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…
There has never been any actions taken, including CASA, to prevent the BC NDP government from calling an election or opposition parties forcing an election through moving motions of non…
Republicans are believing Trump’s lies. They’re accepting dictatorship.
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Patrick Brethour discusses houw the effects of the coronavirus pandemic have been anything but fairly or equally distributed. And Katherine Scott highlights…
Justin Trudeau's throne speech could not have come at a better time. As the second wave of a murderous pandemic threatens to engulf us, many Canadians are frightened and losing…
There have been many things about the last few weeks in our COVID-19 world have been difficult. We’re seeing cases rise across the country, we’re starting to see some schools…
It was supposed to be a reset. We were waiting for the grand scheme. Frankly, the Governor General’s speech was boring and really nothing we had not heard before. It…
Canadians got a double dose yesterday. There was hope in the afternoon and fear at night. Susan Delacourt writes: Politics is always a dance between hope and fear — doubly…
The Progressive International is an international organization uniting and mobilizing progressive left-wing activists and organizations. The International labels itself as aiming for a post-capitalist society. Image courtesy of Progressive International.…
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Lindsay Maskell for a special Wednesday “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the Speech from the…
This past Sunday the group Red Deer Against Racism with speakers from the Rural Alberta Against Racism (RAAR) and the Black and Indigenous Alliance Alberta (BIAA) had planned on holding…
This past Sunday the group Red Deer Against Racism with speakers from the Rural Alberta Against Racism (RAAR) and the Black and Indigenous Alliance Alberta (BIAA) had planned on holding…
This past Sunday the group Red Deer Against Racism with speakers from the Rural Alberta Against Racism (RAAR) and the Black and Indigenous Alliance Alberta (BIAA) had planned on holding…
#ACAB Mounties saying they're protecting hate speech and violent racists because those voices matter as much as anyone else. That's a load of BS. https://t.co/WzsTMKYaGj — Saskboy says #BlackLivesMatter (@saskboy)…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Scott Schmidt writes that it’s inevitable that a government (like the UCP) which sees cruelty as the point of governance will reflect that…
Former US National Security Advisor, Susan B. Rice, writes in The New York Times that America today finds itself facing many threats but, in her view, the worst of all…
Well this afternoon brought us a moment that Canadian politicos have been looking ahead to for a month now. Governor General Julie Payette, under a cloud of scandal of her…
Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, speaks at a United Nations office in Geneva, January 18, 2017. United Nations Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré/Flickr. On September 9, Georgia…
This might become a game people can play after post-pandemic dinner parties. The simple question is “What, in your view, is the nature of the of the legacy of Donald…
I’ve been stashing these in a folder, but it’s been years since I’ve posted any! I don’t know about you, but I could sure use a break.
