Loki Hulgaard, originally arrested in 2018 and charged with willful promotion of hatred, has pled guilty as of February 28, 2020. From Medicine Hat News: Hulgaard, who was arrested in…
It’s late Friday afternoon and after sitting for a couple of weeks, the House of Commons is taking a weeklong break. That means that we’ve now see proximately six sitting…
Canada welcomed the highest number of new immigrants in more than a century last year, opening its doors to 341,180 people from 175 different countries. That annual total, which exceeded…
The newest episode of “Cdnpolicast” is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Susan Smith, Neil Brodie and I talk about the developments this week in protests happening across the…
Here’s a Friday palate cleanser for ya: No way! ? pic.twitter.com/Sr4XeP3ngX — CCTV IDIOTS (@cctvidiots) February 27, 2020
In an important new book Keynes Against Capitalism: His Economic Case for Liberal Socialism (Routledge, 2019) James Crotty argues that Keynes was a socialist who advocated a much more radical…
This is part two of a series. If you haven’t read part one, you should do so now. Click here to read part one. OK them welcome back. Let’s begin…
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders rallies with supporters in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 26, 2020. Photo by Jonathan Ernst. The events of the past week show…
It is good that this pathetic, disturbing attempt by Alberta energy company X-Site to incite hatred and sexual violence against Greta Thunerg is being widely denounced within Alberta. Surely, there…
As I thumb this out, I’m in Calgary to teach at the Faculty of Law. Excited to be back. All of you can call me “professor,” please. Anyway. Around this…
A few posts ago, I mentioned having a PTSD episode, and being open about it, in a group setting. That post seems to have resonated with a lot of people.…
Allan and I have spent countless hours this week trying to backup Joy of Sox and to restore posts and comments to wmtc. I think we are making progress, but…
It took a while to arrive. But now the United States is facing its first crisis not generated by Donald Trump since his election. And things don’t look good. Paul…
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with supporters at a “Come Together and Fight Back” rally hosted by the Democratic National Committee at the Mesa Amphitheater in Mesa, Arizona. Photo by…
The Toronto Star actually endorsed a candidate for leader of Ontario’s liberals without telling their readers anything of importance about him. They tell us former MPP Steven Del Duca is…
The very thin veneer of civility for Conservatives is quickly eroding, showing the world what they’re truly made of. Doug Ford’s privatization of welfare services and blocking reporters from talking…
A depiction of environmental activist Greta Thunberg being raped shows that some people know no lows.
The thing about Budget Day at the Legislature that news media seldom gets across is that the real news usually isn’t the budget. The budget’s broad strokes are all known…
With massive disruptions taking place across Canada in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, it may seem a little trite for me to sit down and write a critique of the…
With massive disruptions taking place across Canada in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, it may seem a little trite for me to sit down and write a critique of the…
