A Sick Society Produces Its First Trillionaire
In an instant, the world’s wealthiest man increased his net worth to over $1.1 trillion of theoretical money by selling a small number of over-hyped shares in a company that…
David Graham
Lawful Access and Online Safety
There are two separate but related pushes on from the federal government relating to the Internet that should be raising far more alarm than they are around lawful access and…
News, CanCon, and Control Of Canada’s Internet
Neither the CRTC’s decision to increase levies on on-line broadcasters in order to contribute additional funds to Canadian content, nor the government’s decision to force a review of that decision…
A Sense of Purpose
When I started writing on Substack just over three years ago, I had been looking for a way to express things that I believed needed to be said, but were…
The Message Is The Same
Quebec’s nationalists are in overdrive trying to dissociate themselves from an overtly white-supremacist rally in Shawinigan over the weekend — but the slogan “I remember a white Quebec” is not…
Thiel’s Escape To Milei’s Argentina
Peter Thiel, the billionaire behind JD Vance’s rise to the vice presidency, and one of the key financial backers of the rise of the Fascist States of America, is looking…
Alberta’s Russo-american Brexit Fraud
10 years ago next month, Britain committed a spectacular act of national masochism through their Brexit referendum, and to celebrate the anniversary, Alberta’s premier wants her province to face the…
What Is Fair Pay For Politicians?
The two most common reactions I received to the remuneration of Members of Parliament during my brief time in the role was: ‘that is way too much money’, and ‘that…
Preparing The Brownshirts For The Election
Since January 20th, 2025, when Trump pardoned the January 6th, 2021 coup participants, it has been clear that he was not doing it so much for what they had done,…
The Insatiable Hunger Of Our Oligarchs
The most horrific part of the current state of the world is the realisation that there is no amount of money, of resources, of power, of influence that the ultra-rich…
Louise Arbour The Right Choice For The Times
Despite what you may have heard, the appointment of Louise Arbour to the role of Governor General of Canada is a perfect political message in a time of turmoil.
Canada’s Fragile Place In The World
While Mark Carney returns from the European Political Community Summit as the first non-European leader ever to be invited, Pierre Poilievre is spending this week at the Canada Strong and…
The Ironic States Of America
The unlikely new folk hero for American No Kings protesters is His Majesty, King Charles III, who used his hereditary title and respect to argue in favour of democracy before…
Brookfield as a Crown Corporation?
It is cliché to say that governments only plan as far as the next election, but it is often true, so when the Carney government announced this week that we…
Disinformation For Profit
A medical student in India needing to pay his tuition asked Google’s Gemini for help making additional money and turned the responses into a lucrative fake AI-generated MAGA influencer he…
‘Taxpayers,’ ‘Taxeaters,’ and Tax Equity
There is a fascinating phenomenon where people who live paycheque-to-paycheque, surviving on the trickled-down table scraps of unrestrained capitalism, get wildly upset when the obscenely wealthy are asked to pay…
Orbán’s Defeat And The Path To Atonement
Orbán’s defeat in Hungary last weekend gives us hope for an end to the destruction being wrought by the global movement of oligarchs against the people.
The Practical Effects Of Majority
With last night’s clean sweep of the by-elections, Mark Carney becomes our first Prime Minister to convert a minority to a majority parliament without the benefit of a general election…
We Already Have A Permanent Citizens Assembly
Having a Citizens Assembly on electoral reform solves the wrong problem.
Where Are The American People??
What do you do when there is a war in which neither side deserves to win?