It May Not Be Good Company but Justin Trudeau Has Plenty of It.
Justin Trudeau isn’t the only leader talking out of both sides of his mouth on climate change. Many of his G20 colleagues are just as hypocritical as the Dauphin. G20…
The Mound of Sound
"A Tasteless Joke"
That’s how Max Hastings, former boss to Boris Johnson, sees the future Tory prime minister. Six years ago, the Cambridge historian Christopher Clark published a study of the outbreak of…
Coastal Dreaming, Coastal Reality
It’s just a matter of time. As I go around my environs I spot places that will not be around much longer. These are usually waterfront homes that are periodically…
The Rot in the Neoliberal Order
Chris Hedges looks at the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London that left 72 people dead and sees it as a metaphor for neoliberalism and social decay. It is the…
Canada’s Top General Declares a Climate Emergency
Canadian soldiers are stretched to the limit. They are the latest casualties of our climate emergency. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Jonathan Vance, says he needs more soldiers. The…
Michael Harris Has Questions for the "Prime Minister of Pipelines."
We loved Michael Harris when he used to rip into that hypocrite, Stephen Harper. Now he’s going after the next Grand Dissembler, the Prime Minister of Pipelines and Climate Emergency.…
This Government’s Apology Fetish Is Getting Old.
Justin Trudeau apologizes – a lot. He may be the most apologetic prime minister in Canadian history. His dad, or as I like to call him the “real Trudeau,” wasn’t…
Is the Government Two-Faced on Climate Change? You Betcha!
It’s all there in the first recital to the federal Emergencies Act, WHEREAS the safety and security of the individual, the protection of the values of the body politic and…
How F#@ked Up Is America?
Leave Trump out of this. The face of the Republican Party today is Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, the most unprincipled, underhanded and shameless deviant in Congress. The House is now…
Britain’s Next Prime Minister, As Those Who Know Boris Johnson See Him
It seems almost inevitable that Boris Johnson will succeed Theresa May to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. So who is this controversial character, the former Lord…
He Promised to "Follow the Science"
With an election just four months away, prepare to be barraged with promises from those vying for your vote. These days, it seems, they’ll tell you just about anything they…
A Gentle Predator But It Still Has Fangs
China loves islands. It loves them so much it has manufactured its own from mere atolls to dominate the South China Sea, roiling the neighbours and drawing American navy task…
The Same Old Song? No, Not Really.
We’re barraged with reports about the loss of Arctic sea ice, the threat to the Antarctic ice pack, the melting of the Greenland ice cap, the retreat of glaciers around…
The Global Rogues Gallery
The bottom of the barrel, the worst of the lot, the “rot” in rotten. They’re Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, Iran and the United States of America. They are the Gang…
Scheer Putting Canada on Death Watch
Oh these petro-pimps just don’t stop. After Justin Trudeau wallowed in it, groveling at the feet of the Fossil Fuelers and their pipeline to “tidewater,” now it’s Andrew Scheer’s turn.…
How Can You Proclaim a Climate Emergency and Have No Sense of Urgency?
I don’t believe Justin Trudeau and, unless you’re one of his Gullibillies, you shouldn’t either. His arguments excuses don’t add up. Here’s a good example. In trying to justify his…
Meanwhile, What About Fracking?
The Trudeau government is looking for climate kudos for Canada’s success in fracking natural gas. The idea is that, methane leaks aside, fracked gas is a lower-carbon alternative to other…
A ‘Little’ Perspective, Please
One of the great lies hatched by the Oil Patch and gleefully adopted by the Tories and now the Trudeau Liberals is that, when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions,…
Cat Got Your Tongue? Liberals, Please, Defend This.
Our contingent of Liberal supporters has fallen mute. No one, it seems, wants to defend the Trudeau government’s decision approving the Trans-Mountain/Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline. That the pre-ordained approval was…
Trudeau & Co. Sell Out the Future
Well, that puts an end to any Liberal pretensions of being a progressive party. No progressive would have done what they did today – green light the Trans-Mountain (Trudeau Memorial)…