#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Bruce Campbell discusses the connection between the climate crisis and wealth inequality – along with the miserable failure of Lib and Con…
September 2021
Saturday, Sept 4, 2021: Halifax Anarchist Bookfair!
Come and visit us this weekend, at our first tabling event in over 18 months! We will be tabling at the Halifax Anarchist Bookfair for both PM Press and Kersplebedeb;…
ed asner, rest in power
People of my generation loved Ed Asner for his portrayal of Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, and Allan and I both remember enjoying the spinoff “Lou Grant”.*…
Canada’s in a prolonged housing crisis. There’s one trick to getting out of it: Build more (non-market) housing
Each of the major national parties have housing plans that purport to address the housing crisis through a mix of supply and demand side measures. Photo by Scott Webb/Unsplash. The…
Hard To Accept
Yesterday, Joe Biden told a lot of Americans what they don’t want to hear. Jennifer Rubin writes: As he began, he sounded pugnacious if not angry. “I was not going…
Master Resilience Improves Gender Equality in Mexico City
Water scarcity is a real problem in Mexico City, and due to existing gender inequality women bare the brunt of the costs of a lack of water. This manifests itself…
A modest proposal for reimagining Canadian foreign policy
The Canadian flag flies over the Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa. Photo from Flickr. Kim Campbell once said “an election is no time to discuss serious issues.” While most politicians would…
Gee, I wonder which Max this white supremacist is referring to?
The post Gee, I wonder which Max this white supremacist is referring to? first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Liberal party’s housing platform
With a federal election taking place in Canada in fewer than three weeks, I’ve written a 950-word overview of the Liberal Party’s housing platform. It’s available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/ten-things-to-know-about-the-liberal-partys-housing-platform/
The groper-in-chief must be defeated. He must.
Since 2015, the @DaisyGrp and I have worked with, and supported, *several* women who had experienced sexual abuse and/or harassment in Trudeau’s #LPC. In every single case, Trudeau’s minions sought…
Perusing Performances.
Some of our readers are getting curious about the upcoming changes in our betting line for the current federal election. As I said when publishing a morning line back when…
Missing premier reported sighted in Calgary – if it’s really Jason Kenney, he’s got some ’splainin’ to do!
After managing to stay completely off the radar for a two-week vacation that stretched to at least 23 days, there was a credible sounding Jason Kenney sighting in Calgary last…
Election Follies and Funnies #11
The polling news is slightly better for the Liberals, and tomorrow they will FINALLY be releasing their Red Book, so it will be easier to make comparisons — yes, all…