The entire Trudeau cabinet recently opposed an effort which would have kept a landmark promise to deliver pharmacare made by the prime minister in the past election. Image by Canadian…
Shame. At what point, in politics, do you feel that – in your heart, in your bones? On what morning do you get up, and go into the bathroom, and…
There’s a current known as the Atlantic Ocean circulation that is responsible for the Gulf Stream that, in turn, regulates the weather in Europe and North America. Scientists have worried…
It’s late February as I write this and still our mayor, Brian Saunderson, refuses to do the ethical, the moral, and the RIGHT thing for the town and resign his…
A tradition has developed over the last fifty years. The first foreign visit a new American president makes is to Canada. As was the case with so many traditions, Donald…
Short-term thinkers who put quarterly profits above all else consistently argue that caring for the environment destroys business. They are wrong. The evidence keeps growing that planet (and people) friendly…
Other than being insulted occasionally by Ontario’s premier-in-training, the new democrat’s Andrea Horwath seems to enjoy her continuing role as leader of the opposition at Queen’s Park. The biggest complaint…
While nervously awaiting Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews’s budget tomorrow, let’s spare a thought for the uniquely Canadian tradition of finance ministers buying new shoes to wear on Budget Day.…
Erin O'Toole has only been Con leader for six months, but already he's crawling through the gutter, and drowning in his own excrement. He lies all the time, just like…
One of the brightest lights to appear recently on the stage of American politics is the absolutely delightful Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Bright, charming, compassionate and—I have to say it—gorgeous, the Democratic…
I still remember how happy I was when Jagmeet Singh became the leader of the NDP. I thought it was great that a member of a visible minority had finally…
It is not easy to keep up with change undermining global food security. Soils degradation is a prime culprit. Some countries, such as large areas of India, have literally worked…
In most countries, governments and their leaders are facing a worsening dilemma that could, if unresolved, devastate national economies, perhaps for decades. We’re all familiar with the metaphor about the…
Workers protest to demand improved health and safety standards and the right to unionize outside one of Canada Goose’s Winnipeg factories. Photo courtesy of Canada Goose Union. On the face…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Melissa Healy reports on yet another dangerous variant of COVID-19 which is spreading in California. Nicky Phillips writes about the likelihood that the…
Domiciliary hostels, which are less strictly regulated than long-term care facilities, are privately run and operate for profit—and they have been decimated by the pandemic. Photo courtesy the Vitanova Foundation.…
Reading newspapers used to be a lot more enjoyable back before they had to pack existential and quasi-existential crises four or six to a page. If it’s not dysfunctional governance,…
There was important news coming out of Australia lately that has nothing to do with wildfires, kangaroos or Foster’s Lager. The Australian government was locked in a stare-down with social…
Addiction is tough and it can happen to anyone. In Malaysia they are changing their drug laws to reflect this reality by providing rehab for users instead of locking them…
