A Novel Defence
The devil, they say, is in the details, but here in Ontario, the devil apparently is in the Ontario government. Outside of this province, I’m not certain how well known…
The devil, they say, is in the details, but here in Ontario, the devil apparently is in the Ontario government. Outside of this province, I’m not certain how well known…
The election of Joe Biden has put the relationship between Canada and the United States on a better footing. David Carment and Richard Memijean write: Biden has already returned the…
On 25 February 2021, Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party government tabled its third budget, announcing very few major changes to either spending or taxation, while also projecting a deficit of…
It played for shock. It was Oprah Winfrey practically salivating at the opportunity to condemn the Brit royals for racism. She was trying to get the one-time duchess Meghan to…
Misinformation and secrecy have become the bywords at BC Hydro and at the Premier’s office and the provincial energy ministry. Because the decision makers involved with Site C are determined…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Christo Aivalis rightly points out that the NDP needs to be a party of labour and fight to ensure workers’ needs are…
During the decline of the Roman Empire, in the late 3rd and into the 4th century, the rich and powerful moved out of the cities and bought up land in…
Confession time. I have felt for some time that site requires more of the pictures and text from papers that have colour pictures from around the world – and have…
Gun rights advocates attend a pro-gun rally in Richmond, Virginia, January 20, 2020. Photo from Flickr. In February, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government released further details of its plan to ban…
Downsizing seems to be all the rage among people our age. It’s so popular, it might be classified as a sport or a game for seniors. Assuming someone could codify…
My goodness, why do we fuss over these silly people. Two over-privileged royals whine on TV about not being treated royally enough and the nation is all atwitter. The most…
THIS BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER, IT IS EXPECTED TO SHIP IN LATE MARCH This study is a radically different investigation into one of the most critical–and least understood–zones…
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/updates-9-mar-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and…
Women in politics are routinely subjected to hate mail from assorted misogynists. Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips is no exception. According to her constituency assistant, “We used to say that if…
Today has been a very sobering day for so many of us, as we hit a grim one-year mark of the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Ottawa, we saw…
You don’t have to be a critic of Justin Trudeau to know he stammers. The disjointed cadence, the constant search for words. He does it, a lot. He does it…
His recent appearance at CPAC has made clear that Donald Trump does not intend to go away. But, as he plots his comeback, something else is going on. He faces…
Transportation systems that put cars front and centre cause a lot of damage, we know this. But aspects of our cultural approach to getting around like, the reliance on road…
It felt like I had been stabbed. It was two-thirds of a page and it was a glowing obituary for Sylvia Murphy in the Toronto Star. It brought back a…
Throughout the pandemic, Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro’s War on Doctors has been held up as an example of what a government ought not to do in the midst of…