On This, Our Electoral Sabbath
As we go to the temple of the ballot box, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on the imperiled state of democracy in the 2020s. There’s an idea making the…
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In Search of a Real Government
There was a time when governing Canada meant dealing with all issues critical to the wellbeing of the nation. No prime minister was ever entirely successful at that. All had…
And They Wonder Why They’re Barely Clinging to Life
Depending on whose numbers you like, the Trudeau Liberals are up on O’Toole’s Conservatives a full 0.3% or down around 1.0%. It’s enough to have Mr. Trudeau and his Liberal…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Victoria Nicolau reports on the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s campaign scorecard, showing the NDP well ahead of other parties in addressing…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes that it’s long past time for Jason Kenney to resign as utterly unfit for public office. The Globe and Mail’s…
#Elxn44 Roundup
News and notes from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Cam Fenton discusses how “strategic” votes for the Libs in the name of climate change figure to be anything but, while…
Scab Pickers. That’s All They Are.
I don’t know that it matters much who wins on Monday. The country will muddle along undefended, unprepared, neglected by Team Trudeau or Team O’Toole, grey suits stuffed with wet…
Musical interlude
Sigrid – Mirror
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Wallis Snowdon reports on what critical-care triage caused by a combination of COVID-19 and mismanagement will mean in Alberta’s ICUs (at a time…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – D.T. Cochrane reviews the parties’ platforms and finds the NDP’s to be both the most progressive and the most fiscally responsible. And…
Gunter, You’ve Lost Gunter?
I guess Lorne Gunter simply can’t hold his tongue, even with an election just three days away. No doubt about it. O’Toole has lost The Grunter. Time and again, O’Toole…
The Artful Dodger
One thing you can say for Justin Trudeau – he’s a pretty good liar. Erin O’Toole, on the other hand, could learn a few things from his nemesis. Maybe it’s…
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up.
Good Grief! It’s nearing that time again when the community of nations gathers to figure out what in hell to do about climate change. Round 26, Glasgow, November 1-14, 2021.…
Well, That Was Certainly Discouraging
The CBC captured a photo of Elizabeth May campaigning, sitting in her walker waving at passing cars. Elizabeth May, whom Susan Riley extolled as the “hardest-working MP on Parliament Hill”…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jason Markusoff writes about the human cost of Jason Kenney’s false claim that the COVID-19 pandemic was over. Phil Tank points out…
#Elxn44 Roundup
News and notes from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Alex Hemingway writes about the need to tax the rich far beyond even the “unlimited zeal” reflected in the NDP’s modest…
On politicization
There have been a couple of indications as to how Alberta’s refusal to take basic health precautions in the face of COVID’s fourth wave (and in all likelihood Saskatchewan’s as…
What’s that Distant Rumble? Oh, It’s the Start of America’s Climate Migration.
If you’re poor you have to take your chances of possibly dying in place. If you’re rich, you have options. Some wealthy Americans are already legging it, migrating away from…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jill Filipovic discusses how the mounting toll in human lives and health from COVID should leave no room for controversy about modest responses…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Christo Aivalis discusses Jagmeet Singh’s much-needed willingness to take on the power of the rich to fight for a country that works…