What Now, Jason?
Joe Biden has cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline. That puts Jason Kenney in a very uncomfortable spot. David Climenhaga writes: It’s been a Biden promise from the get-go. It’s easy…
2021
Bernie memes
My personal fave, below, and the ultimate collection, here.
Unconscionable treatment continues in Canadian detention centres
The lack of oversight and preventive measures in Canadian state facilities ultimately undermines the credibility of Canada’s stance on protecting human rights. Image by Jared Rodriguez/Truthout/Flickr. This is the second…
Covid Journal, January 21, 2021
Celebrating a new chapter for American politics.
The Death of Science
Big business and the billionaire oligarchs are now taking over science, after having already taken over the global economy, the financial system and money creation, almost all governments, and all…
When U.S. President Joe Biden killed KXL yesterday, Jason Kenney lost the largest cash bet in Canadian history
U.S. President Joseph R. Biden’s swift action yesterday to revoke the permit to build the Keystone XL Pipeline has exposed Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to the world as a hopeless…
Keystone XL is Dead, Again.
That didn’t take long. President Joe Biden has revoked the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline expansion. Word was out he’d kill KXL on Day One. He did just…
Now the White Supremacists Go Fishing
Who knew? Apparently the QAnon crowd were expecting fireworks today in the form of Trump forces swooping down and arresting Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and their lackeys under a declaration…
It’s time for Canada to sign the United Nations Nuclear Ban Treaty
Protest against investments in nuclear weapons, Melbourne, April 2012. Photo by Tim Wright/Flickr. It’s time to nuke the nukes. The Trudeau government needs to live up to its rhetoric and…
North Cowichan releases list of 12 recommended appointees to new Environmental Advisory Committe
But Muni refuses to provide their bios By Larry Pynn North Cowichan has publicly released a list of 12 individuals recommended for appointment to a new Environmental Advisory Committee —…
"We’ll Be Back, In Some Form."
We can only hope that it’s a spectral presence. As Trump bid farewell to a modest crowd gathered at Andrews Air Force base, his parting words were “We’ll be back…
Striving for Mediocrity
On a council laden with dunces, deadwood, and dullards, it must be some consolation to our elected representatives, that they can at least claim to be less mediocre than Councillor…
So happy
So proud to have worked for this man, albeit in a minuscule role. So happy, too.
Perfect RoomRater score!
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Live inauguration coverage!
Here’s me reporting on the Joe Biden Inauguration for Sun Media! I am somewhat biased.
The Kind Of Surprises
Tom Friedman writes that the terrible experiment is over: We just survived something really crazy awful: four years of a president without shame, backed by a party without spine, amplified…
Deleting Facebook Improves Your Health
You’ve probably heard that Facebook is bad for you and shrugged it off thinking that it’s not a big deal. Turns out it is, and you really should get off…
A tip for Chrystia Freeland.
It might not be her usual task but we understand that the wunderkind and finance minister of Canada’s cabinet is busy planning for federal government investment to help our country…
Indentured immigrants: Recent failures to curb migrant exploitation in Canada
Canadian immigration policy is failing to protect migrant workers from exploitation. Photo by Jeff Nelson/Flickr. Once a year, Hina Sato, a Canadian newcomer, must pay her employer thousands of dollars…