Don’t Panic: Debt Can Build a Better World
This is an updated version of an article that first appeared in Alberta Views (December issue). COVID-19, this microscopic bug, seems to have upended just about everything. History provides no…
2020
Canadian media’s double standard on ‘foreign influence’ has become painfully clear
Flag of the People’s Republic of China during the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing, August 7, 2008. Photo by Philip McMaster/Flickr. According to the Globe and Mail, foreign influence in…
‘Warehouses like this are not the answer’: Exposing the crisis of long-term care in Manitoba
Staff stand in a dormitory at the Manitoba Developmental Centre. Image courtesy of the Archives of Manitoba. Vietnam, New Zealand, China and Canada’s Atlantic provinces have demonstrated that once a…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dan Zakreski reports on Shannon Grant Tompkins’ effort to share the stories of the people suffering from the spread of COVID-19. And David…
Create A Diversion
A recent study provides a stark picture of what Neo-liberalism has cost Americans. Robert Reich writes: According to a recent Rand study, if America’s distribution of income had remained the…
Britain Bans Fossil Fuel Cars Starting in 2030
The United Kingdom is taking a step towards a green future by announcing that diesel and gas powered cars won’t be allowed in the country starting in 2030. Older cars…
The Cancer Diaries, Part 16
Yesterday, I went for my second bone density scan — aka bone densitometry or dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry — the one that had been planned, but scheduled then delayed twice previously.…
Searching for the real Canada.
There is a Canada out there somewhere that we want to build on. It is a Canada led by those who can really lead. It is a Canada created willingly…
Covid Journal, November 18, 2020
Defile! Defile! Trump and his team are probably resorting to a different kind of ‘defile’ (as in shredding documents before Biden’s team takes over), but they’re also rushing to assault…
Canada’s progressive politicians need to pay attention to Erin O’Toole’s pivot to unions
If Erin O’Toole was sincere when he surprised everyone last month by bemoaning the decline of unions, you’d think he’d publicly rebuke Premier Jason Kenney for his ongoing campaign to…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Smushed cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk discusses how a “COVID zero” strategy has been successfully executed elsewhere – and could be achieved in Canada as well.…
Urgent! Take action for Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz!
(reposted from Socialist Resurgence) Black liberation fighter Russell “Maroon” Shoatz has tested positive for COVID-19. Maroon, a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, is…
The Cancer Diaries, Part 15
“… my only object was that all the world should enjoy itself and live in peace and quiet, without quarrels or troubles; but my good intentions were unavailing to save…
Parliamentarians unite to block NDP wealth tax supported by supermajority of Canadians
Illustration by Canadian Dimension Yesterday was an indictment of Canadian politics. The Liberal Party, Conservative Party, and Bloc Québécois united to oppose a New Democratic Party motion which would have…
Long live the old flesh! Biden’s foreign policy picks signal a return of the ‘Blob’
Illustration by Canadian Dimension As the brash, Trumpian brand of politics bloviates its way through the remainder of the year, the world is preparing to get reacquainted with a more…
Kids, classes and COVID: Case law regarding parental conflict over school attendance during pandemic
BY SIMRAN BAKSHI AND JOSHUA PRIZANT Reprinted from The Lawyer’s Daily For many co-parents, the decision to send children back to school versus opting for in-home and online learning due…
A Dark Future
Paul Krugman writes that the American response to the coronavirus does not bode well for the future. If Americans can’t deal with COVID, how will they deal with climate change?…
Talking Surging COVID-19 Cases Across Ontario with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Andy Koch. We talked about the latest news on COVID-19 in Ontario, the fast rise in…
How about a modern royalty?
It must be the damn pandemic. The wife and I have these occasional short arguments. They come from frustration with the restrictions and need for more interaction with others. But…