Eating Locally isn’t as Important as you Think
Diets make a difference in your individual health and our total global health. If we all eat healthier then the planet’s health will also improve, and the best way to…
February 2020
News from the ‘Working Families’ of Vaughan.
Vaughan might want to be known as the city above Toronto but it seems to have also earned attention as a city of some unusual politics. Most recently, it has…
The Rate Mitigation Circus of Horrors #nlpoli
Late Friday evening, the Muskrat Falls rate mitigation circus came to town. Again. Around 7:40 PM, long after everyone with sense had gone home for the day, natural resources minister…
Former U.S. ambassador to Canada unaware of any conversation like the plot described by Jason Kenney
There’s a small but important update to the story about Jason Kenney’s conspiracy theorizing in Washington at the end of last week. According to the man who served as the…
The Teck Decision Provides a Lesson on Handouts
For a long time Ms Soapbox has been trying figure out what Mr Kenney and the UCP mean when they talk about a “hand up” and a “handout”. She knew…
Andrew Nikiforuk – Canada Chooses Colonialism Again
The Trudeau government isn’t exactly winning the hearts and minds contest with British Columbians. Ditto for John Horgan’s NDP. The Tyee’s Andrew Nikiforuk writes that Canada is once again lapsing…
Don’t Agonize. Organize
So says the indefatigable Robert Reich, who, while admitting that the times are very discouraging, urges no one to give up in despair. You need only watch the first three…
Flying to Conferences
I just want to take a few moments to consider Bryan Alexander’s comments about flying to conferences. As most readers know, I have flown to hundreds of academic conferences over…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Carson Hammond and Rob Rousseau each make the case that Canada needs a left movement for change comparable to the wave of…
Ontario Liberal Party Leadership Delegates Selection Weekend
This is the weekend where OLP members are voting for delegates to help choose the next Ontario Liberal Party leader. This is what the leadership campaigns were doing the membership…
Dear CVRD Chairman and Directors
Dear CVRD Chairman and Directors: I realize and appreciate our busy board currently has many priorities and budgetary fires to snuff. However, one of the largest blazes on our horizon…
The Kenney-Ford Alliance
Jason Kenney and Doug Ford used to be the best of friends. But times have changed. Kieran Leaviett and Alex Boyd write: The anti-carbon-tax rally in fall of 2018 was…
On Resisting Decadence
“America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.” – Oscar Wilde Ross Douthat explores our trajectory that has led us to decadence, which…
Is it ‘The Peoples’ Pipeline?
After checking further, it is confirmed that Global Television news anchor Dawna Friesen actually called the Trans Mountain pipeline, ‘the peoples’ pipeline.’ I suppose it seemed appropriate when the following…
Will John Baird Join The Con Leadership Race?
It's hard to believe that John Baird could even be considered as a candidate for the Con leadership, after his disgraceful behaviour during the dark years of the Harper regime.But…
Feb. 8: A bad year.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/07/antarctica-logs-hottest-temperature-on-record-with-a-reading-of-183c The headline above is a little misleading. It should read 18.3 centigrade (65 fahrenheit.) That’s warm enough to lie out in the sun wearing a bathing suit. Not to…
Punching Down
When it comes to electoral campaigns, regardless the level, there are many tools, resources and techniques that are at the disposal of a candidate. When used well, they can give…