Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Yaryna Serkez highlights how COVID-19 has both exploited and exacerbated the U.S.’ existing inequalities. And Alexander Panetta writes about the perpetuation of…
June 2020
If Sammy Yatim’s Meltdown Happened Today Would He Still Be Alive?
The video of Toronto cop, James Forcillo, executing a young man on a Toronto bus is one of those horrible events that, once seen, never quite goes away. There is…
What have Scheer, Marshall and the leadership candidates done to Harper’s legacy?
They’ve destroyed it, pretty much. And I still don’t understand why the Cons want Parliament back. If they get their wish, these numbers are going to be even better for…
The Disturbing Case of the MP for Kitchener South – Hespeler
The life of a Member of Parliament can be an interesting one. There are lots of things about the job that are different, new & unique. You get to meet…
It Shouldn’t be Long Before the Novel Coronavirus Shows Its True Face
This is not going to be a great century to be a brown or a black person living in the Third World or a developing country such as India. To…
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They Misread
It’s now official. The American economy has been in recession since February. Jennifer Rubin writes: It should be noted that this happened before most business shutdowns occurred. While the pandemic…
Yes, Prince Andrew Should Co-operate. There’s One Problem, Maybe Two.
For the past two mornings the BBC world news summary has reported on efforts by US authorities to persuade prince Andrew to answer questions about just what he did when…
Protests Work: Minneapolis Police Defunding Begins and More
Democracy happens in the streets. Every single person who has supported the Black Lives Matter movement, or has shown support for social justice in a direct way, has helped make…
Mimicry and Pantomime #nlpoli
A couple of thousand people turned out in St. John’s on Saturday for a rally organized by a new group calling itself Black Lives Matter NL. They listened to speeches,…
Somehow South Tyrolean autonomy doesn’t sound like the best way to sell the Alberta Fair Deal Panel’s dumb ideas
Sure sounds like Jason Kenney has a problem. He’s promised to release his Fair Deal Panel’s report next Monday, but it’s not at all clear Albertans are going to like…
Climate Liars. Ottawa’s Long History.
Justin Trudeau is a climate liar. So was Stephen Harper and, before him, Jean Chretien and, before him, Brian Mulroney. For 30+ years, prime minister after prime minister, has lied…
The New York Times’ Tribute to Dr. Bonnie Henry
If there’s been one standout on the fight to tame the Covid-19 virus in Canada, it has to be British Columbia’s medical officer of health, Dr. Bonnie Henry. The New…
New fave shirt
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Talking Re-Opening Ontario & Protests During a Pandemic with Kristy Cameron
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about Ontario’s Regional Re-opening from COVID-19, the…
Defund The Police is catching on
Cops DO have time to:– Check your ID if you're Black or Indigenous – pursue drug users despite cannabis being mostly decriminalized – kill people during welfare checks– break down…
The Ignominy of Kenney’s Bill 1
As Albertans flooded into the streets to join the hundreds of thousands of people around the world protesting systemic racism and police brutality, some of us worried about the UCP…
Yes, Canada Has a Racism Crisis and It’s Killing Black and Indigenous Peoples
We used to be able to say that Canadians who didn’t believe that their governments and police forces were racist against Indigenous and Black peoples, were simply unaware of the…
Dutch farms ordered to cull 10,000 mink over coronavirus risk
Two people infected by mink in only known animal-to-human transmissions since outbreak began Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Groups opposed to the fur trade Read more…