#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election. – Alex Ballingall writes about the NDP’s task in translating the general popularity of Jagmeet Singh into votes and seats. And Gary Mason highlights…
2021
All must change utterly: We need a ‘People’s Green New Deal’
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon. Photo by Dan Meyers/Unsplash. Max Ajl has written an exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its…
New Zealand Gets a Blob
A “blob” in an area of unusual ocean heating, an oceanic heatwave. We’ve come to associate it with the North Pacific where it was first detected in 2013. Warmer conditions…
Afghanistan Reduced to Finger-Pointing
It’s the political equivalent of musical chairs. When the music stops someone has to pay. Justin Trudeau was prime minister when the Taliban rolled up Afghanistan’s central government so it’s…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – BBC News reports on the record COVID numbers arising in Scotland, while Josh Lynn and Carla Shynkaruk report on Charlie Clark’s call for…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 27, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Donald Trump, allies sued by Capitol Police officers caught in Jan. 6 attack via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
When Trust is Lacking
We’re closing in on the end of the second week of the 44th general election campaign and things continue to get tighter in the race. The Conservatives and NDP are…
My latest: where’s Tam?
Where’s Theresa Tam? It’s kind of like that popular Where’s Waldo book series, isn’t it? Someone is supposed to be somewhere, except you can’t find them. They’re hiding. Theresa Tam,…
What Now?
Yesterday in Afghanistan was horrific. Observers are comparing the American withdrawal from Afghanistan to the American withdrawal from Saigon in 1975. Marc Thiessen writes that the real analog is Beirut…
Canada’s shameful legacy of torture in Afghanistan
A Canadian soldier escorts an Afghan detainee, January 2004. Photo courtesy Department of National Defence. This essay was first published on several Canadian websites in April 2011, during an election…
The Bloc Can Get Stuffed.
The Bloc Québécois announced its platform the other day. It read like it was designed to amuse Quebec’s Péquistes and annoy the Anglophones. It also aligns the separatist party with…
Election Follies and Funnies #8
I got a chuckle out of the last few minutes of the CBC At Issue panel tonight. August 26th, 2021: “The political impact of the #Afghanistan crisis, and what the…
In Alberta this week, COVID’s surging and there’s no sign of the premier – but, fear not, we have a chief firearms officer!
Alberta’s premier hasn’t been seen in public since Aug. 9. But he’s just on holiday, Jason Kenney’s spokesperson says. “He is of course still able to fully communicate with his…
Remembering Canada’s Greenest Prime Minister. Hint: He’s Not a Liberal.
We remember him as “Lyin’ Brian” to the extent he’s remembered at all but, for all his failings, Brian Mulroney was the greenest prime minister Canada ever had. I was…
Too Late?
Beware. The American oil industry has embarked on a huge advertising campaign to justify drilling for oil in the U.S. And it has full support from both Democrats and GOP.…
Highly Scientific Poll™️: fear vs. hope
In this election, #LPC has mostly been about fear. #CPC has mostly been about hope. Which one will win, #cdnpoli? — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 27, 2021 The post Highly…
This is Prime Ministerial.
Statement on the situation in Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/tAqR2Qbdqp — Erin O'Toole (@erinotoole) August 26, 2021 The post This is Prime Ministerial. first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Will Jagmeet Singh Prop Up a Con Government?
As you may know, I have come to believe that Jagmeet Singh is concealing his inner Con. The way he smears Justin Trudeau, the way he lies like a thief,…
Is There a Hail Mary in Your Future?
Guardian columnist Moira Donegan poses an important question, “what if it’s too late to save our planet without geoengineering?” What if? Donegan may be right. We may have allowed the…