A Short Primer On The Fraser Institute
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Will It Be Vision Or Political Expedience?
In yesterday’s post, I wondered whether Jagmeet Singh and the NDP will embrace a form of radical progressivism as it prepares for the 2019 federal election or instead hew to…
A Leap Of Faith?
Thus far, I have been singularly underwhelmed by the performance of federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. First, although a well-established Ontario MPP and deputy leader of the provincial party, he…
Seeking Some Substance – Part 2
In Part 1, I tried to establish that there is a gross discrepancy between the rhetoric and the reality of Justin Trudeau’s promise to makie sure corporations pay their fair…
A Primer On Trump’s Mendacity
You probably don’t need this, but it is an incisive analysis of the multitude of lies that permeated Trump’s State of the Union Address. Recommend this Post
Seeking Some Substance – Part 1
In yesterday’s Star, Christopher Hume had occasion to call Prime Minister Trudeau the princeling practitioner of the politics of appearance. In light of an alarming shortfall in revenues that is…
Infrastructure Crisis
While I think it is widely known here that Canada has a massive infrastructure deficit to the tune of $123 billion, people are perhaps less aware of the dire situation…
Robert Reich On The Universal Basic Income
More and more jobs are fated to disappear, thanks to monoliths like Amazon squeezing out other retail, thanks to autonomous vehicles close to becoming part of the mainstream, and for…
Be Careful What You Wish For
As you likely know, Jeff Bezos is currently searching for a second headquarters for his company, Amazon. And much to the delight of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Mayor John…
More Empty Rhetoric
Those of us capable of casting a critical eye on the Prime Minister are well aware of his capacity for rhetorical flourish. Unfortunately, that flourish is often an end in…
In Service To The Environment
If you watch this Pepsi ‘ad’ to the end, you’ll see why. There is a petition you may want to take a look at here. Recommend this Post
A Vision From Hell
While safe injection sites are not the ultimate answer to the opioid crisis engulfing increasing numbers of people, they at least save lives. Canada has stepped up to the plate…
An Update On The Fraser Institute’s Essay Contest
OCDSB Trustees spoke out loud & clear against this distribution. Staff have responded by pulling it. — Theresa Kavanagh (@ironmaamt) January 24, 2018 Last week, I posted about the deplorable…
Is There A Fusion Reactor In Our Near-Future?
Because of our intractable and frequently selfish natures, humans look for the fabled deus ex machina to bail us out of our climate-change problems. Rather than alter our profligate habits,…
The Egregious Hypocrisy Of Evangelicals
I often post about evangelicals. Their arrant hypocrisy is something I cannot abide. Another example of that hypocrisy has some people steaming mad: Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele…
Lagging Far Behind
While people love to hear our sunny Prime Minister reassure us with his rosy rhetoric, it is becoming increasingly evident that his words mean little when it comes to climate…
An Ever-Widening Disparity
The Mound had a post today on the ever-widening disparity between the earth’s wealthiest and the rest of the world. The statistics are shocking: 82% of the global wealth generated…
All The Better To Serve The Lord
That can be the only possible explanation for the purchase of a Gulfstream V jet that evangelist Kenneth Copeland (a.k.a Kenneth Copeland Ministries) bought with his donors’ money. The specs…
What Trump Has Wrought
The divisiveness of the toddler-in-chief is never more evident than in this brief clip. As well, his supporters clearly will not tolerate a dissenting view as they react rather than…
Now This Is Truly, Deeply Deplorable
I think most people have heard of the right-wing Fraser Institute, the ‘non-partisan’ think tank that receives charitable tax status while promoting a largely neoliberal agenda. Well, they now seem…