CETA: The Real Deal
While it looks, unfortunately, like the Belgian opposition to CETA is dissolving, it is perhaps instructive to understand the core of Wallonia’s concerns about it. While some of it revolves…
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The Youth Voice is Our Voice
If ever there was ever any doubt about the neoliberal agenda being pursued by our ‘new’ government, Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s recent comments removed all uncertainty. He asserted that precarious…
The Art Of The Deal: A Guest Post By John B.
In response to yesterday’s post about free trade, John B. provided a detailed commentary that derves a separate posting. Below is what he wrote: Are any Canadians asking? I find…
Free Trade Is Never Free
While it is beginning to look like International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland’s departure from CETA negotiations was more of a ploy than the end of talks, the hiatus at least…
This Is Good News
I’ll have more to say about this in the future, but for now, some good news for those who oppose free trade deals that sacrifice national sovereignty and jobs so…
This Sounds Promising
Whether this will turn out to be another idea that holds great promise but then comes to nothing will only be known, I guess, in the future, but it does…
A Festivus Moment
Like me, some of you were probably great fans of Seinfeld, the “show about nothing.” As such, you may recall the Festivus airing of grievances: Well, in that spirit I…
A Love Note To The U.S.
From my jaundiced perspective, Canadians sending a ‘love note’ to America will only add to its unbearable hubris, seen regularly in its conduct on the world stage and in its…
The World We Ignore
I suppose it is the curse of consciousness that leads humans to see themselves as distinct from, and superior to, nature. It is a hubris that the natural world is…
Kelie Leitch – Savant Extraodinaire
I see that Kellie Leitch has officially launched her leadership campaign: As the campaign heats up, she can expect more of this: And if that doesn’t sate your appetite for…
Arc d’Trump?
Thanks to Jonathan once again for alerting me to some clips from the 1957 movie, A Face in the Crowd, starring Andy Griffith in a role so diametrically opposed to…
Somedays, I Don’t have To Write A Thing
Watch this, and you’ll see what I mean. Recommend this Post
A Remarkable Speech
This lady surely has a future in politics, should she so choose. Her strength, integrity and passion are a beacon in these politically and socially debased times. Recommend this Post
Why Is the Mainstream Press Ignoring This Story About Donald Trump?
I was alerted to this story by my friend Jonathan; it is profoundly disturbing, even though, because it involves an alleged rape committed by Donald Trump, it probably should not…
Meanwhile, Closer To Home
Much of the climate-change video material I post on my blog shows the devastation being wrought in the United States. I feature such material because it receives extensive coverage on…
It’s Official: Trump Won The Debate
So declares America’s favourite crazed evangelical, Pat Robertson. Presumably, his assessment came from on high. Recommend this Post
What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
While much of western society enjoys living in willful ignorance about climate change, the fact is, what you don’t know can hurt you. Tim Wallace of the New York Times…
Star Readers Write
These days, my faith in the future is quite limited. The proliferation of war and the ongoing reluctance of governments to do anything substantive about climate change, despite its increasingly…
While We Were Sleeping
… the world changed, but not in a good way. Recommend this Post
Ignorance Is Strength
That seems to be what Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate, seems to be arguing in yet another interview in which he makes Dondald Trump, by contrast, look like…