Eating in lockdown: Hanley’s Nashville Hot Chicken
We’ve lived through the chicken wing era, the fancy burger era, and the Ramen era. Right now, I believe we’re in the Nashville Hot Chicken era. And like all food…
January 2021
That Will Not Happen
The Republican Party is doomed. What isn’t clear yet is whether the United States is doomed. Paul Krugman writes: On Tuesday Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, who has said…
Remember them
Ibrahima BarryMamadou Tanou BarryKhaled BelkacemiAboubaker ThabtiAbdelkrim HassaneAzzedine Soufiane Remember the victims of the Quebec City mosque massacre.
Is it cruel to fool O’Toole?
Is finance minister Chrystia Freeland deliberately fooling conservative leader Erin O’Toole? It seems like she has more important tasks ahead of her. Maybe she is forging ahead with her plans…
Jason Kenney is tanking Alberta
The only person to blame for Alberta’s economic and social woes is Jason Kenney. Image by Canadian Dimension. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is beset with woes—woes he believes are caused…
Assailed for their own scandals and bungles, Alberta’s UCP doubles down on bashing Justin Trudeau as distraction
Facing mounting public anger over a truckload of scandals and bungles, Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party Government has doubled-down on its favourite fight-back strategy: rancorous attacks on Prime Minister…
Trudeau’s pandemic response: among the worst in the world
Covid-19 response. Countries' Covid-19 response rankings, evaluated by the Lowy Institute and based on the availability of data across six indicators#AFPGraphics pic.twitter.com/izgX9wpaZ2 — AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 28, 2021
How Ottawa is helping wealthy corporations grab Guyana’s oil
Texas-based ExxonMobil has discovered more than five billion barrels of oil and gas off Guyana’s shores, sparking a renewed territorial dispute with Venezuela. Photo courtesy JWN Energy Why is Canada…
Jan. 28: We have met the enemy – and he is us.
Yeah, Yeah, Biden has created a new America. Well – no. He hasn’t. The American constitution is not a symbol of democracy. It never has been.George Washington was not a…
How All CERB Should Be Seen As Equal
Sometimes it takes hard times to see the full scope of some of our issues in society. Sometimes it’s when outside forces bring about crisis that all the cracks are…
Rassemblement et vigile En souvenir des victimes du massacre de la grande mosquée de Québec Dénonçons l’islamophobie et le racisme // Vigil and Gathering Remember the Victims of the Quebec City Mosque Massacre
*29 janvier 4 ans déjà!* *Rassemblement et vigile En souvenir des victimes du massacre de la grande mosquée de Québec Dénonçons l’islamophobie et le racisme VENDREDI 29 JANVIER, 17h à…
Jesse Vorst: Survivor, teacher, humanitarian
Jesse Vorst (1940-2020), Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba. Image by Canadian Dimension. Jesse Vorst was a member of the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ciara Nugent writes about Amsterdam’s embrace of doughnut economics focused on finding the sweet spot which accounts for human well-being and environmental…
Bell Let’s Talk thing thread
From last year, but maybe you’ll find it useful. Here it is. You’ve got this. So. #BellLetsTalk day. So, let's talk. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 29, 2020
Do We Need A Governor General?
Julie Payette is gone. Bob Hepburn writes that it’s time to make her job go with her. Consider what she did and what it cost: In the 40 months that…
America Finally Acting on Climate Change
After years of neglect, and at times overt destruction, of the environment by the federal government in the USA is finally doing something about climate change. It’s acknowledged by scientist…
Our failing democracy.
We are all responsible. We are failing to support democracy. We are making bad choices in leaders, bad choices in who represents us and failing to demand that they protect…
Energy in Depth’s report to the ‘anti-Alberta’ campaigns inquiry is slick, expensive, tendentious, and unpersuasive
There’s nothing outright bonkers about the report by Energy in Depth, the U.S. fossil fuel advocacy organization paid $64,000 by the “Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns” to come up…