Everyone Has a Mandate. Where’s Yours?
Now, let’s get this right. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals got 30 per cent of the vote, slightly less in total numbers than Andrew Scheer’s Tories. Because of FPTP that translates into…
The Mound of Sound
Well, We Repelled All Boarders
Our community, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, denied the barbarians even a toehold last night. Not one seat was to be had by Liberal or Conservative. The Tory ‘home…
While You Focus on Who Should Govern, Suzuki and Lewis Talk About Storming Parliament
Stephen Lewis and David Suzuki have joined forces. They’ve concluded that what ails Canada won’t be solved at the ballot box. Michael Harris writes that it may be time to…
Five Billion – Does That Get Your Attention?
Five by fifty – there’s a catchy way to remember it. Five billion by 2050 will be beset by hunger and a lack of clean water if we stay on…
The Assembly of First Nations Says the Choice is Clear. It’s the Green Party, By a Landslide!
You can read the AFN’s entire 2019 federal election analysis here. Jagmeet Singh has the nascent Dippers all tumescent with his one-liners but he’s just peddling greenwash. If you’re truly…
If You Think This Election Must Place the Environment First, There’s Only One Choice
When it comes to climate change this election has been swamped in greenwash. Justin promises action – haven’t we heard that before? Andy, well he’s not really promising anything. Jagmeet…
Has the Worm Turned On Donald Trump?
The Washington Post’s conservative columnist, Jennifer Ruben, figures impeachment of Donald Trump is now a “slam dunk.” When Trump’s chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, admitted the administration withheld $400-million in…
If Nothing Else, 2019 Might Get Us What We Were Promised in 2015.
Maybe that’s what Justin Trudeau always needed, a boot up his backside. He did seem to take us all for granted after he won his false majority in 2015. He…
Help Me Out Here. Is There a Grade Lower Than "F"?
I ask the question having absorbed the dinner speech delivered by retired Marine General and former US defence secretary, James Mattis, earlier this week. If Trump had been in the…
Oh, So That’s the Burr Under Warren’s Saddle
Our friend wrote a cryptic post this morning, “The Source.” It seemed to attack CBC and the Globe for using an unnamed source who allegedly was anti-Semitic and light-fingered. Hard…
Meanwhile, Across the Pond
Another bad day for Boris Johnson. He presented his “deal” with the EU to the Commons only to see it derailed. A last minute amendment allowed by outgoing Speaker John…
For Boeing, It Only Gets Worse.
Long before two Boeing 737 Max jetliners nose dived into the ground extinguishing the lives of all aboard, the company’s chief technical pilot knew the jet’s automated MCAP system had…
The Solutions Aren’t Any More Radical Than the Thinking That Created This Mess.
If we want to solve all of our existential threats the solution is quite simple. Mankind, our global civilization, has to find ways to live within the very finite limits…
Mattis Strikes Back, Kicks Trump To the Curb
Like most ex-Trump aides, former US defense secretary, general James Mattis, since leaving the White House, been the target of insults and abuse by Trump. Mattis said that he would…
"Trudeau Should Step Down" – Yeah, Sure, Chuckles.
Andrew Scheer says “modern convention” holds that, should Justin Trudeau’s Liberals fail to win more seats than the Conservatives next week, Trudeau must step down and allow the Conservatives to…
"Get Over It" – Trump’s New Strategy
At first they adamantly denied there was any quid pro quo to Trump holding up $400 million in military aid to Ukraine while asking the Ukrainians to dig up dirt…
Kenney’s Beloved Tar Sands at Heart of New York Fraud Trial
Somehow that sounds believable – Jason Kenney, Athabasca Tar Sands, Exxon and the biggest of them all, Exxon, on trial for defrauding company shareholders. In fairness, Kenney isn’t a party…
Obama Endorses Trudeau
The Dauphin got a shot in the arm from an old friend today. Barack Obama has endorsed Justin Trudeau for a second term in office. “I was proud to work…
Anybody Else Notice? Trump Is Looking Like a Bag of Hammers.
I was struck, while watching NBC news last night, at how Donald Trump is showing the strain of his troubled presidency. This is a guy who knows the full value…
Could This Explain the Big Advance Poll Turnout?
I voted in the advance poll. It seems that a lot of us did. 29 per cent more than usual. I have wondered what that early turnout heralded. The Globe’s…