Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announces new COVID measures during a press conference as part of a public health enforcement strategy dubbed ‘Operation Safe Apart,’ April 9, 2020. Photo from Twitter.…
There’s a word you don’t hear everyday – “ghastly.” That, however, is the prognosis for the future of humankind in the summary of a report published today in the journal,…
It’s been a week since the World looked on and saw the insurrection at the United States Capitol and a lot has happened in that week since. Today is a…
When Pierre Trudeau resigned his leadership of the liberal party in 1984, it was a robust organization with supporters across Canada. The president of the party was B.C. liberal Iona…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Bruce Arthur calls out Doug Ford’s choice to blame his constituents rather than himself and his government for a gross lack of leadership…
Yesterday, Ontario premier Doug Ford issued a stay at home order. But Bruce Arthur writes that it’s too little, too late: Tuesday, Ontario’s scientific modelling painted a picture of COVID-19…
2020 witnessed the rise of an absolutely bonkers conspiracy theory based around some anonymous internet poster. You may know somebody who believes the illogical thoughts that led to the insurrection…
If the Kenney Government’s Christmas Eve coup to consolidate control over $18 billion in Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund assets shows anything, it’s that the United Conservative Party’s investment strategy is…
Curled-up cats.
I have always believed that Erin O'Toole is a far-right fraud posing as a moderate. When he is really the would be leader of Canada's Trump Party. He might fool…
As this week has started, it’s been interesting to watch some in the Conservative movement on social media as they react to what has happened over the past week. Between…
How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century Erik Olin Wright Verso, 2019 A year into a once-in-a-century pandemic that has already killed millions, it has become morbidly clear…
Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities. Isn’t that the essence of Donald Trump?
A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile… “I’m going to be explaining this song forever …” Recognize those lyrics? If…
It has been fascinating watching politicians learning about the politics of a pandemic. It has been a learning experience for all of them. Some take naturally to the challenge, while…
Paul Krugman writes that what happened in Washington last week has been a long time coming. It began when the GOP started coddling the crazies: This coddling of the crazies…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board asks whether Doug Ford will again fall painfully short in responding to the public health threat…
Information is key to success, and that’s especially true when it comes to fighting deforestation. Organizations and governments trying to protect our forests need to know where the illegal activity…
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Jason Lietaer & Lindsay Maskell. We talked about the impending implementation of new COVID-19 measures in Ontario, the state…
The Attorney General of Washington, D.C. – an elected position since 2015 – has announced that he will be investigating Donald Trump for inciting last Wednesday’s mob attack on the…
