My latest: the Mango Mussolini’s real plan
Sounds like a lot. Retaliatory tariffs totalling $155 billion – $30 billion right away and, if they have no effect, an additional $125 billion in three weeks’ time. Sprinkle in…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Grace Blakely discusses the prospect of democratizing finance as the needed antidote to the concentration of wealth and power. And Stephen Eisenman writes…
The American Oligarchy
For years, Oxfam—along with advocates and activists around the world—has argued that extreme concentration of wealth is leading to extreme concentration of power, allowing an ultra-rich few to tighten their…
The American Oligarchy
For years, Oxfam—along with advocates and activists around the world—has argued that extreme concentration of wealth is leading to extreme concentration of power, allowing an ultra-rich few to tighten their…
WTF Ontario?
Seriously, WTF? How could such a corrupt grifter like Doug Ford not only get re-elected, but get his party of lackluster cons, conspiracy cultists, Talibangelists, and ne’er-do-wells elected as the…
DEI – Setting The Record Straight
Special Note: I won't be commenting today on the imposition of American tariffs, but I hope the following puts American madness into proper perspective.Last week I posted about the craven…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: The Duty to Accommodate Disability in the Workplace
Every Ontario employer has a duty to accommodate an employee's disability up to the point of undue hardship.An employee is however responsible for requesting the accommodation and providing the employer…
Elbows Up! Responding to the Trump tariffs
Well, here we go. And Canada is in it to win it: View on Threads Trudeau tried. But Trump is just in love with breaking things. And I think he…
Cultural policy has no place in trade deals – when we caved to Trump’s bullying on copyright in 2022, we lost
OTTAWA – Canada needs to put everything we gave away to the United States over the past four decades of trade negotiations back on the table! It seems like just…
Two of a kind
I have not been a fan of Trudeau's Liberal Government. Nevertheless, all that I think is wrong with the Liberal government would be even worse if Donald Trump's friend Pierre…
Liberal Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
This is the first leadership race for the Liberal Party of Canadasince I began carrying out these surveys in 2017. As I have detailed over the years, the Liberal Party…
Resistance comes in many forms
Marsh Family, six people from the UK have messages for the world.
All politics is about real estate
All politics is about real estate. Postmodern politics is essentially a matter of land grabs, on a local as well as a global scale. Whether you think of the question…
And so it begins
Here’s CP’s first alert. It’s historic, actually. We are heading into recession and long-term pain. The other consequences aren’t clear just yet. But one thing is clear: Trump is the…
John Rustad: Trump is the victim
When Paul Willcocks writes commentary, I pay attention. The Tyee's Senior Editor recently asked, "Which Side Is John Rustad On? Following are a few of the points made in The…
Jailing anti-war activists just one way government supports Israel
Yves Engler raises his fist after being released from jail, February 24, 2025. Photo by Alex Tyrrell/X. Canada has long supported Israel’s violence and apartheid, but targeting the domestic anti...
Election? What Election?
Canadians don't need the instability right now, so why would we want a federal election? The post Election? What Election? first appeared on Excited Delirium.