Are We Just Going to Turn Our Backs on This?
It came out yesterday that reports submitted by the Harper government to the United Nations show that Canada won’t be cutting our greenhouse gas emissions anytime soon. Instead the government…
The Mound of Sound
Where Did It All Go?
Welcome to 21st century Canada. I fear it will someday be known as a century that got off to a bad start with the election of our first neo-conservative government…
Nigeria’s Gay Manhunt
Using a list of names supposedly garnered through torture, Nigerian authorities have launched a manhunt for gay men. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill that criminalises same-sex relationships, the…
Sorry, Tony. Ask the Pros. Australia Sucks and So Do You.
Professional tennis players aren’t real happy with Australia. In particular, they’re pretty angry at having to play the Australian Open as temperatures reached 42C. From BBC Sports: Canada’s Frank Dancevic…
Harper Admits Canada’s Carbon Emissions Will Soar. Say Goodbye to the 22nd Century. Say Hello to Canada’s Orwellian Nightmare.
It doesn’t make any difference how many Ontario coal power plants are closed, the Athabasca Tar Sands will send Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions through the roof. Canada’s carbon emissions will…
Who Says There’s No Scientific Consensus?
Apparently just 1 in 9,136 isn’t enough for some people. Here’s a chart filched from Grist based on peer-reviewed climate articles from November, 2012 to December, 2013. Geochemist James Powell…
You Don’t Boycott Israel Because It’s Syria
You boycott Israel because it’s supposed to be one of us, a modern liberal democracy with respect for human and political rights. We expect certain conduct from our friends that…
America’s Increasingly Soggy East Coast
From Maine to south Florida, America’s eastern seaboard is heavily populated and has been for generations. Unfortunately, many of its residents are in a losing battle with nature. The New…
Coyne Sees Harper in Chris Christie
Andrew Coyne sees ugly similarities in how Americans see Chris Christie and Canadians see Steve Harper. We have people in power like Christie and Harper because we’re willing to condone…
Scouring Alberta
Alberta takes pride in being Canada’s #1 Have province and it has the scars to prove it. A new study has found that Alberta has no equal when it comes…
Interesting Thoughts on Climate Change
I ran across a couple of interesting letters about climate change this morning, one from Pittsburgh, the other New Zealand. Tim Kelly, in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, takes a shot at…
Make No Mistake, They’re Coming For Our Jobs
There’s a rich history of leading economies investing their wealth to establish and grow their rival’s economies until they’re trading places. The former leading economy thinks it’s going to get…
Some Fights You Can Never Give Up
Climate change threatens to undermine our very way of life. Doing anything effective about climate change also threatens to undermine our very way of life. After mulling this over for…
Oklahoma Law’n Order – Harper Style
Two activists go to the headquarters of Oklahoma Tar Sander, Devon Oil, unfurl a couple of protest banners and are promptly nailed by the cops and charged with ‘terrorism hoax’…
The Worm Turns – Read This Editorial
It’s straight from the pages of the Vancouver Province, Postmedia’s west coast tabloid. It’s about global warming. It puts Donald Trump and Stephen Harper in the same boat and then…
Here’s a Compromise for Justin and Tommy Boy
It’s a given that both opposition leaders aren’t willing to risk being seen as adverse to the Athabasca Tar Sands or bitumen trafficking lest that cost them the miniscule bucket…
Those Damned, Rich Vikings!
Every Norwegian – man, woman and child – is now technically a millionaire. That’s right, every last one of those herring munchers is now worth a million Crowns. Now, in…
Gates Blows the Whistle on U.S. Attempt to Manipulate Afghan Election
Former US defense secretary Robert Gates’ tell-all book reveals that the Americans tried to engineer a coup in 2009 against Afghan president, Hamid Karzai. The US government tried to oust…
Harper’s "Silence of the Lambs"
Tonight on the Fifth Estate, Linden McIntyre looks at the Harper government’s “war on knowledge.” The programme focuses on the suppression of scientific research and the dismissal of 2,000 government…
Steve, About that Economic Action Plan
The job market – at least the one for Canadian workers in Canadian jobs – took a hit in the run-up to Christmas, dropping just shy of 46,000 jobs. Of…