McNaughton Vs. Ford
This week, Ontario’s Labour Minister, Monte McNaughton, announced protections for immigrant workers. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Belatedly, after long belittling labour unions, Doug Ford’s Tories have rediscovered the power of…
2021
Promises, Promises.
Ontario liberal leader Steven Del Duca is promising to resign if he does not change how we carry out elections in Ontario. He might as well resign as leader now…
State of terror, by Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton, tops Alberta independent booksellers’ fiction bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Musical interlude
Nothing But Thieves – Futureproof
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – The Canadian Medical Association calls for Scott Moe to finally reinstate public health rules to prevent Saskatchewan’s already-catastrophic fourth wave of COVID-19 from…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 22, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto police officers who ignore vaccine mandate will be placed on ‘indefinite unpaid absence’ via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
But Who Serves The People?
In one of his most significant works, Death of the Liberal Class, Chris Hedges argues that the traditional bulwarks against corporate power no longer fulfill that role. He asserts that…
Nathan Cirillo
Seven years ago, my band had agreed to play a gig at @TheGarrisonTO and word came about the murder of Nathan Cirillo. We debated whether to cancel and a former…
Climate change viewed from the attic of the world
This photograph of the Himalaya was taken from the International Space Station in 2004. Visible from left to right are: Makalu, Chomolungma (Everest), Lhotse and Cho Oyu. Photo courtesy of…
The Republican Rebrand
Catherine Rempel writes that the Republican Party is rebranding itself: Once upon a time, Republicans portrayed themselves as the party of small government and family values. Recently, though, GOP leaders…
International campaign for the release of Georges Abdallah
At the end of a month-long international campaign for the release of Georges Abdallah, a large demonstration will be held on October 23 in front of the Lannemezan prison in…
Dougie Dumbs It.
Ontario premier Doug Ford will always revert to type. He is basically dumb and there is no way to hide it. He has the political savvy of a gerbil and…
"Weather Bomb" Headed for Vancouver Island
We’re not strangers to powerful squalls and extreme winds but what’s heading for Vancouver Island over the next few days could be biblical. Report authors note that the first storm…
Corporate media, a propaganda system for elite interests
PoP BC formed after health professionals became concerned about inadequate health policies in BC. Are participants qualified to express opinions different than government officials who balance political issues with health…
Allen Inquiry half-heartedly exonerates environmental groups that took U.S. funding, turns on Alberta War Room
Of all the conclusions of Commissioner Steve Allan’s misbegotten and sometimes incoherent $3.5-million “Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns” might have come up with, the most unexpected was what he…
Is the Canadian Legion simply Canada’s sell out to the U.S.?
The U.S. is quite possibly the worst murderer in history. That goes all the way back hundreds of years to the time when the first British settlers arrived to murder…
The Road to Glasgow – Reading Between the Lines
It was just a few days ago when Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, wrote a stirring piece that, if the world went on a wartime-type footing, putting the climate crisis as…
Erin O’Toole and the Moral Depravity of the Cons
Well, Erin O'Toole finally crawled out of the place where he has been hiding, looking like a talcum powdered mannequin. And in an interview with TVO's Steve Paikin tried to…
Why is Our Mayor Being Sued?
Ontario civil court records found online show our Mayor, Brian Saunderson, is listed as the first defendant in a recent lawsuit, along with his allegedly former employers. The lawsuit is…
How Canada’s role in the ‘Core Group’ is weakening Haitian democracy
A supporter of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti’s first democratically elected president, during election day rallies, Port au Prince, November 28, 2010. Photo by mediahacker/Flickr. It is remarkable how easily the Canadian…