This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the Liberals Cabinet Retreat starting today, what…
In 2018, Canadians spent $34 billion on prescription medicines. Canada’s pharmaceutical prices are also 25 percent higher than the average in the OECD. We need universal pharmacare now. Photo by…
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of September 14, 2020. View this post on Instagram #140Law: Here are our Top 10 #legalheadlines for the week…
It seems Justin is rethinking his fossil fuel fuckups. The world’s just not digging that high-carbon, low value crud that he once figured was worth pursuing even when the private…
It’s simple. Straightforward as it can be. No elaborate theories needed. Just two facts, mathematical certainties. Since 1970, the population of non-human animals species has declined by 68 percent. Since…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bruce Campbell makes the case for the federal throne speech to be ambitious in dealing with our concurrent crisis of public health, climate…
Covid 19 party, Vancouver It’s happening in Israel and Europe, Asia and the United States, Canada too perhaps. These places (and others) are seeing a resurgence of Covid-19 infections. It…
Qalandia Checkpoint, the biggest crossing in Jerusalem municipality from one side of the separation wall to the other. Photo courtesy of the Socialistische Partij, Netherlands/Flickr. The campaign to hold Canada’s…
Michael Harris writes that Justin Trudeau is preparing to take a green gamble. The last time the Liberals placed that bet, things did not work out well for them: In…
Edward Snowden risked his life and freedom to bring to the world’s attention that the American government illegal (and unethically) spies on innocent people everywhere on the planet. Many Americans…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 13, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Office work could be changed forever by COVID-19. Here’s why that matters…
The Husky gambit last week presents the province’s leaders with a fundamental challenge. Do we continue on the current path or do we change? This is not just a question…
Since late 2015 Canada has experienced a marked increase in the number of far-right groups opposed to the governing Liberal Party, immigration and refugees, Muslims, and the nebulous concept of…
Since late 2015 Canada has experienced a marked increase in the number of far-right groups opposed to the governing Liberal Party, immigration and refugees, Muslims, and the nebulous concept of…
Since late 2015 Canada has experienced a marked increase in the number of far-right groups opposed to the governing Liberal Party, immigration and refugees, Muslims, and the nebulous concept of…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Heather Scoffield writes that contrary to the spin from corporate mouthpieces, workers have been eager to find work when it’s been available…
Drugs, sex, rock ‘n’ roll and Republican politics converged in an Oregon forest in the summer of 1970 to pull off an unlikely scheme. It was a tense time in…
A disturbing article in The Guardian on the perilous state of democracy in America. The article presents the views of the leaders of several major US organizations and they’re worried,…
One of Donald Trump’s oldest 40 Thieves, Roger Stone, says Trump should seize power if he loses to Joe Biden in November. Night of the Long Knives? Roger Stone, whose…
Imagine you are in an Ottawa hotel suite with the former Prime Minister of Canada and a former President of the United States. The Secret Service are watching the door,…
