A rural coastal property
The BC Liberal Government refused to address affordability issues because the real estate industry was a large benefactor of that party. In addition, property transfer taxes were putting billions of…
April 2021
AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ONLY 20 CAREGIVERS
I think it was two years ago when a few of us got the idea of creating a retreat for caregivers. Not just any retreat, but one that could help…
Covid’s Ultimate Victim – Will It Claim Neoliberalism or Take Down the United States?
Economist James Galbraith, son of legendary Keynesian economist John Kenneth Galbraith, says the United States will face a “do or die” moment as the nation emerges from the Covid 19…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Don Pittis writes about Janet Yellen’s work to ensure that corporations pay their fair share, rather than being able to structure and artificially…
NDP resolutions present opportunity to build a socialist Canada
According to CD columnist Christo Aivalis, NDP delegates have put forward a priority list that can be the foundation for a democratic socialist Canada based on social, economic, and environmental…
48 Hrs In Alberta Politics
The last couple of days in Alberta have been interesting … not good, but interesting. It all starts with a bunch of rural UCP MLAs putting out a joint letter…
Jewish faculty in Canada against the adoption of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism equates Jewishness and Judaism with the State of Israel—effectively erasing generations of debate within Jewish communities. Image from iStock. We write as Jewish faculty…
RIP, you old codger
That’s him on the right. Only stamp issued featuring the two of them, says my friend David Akin.
From Invincible to Vulnerable in Alberta
Having worked in politics for as long as I have, it still surprises me how quickly our collective opinion or view of one person can change on a dime. They…
My latest: Trudeau’s Canada, plague central
Keep out. Of Canada, that is. That was the rather extraordinary message from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week: if you’re American, you should just stay…
Disaster Capitalism At Work
Linda McQuaig looks back forty years, to when biotech was part of the Canadian landscape: It’s hard to believe it has come to this. Forty years ago, when a biotech…
Amazon’s Brampton warehouse is back in business—but workers are still at risk
Boxes and packages move along a conveyor belt at the the Amazon Fulfillment Centre in Brampton, Ontario. The warehouse was the site of a massive COVID-19 outbreak in March. Photo…
Is it news or gossip?
It is a puzzle sometimes. You look to the news media to keep you abreast of politics across Canada. The question you need to ask about the so-called political news…
Speaker Nathan Cooper’s signature on dissident MLAs’ COVID complaint an error of judgment, not quite a firing offence
Nathan Cooper, Speaker of the Alberta Legislature, sailed very close to the wind when he lent his name to a letter signed by a group of dissident United Conservative Party…
BC Greens Eclipsing The BC Liberals And BC NDP Over Covid-19 Issues
BC Greens call for stricter measures on COVID-19 For immediate release April 8th, 2021 VICTORIA, B.C. – Since the beginning of April, more than 6,000 British Columbians have tested…
Doug Ford and the Premiers Who Failed Their Country
I have never seen Doug Ford looking so scared, or sounding so humble, as he did yesterday. He didn't blame Justin Trudeau for anything, he praised him. He called for…
Munk, Hayek and the Fraser Institute: Tracing the insurgent pedagogy of the Canadian right
Peter Munk. Photo courtesy of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy/University of Toronto. “Socialism Sucks.” This was the title of one of the latest webinars hosted by…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Susan Michie, Chris Bullen, Jeffrey Lazarus, John Lavis, John Thwaites, Liam Smith, Salim Abdool Karim and Yanis Ben Amor highlight the desperate…
The Unmasked Contempt of Randy Hillier
In these days of COVID, sometimes it feels hard to really take in and enjoy good news when it comes. Today I had a great example of this feeling come…