Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest developments in Ontario’s re-opening…
Thinking about political leadership campaigns, it occurs to me that the constraints on the candidates today are not only catastrophic for the candidates but impossible for the party faithful to…
That’s Donald Trump on February 28, 2020. Here’s this week.
It’s not actually true that that everything was just copacetic in Alberta when COVID-19 kicked down the door and started smashing up the dishes. But you’ve got to give Travis…
This post does not claim to have all the answers, or any answers, nor to be a comprehensive, or any kind of analysis, but is simply some thoughts on a…
Originally published by the Washington Post. This coronavirus mutation has taken over the world. Scientists are trying to understand why. Health-care workers from University of South Florida Health administer coronavirus…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michelle Girash and Chandra Pasma write from personal experience about the uncertainty COVID-19 creates for workers. Bryan Borzykowski notes that the needed extension…
Leadership races are a test of many things within a party. They test the strength of their organization, the strength of the various bases within them and can test the…
Apparently, the screen hero had the proverbial feet of clay. There is no context that can justify these indefensible views, expressed in a 1971 Playboy interview: H/t Brian Karem Recommend…
Across political spectrum, two-thirds agree Meng situation be left to courts, disagree with intervention June 29, 2020 – As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rebuffs calls to intervene in the extradition…
Andrew Leach joins Dave Cournoyer on the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the state of Alberta’s economy, economic diversification and how the politics of oil and pipelines are developing in 2020.…
Thankfully, calls to defund the police are being heard throughout North America where police have military equipment. Despite decades of “austerity” which witnessed governments defunding social services and programs that…
Please welcome our new blog affiliate – Northern Currents – run by Josh.It’s been awhile since I’ve had the pleasure of doing this, as blogs have waned in social media…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 29, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ontario Moving Toronto and Peel Region into Stage 2 Ex-Stone prosecutor says…
This video about online learning, “numb” by Liv McNeil, is making the rounds: This has been a difficult time, and the video is cathartic for some. But first a bit…
Enhanced data gathering and other forms of intrusive risk analysis are part of a new era of surveillance technologies targeting migrant workers in Canada and beyond. Photo by ar130405/Pixabay. Alternatives…
In the wake of COVID 19, Glen Pearson writes, we are reconsidering the notion of social capital: What is social capital? It is actually something quite real, practiced, and built…
Recently, former Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe appeared on Global Television’s West Block program with interviewer Mercedes Stephenson. While I rarely agree with the Bloc or any of its leaders,…
Trump’s America is a failed state. More evidence if you needed it. Trudeau’s privatization of a charity program is also a massive fail and opens him to conflict of interest.
Saltwire laid off a hundred or so people last week, 25 of them in Newfoundland and Labrador. The most recent cuts are the result of revenue drops due to COVID…
