To The Right
Judy Rebick writes that things are shifting to the right in Canada. In Alberta, it’s beginning to look like Danielle Smith will squeak through with a victory this week: No…
2023
Attacking the Wrong One.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has tackled the wrong opponent. He is trying to besmirch the bona fides of David Johnston. He has picked the wrong target. He is attacking the…
Alberta’s economy has lagged the rest of Canada under the UCP, well-known economist’s study concludes
No matter how badly they mismanage it, Alberta Conservatives can usually expect to get a pass on the economy. Tomorrow is election day in Alberta (Photo: Michael J/Creative Commons). There’s…
Hello, Kelooooowna
There I was on the waterfront in Kelowna, and some supermodel photobombed me. Happens a lot. pic.twitter.com/kMtrU0IFpk — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 27, 2023
Canadian aid for Cuba? 35 national and regional organizations support it
Cuban propaganda poster proclaiming a quote from Fidel Castro: “Luchar contra lo imposible y vencer” (“To fight against the impossible and win”). Photo from Wikimedia Commons. It is not often…
Review 4: King Kong vs Godzilla – 1962
What was to prove the most successful of Toho’s Godzilla films is, to me, at times one of the hardest to watch in the edited, Americanized edition, even though it…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Gil McGowan highlights how the UCP’s intolerable plans for Alberta include another four years of systematic wage suppression in order to further enrich…
DeSantis’ Path to Power
At Joe Biden’s inauguration, a young black poet, Amanda Gorman, read her poem “The Hill We Climb.” Recently, the poem was removed from a school library on the objection of…
Why Ranked Ballots Make Sense
I believe that WRDSB has a committee formed to determine the process to appoint two new trustees. I’ve been actively avoiding following the news on all this, but I do…
Toronto: Neither Broke, Nor Broken.
I find this campaign for the mayoralty in Toronto on June 26 to be quite boring. It reminds me of the old song: “It seems to me I’ve heard that…
Today’s News: Rainbows and Drag Queens and Saskatoon Catholic Schools
I’m pretty sure it was the reference to “Drag Queens Story Hour” that freaked out the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools administration this week. But they’ll never admit now that they…
Saskatoon Hate
2 Catholic school administrators did damage to their city’s reputation by discouraging teachers and then parents from allowing their kids to attend a welcoming and inclusive space at a corporate…
Musical interlude
Manchester Orchestra – The Way
About reparations
Last Tuesday, the air quality in Calgary hit a level in the range hazardous to human health. According to meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal, Alberta had the “worst air quality in the…
Belgorod raid: Why are Russian neo-Nazis fighting Putin?
Pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters at a press conference after completing their Belgorod Oblast raid. Photo courtesy the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN)/Wikimedia Commons. The war between Russia and Ukraine escalated further…
On the Nature of Praxis
Proposal to the 2023 Open Education Conference. Status: rejected. I hate rejection. 🙁 72 On the Nature of Praxis Stephen Downes National Research Council Canada, Ontario, Canada Abstract The concept…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Beth Mole writes about the work being done to better define, diagnose and treat long COVID – even as different symptoms appear to…
PEF at the Canadian Economics Association meetings 2023
The Progressive Economics Forum holds its annual meetings at the Canadian Economics Association (CEA) conference, which we thank for its financial support. In this year’s CEA, we are also celebrating…