just look on the sunny side of life
You have to be creative to stay in business during a pandemic. pic.twitter.com/cKmA1xXxrT — You Had One Job! (@_youhadonejob1) October 5, 2020 Lincolnshire Wildlife Park has recently been forced to…
October 2020
What did Finance Minister Travis Toews actually say about AISH in Grande Prairie last week?
So, what did Travis Toews actually say about Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped when he said whatever he said to a Grande Prairie local news website one week ago…
Refugees aren’t safe in the USA. Canada must help out.
Share this: Our southern neighbors are at a boiling point with a torrent of racial unrest and questions about whether or not the current president will honor the results of…
Putting Your Own Mask on First
Teachers are a hardy bunch. We have self-trained ourselves to remain polite and calm in the face of abuse. On my first day of teaching, ever, I wrote Miss Snyder…
SaskParty Replaces Candidate
After a SaskParty candidate was revealed to be an anti-science Q-cult fascist, so Moe removed him to reduce embarrassment to the party. The replacement is a home builder association CEO.…
Memo to Bob Rae and Stephen Lewis: Palestine does matter
Thousands march through London demanding that the UK recognize Palestine and stop British support for Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank, November 4, 2017. Photo by Alisdare Hickson/Flickr. On…
U.S. democracy corrupted by U.S. constitution
In 2016, most Americans voted for Hillary Clinton. They got President Donald Trump. Republicans represent fewer citizens than Democrats, yet they have controlled the Senate for more than half of…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Chris Bauch, Dillon Thomas Browne, Madhur Anand and Brendon Phillips write about the multiple harms caused by large class sizes in the…
On consistent standards
It’s certainly for the best that Scott Moe has removed at least one Saskatchewan Party candidate based on the recognition that the people running to govern the province should be…
Erin O’Toole’s Cowardly Anti-Gay Bigotry
Ever since Erin O’Toole became Con leader, thanks to the support of alt right extremists and social conservatives, he has been trying to claim that he’s changed and so has…
Oct. 1: Just this once – a change of pace.
I missed a blog because I seriously overslept. That happens to us old folks. But coming back to write this blog, I just got angrier at the whole, damn thing.…
Annamie Paul’s Green Party leadership win gives Toronto Centre by-election voters historic opportunity
I’ve been a Liberal most of my life. At one time, I was even employed as a backroom Ontario Liberal. But on occasion, usually for strategic or personal reasons, I’ve…
‘They stand behind the inhumane treatment my father endured’: An interview with the daughter of Richard Kakish, killed by Winnipeg Police in 2017
44-year-old Richard Kakish passed away after an incident involving the Winnipeg Police in August 2017. Richard died after being kicked and repeatedly punched by officers during an arrest. Photo supplied…
Green Party Leadership Race Has Been ‘Unfair And Undemocratic’: Meryam Haddad
She believes some members have been prevented from voting and that Elizabeth May unfairly endorsed and helped finance one of the other candidates. Originally published by the Huffington Post By…
Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul elected Green Party of Canada leader
Toronto lawyer and human rights advocate Annamie Paul was elected leader of the Green Party of Canada Originally published by the Toronto Star OTTAWA—Toronto lawyer and human rights advocate…
Episode 60: Explaining the BC election to Albertans
There is an election happening on the other side of the Rockies. Ian Bushfield and Scott de Lange Boom from the Politicoast Podcast join Dave in this episode of the…
The Great Covid Blocker
With time running out will the Covid pandemic block meaningful action to thwart global climate breakdown? The ‘Rona has plenty of governments going into hock to fund massively costly “relief”…
Dredging Down in Green.
Congratulations to the new leader of the Green Party of Canada. The party has selected a Torontonian named Annamie Paul to be its new leader. The party leader is a…