In the midst of a Canadian federal election, the fossil fuel industry’s impact on climate action barely figures into the discussion. Photo by Patrick Hendry/Unsplash. For years, it was assumed…
A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency Seth Klein ECW Press, 2020 In May 2019, the The Guardian made an important decision when it decided to stop using…
“Public Transit Privatization”, an illustration by Aaron Millard used during a public protest of a Metrolinx Board meeting in Toronto. The following is an excerpt from Linda McQuaig’s new book,…
GM’s CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont. Photo by General Motors. In November 2018, Detroit-based General Motors dealt a staggering blow to 2,700 Canadian workers when it announced plans leading…
With the exception of Donald Trump’s claim that he’s draining the swamp, it’s hard to imagine a clearer example of gibberish than Jason Kenney’s claim that he’s defending Alberta against…
Photo by Carlos Díaz In terms of foreign policy damage, whatever harm Justin Trudeau did by parading around India in colourful outfits is a nothing-burger compared to the severe hardship…
Photo by Connor Mah That silly Leap Manifesto – giving itself away right in the subtitle, which calls for “a Canada based on caring for the Earth and one another.”…
Photo by Alex Garland The decision of British voters to leave Europe has been treated as evidence that they’re intolerant xenophobes keen to seal themselves off from the world. That…
Photo from Public Domain In the conservative quest to shape public debate in recent years, no tool has proved more useful than the think tank. Nobody understood this better than…
In the conservative quest to shape public debate in recent years, no tool has proved more useful than the think tank. Nobody understood this better than the director of the…
This piece was originally published on iPolitics and is republished here with the author’s permission. At first, it sounded like the smartest guy in the room had just made an…
The willingness of much of the Canadian media to go along with the Conservative narrative about Stephen Harper’s “moderation” has allowed the prime minister to wage a discreet class war…
