Some advice to Ontario politicians.
This is important. If you think of ending separate schools, do not do it to save money. First of all, you are not going to save anywhere near one and…
2021
Awkward! What can Erin O’Toole do now that Conservative Party delegates have ignored his plea to acknowledge climate change?
Question: What is Erin O’Toole supposed to do now that we all know 54 per cent of the delegates to his online Conservative Party of Canada policy convention have formally…
2020—A happy year?
2020 would seem to have been a tough year for happiness. But not for the Finns. Or for most of the rest of us for that matter. The World Happiness…
On plausible alternatives
One of the perennial frustrations in following federal politics is the tendency of media coverage to default toward a Lib-Con duopoly. That pattern typically manifests itself when polling data and…
Erin O’Toole’s Disastrous Con Convention
It was supposed to be Erin O'Toole's big night. His Cinderella moment when he would step out of his shiny outhouse coach. And announce that his Cons had to become…
Conservatives Reject Reality
Sucks to be a country where the Official Opposition party rejects longstanding science that a grade school kid can understand. For ideological and economic reasons, the Conservative Party of Canada…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Macdonald and Martha Friendly examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has put even more strain on a Canadian child care system which was…
Behind Bars No More
As we have become increasingly aware these past several years, institutional investments matter. And as public awareness has grown, so has pressure for the big funds to divest from ethically…
O’Toole’s Speech
Last night, Erin O’Toole delivered a speech to the Conservative convention. It was all about change. First, he started with the facts: We have lost two elections in five-and-a-half years.…
Saturday Photo: Snowdrops, and Spring Is on Its Way…
Well, actually the snowdrops in front aren’t as far along yet–this photo was taken a couple of years ago–but there definitely are little green shoots coming up. In addition, we…
Not your father’s Tories.
This has probably been said before but it bears repeating. I used to know conservatives that I liked. Not that I would ever vote conservative but these were actually likeable…
Do we have a prime minister or a mouse? Canada doesn’t need U.S. permission to call China and bring the Two Michaels home
It appears China has thrown Canada an unexpected lifeline, offering us a chance to redeem our relationship with the world’s No. 2 economy and save the Two Michaels. Is Justin…
Return of the Trickster by Eden Robinson tops independent bookshops’ Alberta fiction bestsellers for week ended March 14
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, March 7, 2021. The lists are compiled…
“North Cowichan deadlock means public forest consultation remains suspended”
First Nations at risk of taking the blame Originally posted by https://sixmountains.ca Larry Pynn Public consultation into the future of the Municipal Forest Reserve remains paralyzed after North Cowichan council…
Hands are hard.
It still feels unfinished, but what doesn’t? Screw it. Off to the Midtown.
Musical interlude
Psychedelic Furs – You’ll Be Mine
I have been disciplined
Well, I spoke to me daughter about my idea taking the colour and text of the stories I use for my blog. She sat me down – as daughters do…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Noah Ivers writes that people need to take the first COVID-19 vaccine available in support of everybody’s health, rather than assuming that consumerist…
The class struggle and geopolitics
If we are to develop a clear and consistent form of international solidarity, we must be ready to face the contradictions and complications of the global context in which working…