Monbiot on Why Corporatist Government Doesn’t Work
Neoliberalism is the cult of cowardly political incompetence. It was from the outset. It still is. Even the IMF and the World Bank can’t pretend any more. Neoliberalism doesn’t bolster…
The Mound of Sound
Trudeau’s Bricklin
As Michael Harris puts it, “When companies with iffy projects begin to lose their nerve, they can always turn to government — the investor of last resort. History shouts as…
Social Cohesion is Our Best Hope For a Healthy Democracy
Young Canadians might have no experience of it but there was a time in this country when liberals and conservatives got along. They disagreed, to be sure, but they were…
Dying On the Edges
Neoliberalism is not conducive to our health or to our survival. Neoliberalism has brought us to a place where we have to choose to either step back or accept the…
Trans Mountain Friday – the Case for Civil Resistance
I’ve never been part of a civil disobedience movement but I’ve been on the sidelines of a few, mainly as a reporter. Then there was the VietNam anti-war movement when…
Like a Punch In the Gut
Five words that sum up a lawsuit underway against the European Union. Five words that perhaps should be a rallying cry for people around the world. We Can’t See a…
A Win/Win Story
The polar bear population of Labrador is thriving and the credit goes to the collapse of the region’s harp seal hunt. Despite vanishing sea ice and shorter, milder winters, Labrador’s…
Get ‘Em While They’re Still Sorta Hot
It’s not too late to order your very own Trump-Kim commemorative peace summit coin. It’s a handsome reminder of the astonishing breakthrough that brought nuclear disarmament and peace to the…
Trans Mountain Thursday – The Rule of Law and Cooperative Federalism – For Some, Just Not For All.
The Tyee again tackles TTM (Trudeau’s Trans Mountain pipeline) with two reports. Stepford Liberals, and your ranks are legion, are not going to like this. Will Horter explores how the…
Enron’s Patsy. How Kinder Morgan Played Trudeau and Canada for Suckers.
Steve Kean knows how to play hardball from his days as senior vice president of government affairs with the long defunct Enron corporation. Now, on behalf of the son of…
The Whales’ Song Has a Special Message – For Us.
Out here you don’t hear people express much concern about the influx of marine life from southern waters. We tend to see them as newcomers rather than what they are,…
No Takers for Pipeline? What’s the Surprise in That?
To hear Bill Morneau tell it, potential buyers would be falling all over each other to take over Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline. Apparently not. There is no queue. Nothing…
This Way It’s Easier to Make Sense of Rachel Notley.
It’s easier when you think of Rachel Notley as that distant cousin who shows up blotto at the family reunion, snarling at everyone. Alberta’s outgoing premier is laying it on…
In Most Countries This Might be Disturbing News. In Canada, Not So Much.
The Trump regime has joined forces with the fossil energy giants in fighting American cities over climate change. Just before a critical hearing to determine the fate of a pair…
It’s Don’s Party and He’ll Cry If He Wants To…
Donald Trump probably believed he was in line for the Nobel Peace Prize. His Congressional munchkins certainly imagined he was a shoo-in. All the Mango Mussolini had to do was…
The Boot on That Neck? The Boot is Us. The Neck is Earth.
The human race is just 0.01% of all life on our planet but a study finds our tiny, infinitesimal presence has been responsible for eradicating most other living things. The…
As Good a Take as Any. The Roots of America’s Malaise.
His book is, “Tailspin – The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall – and Those Fighting to Reverse It.” He is Steven Brill, founder of American Lawyer magazine and,…
Okay, I Think We Can See Where You’re Going With This.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, has announced a milestone. April was the 400th consecutive month of warmer-than-average temperatures. The last time NOAA logged a cooler-than-average month was…
A Question Worth Asking – Has Canada Been Captured?
As analysis and reports stack up laying bare how much we know and everything we don’t know about dilbit and Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, it is looking like this…