a movement to put the face of Tommy Douglas on the next Canadian $5 bill. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? And wouldn’t it be a kick in the pants to…
help nominate tommy douglas as the face of the next $5 bill
There’s a movement to put the face of Tommy Douglas on the next Canadian $5 bill. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? And wouldn’t it be a kick in the pants to…
help nominate tommy douglas as the face of the next $5 bill
There’s a movement to put the face of Tommy Douglas on the next Canadian $5 bill. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? And wouldn’t it be a kick in the pants to…
Let The Young Vote
It is the young who have the greatest stake in the world we are creating — or destroying. It is they who will live with the consequences we are setting…
Playing with trains.
Is Gillian Steward, formerly with the Toronto Star, now working for Jason Kenney’s pipeline and bitumen propaganda war room in Calgary? In an opinion piece labelled “Shipping oil by train…
This is how democracies die.
A recent post by fellow blogger Lorne stuck a cord with me and despite my reluctance to comment about ANYTHING in these days of total political mayhem both near and…
Wetsuweten protests- we don’t get to choose the battle; we can only choose our side
Once again, I think we have reached the point in Canada where we don’t get to choose the battle. We can only choose our side. I can’t say I understand…
Farming Experiment
Facebook reminded me of this joke from 7 years ago. It pretends farming is an illicit drug that teens want to try.