I’ve written a ‘top 10’ overview of things to know about affordable housing and homelessness, as they relate to Canada’s upcoming federal budget. The overview is based on the affordable…
The retreat of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism, especially in America and parts of Europe, has intrigued me for many months. How does this happen? How do good people,…
This new ad from @ForTheRuleOfLaw will run Friday morning on Fox and Friends."We pretty much shut it down…It'll be down to close to zero…It's really working out…No, I don't take…
Life as we know is irrevocably changed on Planet Earth. When are we allowed to start asking some serious questions about the severity of the lockdown?
An off-the-shelf anti-viral for Covid-19? It may not be perfect but the Chinese coronavirus experience suggests it is both safe and effective. Zhang Xinmin, an official at China’s science and…
Jason Kenney says the Alberta economy is getting hammered. It’s getting hit so hard that he can’t even lay it off on Justin Trudeau. You know it’s bad when Kenney…
One of the great mysteries of Scott Moe’s tenure in power is how he’s evaded scrutiny for a personal track record which has demonstrated a gross lack of judgment –…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Frances Woolley points out how the coronavirus pandemic is exposing the effects of decades of austerity on Canada’s health care system. Martin…
An Italian family on lockdown in Turin looks on the bright side. Photo courtesy of the World Economic Forum. A crisis is a mirror. It shows us—if we have the…
Along with the late Immanuel Wallerstein, I think that globalized capitalism is in a structural crisis economically, politically, and in its relationship with nature, which leads to climate crises and…
The threat of coronavirus, currently inspiring mass hysteria around the globe, focuses attention upon the role of population density in disease transmission. The World Health Organization (WHO) may be the…
China did it first. Thus it’s obviously totalitarian, outright fascism. This is leftist nonsense on acid. Lockdowns aren’t a creature of fascist ideology. Epidemiology has nothing to do with fascism…
The Emergency at Hand Andrew Nikiforuk Yesterday | TheTyee.caAndrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the energy industry for two decades and is a contributing editor…
Saudi Arabia isn’t done with its recalcitrant rival, Russia and that’s tough news for every petro-state, especially our own. Oil giant Saudi Aramco will proceed with the reduction of its…
It’s bad enough that grocery store shelves are empty of paper towels, toilet paper, flour, sugar and other essentials. Blame that on hoarders. However, why has the news media stopped…
Just over 100 deaths in the US from the coronavirus, and what is the government response? Fascist lockdown. The pattern is the same across the Western world, mirroring the…
The Italian health care system finds itself short on parts due to the influx of COVID-19 patients. Due to the nature of the virus people with it are more likely…
It’s fascinating to watch behaviours now that we’re stuck together in limbo. In my little house, we are all perfectly healthy; we’re just more together. This should be a piece…
Across fifty states, Americans are collectively bracing for the incoming COVID-19 pandemic to hit. In the face of the virus, people are resorting to panic buying, stocking up on vital…
