The COVID Surge and the Welcome Return of Justin Trudeau
I'm glad to see that Justin Trudeau has resumed his COVID-19 briefings, for this country badly needs strong leadership at a time like this one. The virus is surging again,…
2020
North Cowichan Can Reduce Net Carbon Emissions By 20,000 Tonnes A Year
Date: Sep 15, 2020 | Rob Fullerton | more articles by this author >> North Cowichan can reduce net carbon emissions by 20,000 tonnes/year by replacing logging of the…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Karon Liu offers a basic primer on how to avoid contributing to the second wave of the coronavirus. And the Canadian Teachers’ Federation…
Sept 24: growing up stupid
https://rabble.ca/news/2020/09/trudeau-rallied-canadians-fight-second-wave-covid-19-his-throne-speech-lacked-detail ___________________________________________________________________ https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2020/09/back-school-uncertain-climate __________________________________________________________________ https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2020/09/pandemic-has-cleared-way-doug-fords-plans-privatize-education I grew up in a working class district. It was assumed, quite casually, that my first year classmates and I would never graduate from high…
Homelessness in canada could rise due to recession
I am currently writing a report for Employment and Social Development Canada looking at the long-term impact of the current recession on homelessness. It should be ready by early November.…
NDP Lead in BC. Will It Hold?
Premier John Horgan is the hands-down favourite party leader in British Columbia with a 17-point lead over Liberal leader, Andrew Wilkinson. On a party basis the lead narrows to 44…
Krugman Looks at Trump, Sees the Ghost of Joseph Stalin
In his latest column, Paul Krugman sees troubling hints of a terrible dictator in president Donald Trump. Like Stalin, he sees vast, implausible conspiracies everywhere — anarchists somehow in control…
Covid Journal, September 25, 2020
Canada’s misdirected media management (starring Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault); Trump Tyranny.
That’s No Answer. We Can’t Choose Between Climate and Covid.
In some ways the resurgent Covid-19 pandemic seems more urgent than the breakdown of our planet’s climate. Perhaps that’s because we’re doing way more about the virus than we are…
It’s not about Alberta, Mr. Kenney.
It is a shame that the voters in Alberta have not told Jason Kenney the hard truth. He has to understand that he took responsibility for Alberta’s economic problems when…
A Violent Holocaust
This week, early voting began in the American presidential election. Frank Bruni writes: Trump supporters descended on a polling location in Fairfax, Va., and sought to disrupt early voting there…
Dangers at Home
We live in times that few very fraught with danger, more so than usual. We’re seeing things happening on our TV screens, in the news and sometimes right in front…
Manners? Civility? What happened to them?
In his book, Walden, in fact in the very first chapter, Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” I would offer that today — at least…
BC Government hides fossil fuel subsidies
In 2019, BC’s Auditor General concluded natural gas operators were not required by government to decommission or restore inactive well sites. Furthermore, that funds collected from operators were inadequate to…
Rob Douglas Nominated To Run For the Cowichan BC NDP
Rob Douglas Cowichan Valley BC NDP Candidate When I heard that I would be your BC NDP candidate for the Cowichan Valley, I was overjoyed. I was born and…
Climate Scientists’ Worst Nightmare – Four More Years of Trump
The idea of Donald Trump winning a second term terrifies a lot of people, especially climate scientists. Climate change is only part of their worries. From the MIT Technology Review:…
Rob Douglas Elected To Represent Cowichan BCNDP In October 24th Election
Friends, When I heard that I would be your BC NDP candidate for the Cowichan Valley, I was overjoyed. I am born and raised in the Cowichan Valley, and my…
Are We Collectively "Holding Our Breath"?
The American elections are barely five weeks off and the tension is palpable. People are on edge, worried about what lies in store for the United States and the rest…
50 years on, apologies due for imposition of War Measures Act
Troops on the streets of Montréal during the 1970 October Crisis. Photo courtesy of the Montreal Gazette. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, faced with Canada-wide standoffs over the Coastal Gaslink…
I’m telling you, the world is doomed!
And no one believed him.