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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The last couple of days have not been our brightest moments in the fight against COVID-19. Ontario Premier Doug Ford finally brought in a stay-at-home order, after refusing to do…
Jason Kenney is in trouble. There is a significant revolt in his caucus. Don Braid reports: It’s out in the open — a full-blown revolt against Premier Jason Kenney’s COVID-19…
My pulse/oximeter device showed that I had a blood oxygen level of 66 and a pulse rate of 09. After the paramedics left, it occurred to me that I should…
Christ, I could run a war room staffed with pre-schoolers and we’d be doing better against the #LPC than the #CPC and the #NDP are doing on this, the biggest…
Economist argue that efficiency produces profits, which is why we see mass layoffs and (bizarrely) large payouts for executives. 20th century economists ignored a lot of opportunities for more efficient…
An interesting dynamic is at play in Alberta - one that I hope we don't see here in Ontario (and don't expect that we will). Despite the endless scandals and…
An interesting dynamic is at play in Alberta - one that I hope we don't see here in Ontario (and don't expect that we will). Despite the endless scandals and…
An interesting dynamic is at play in Alberta – one that I hope we don’t see here in Ontario (and don’t expect that we will). Despite the endless scandals and…
So far, the speculation about Canadian Mark Carney’s future has been left to the news media. After all, what is left to do when you have been Governor of both…
Having opted Tuesday for a return to restrictions on some business and social activities to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the face of virulent mutations of the coronavirus, Premier…
For some time, corporations have had things their way. With globalization, which was largely designed by and for them, they were able to slip the leashes that nation states had…
