Bob Rae’s NDP and the fight to pass an anti-scab law
Bob Rae in 1990. Photo by Ron Bull/Toronto Star. The following is an excerpt from The Left in Power: Bob Rae’s NDP and the Working Class by Concordia University professor…
Canada and Ukraine: the careful suppression of a shameful history
Soldiers of the Ukrainian Waffen-SS Galizien division, 1944. A few days before Remembrance Day, November 11, 2024, the Government of Canada announced that it would not release the portio...
And Now for Something Completely Different
"We are entering uncertain times internationally and the need for strong, domestic food production is again becoming more acute. On behalf of everyone on the farm, thank you for all…
"No Kings Day" – A day of protest against Trump and Musk
America won't go down without a fight. There were massive protests across the US on Monday, with the rallying cry "No Kings!" -- that precisely expressed the new American message…
So much for those checks and balances
Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the... The post So much for those checks and balances first appeared on Views from the…
New one. May sell.
Part of proceeds go to Ukrainian Red Cross.
Why Is Everyone Suddenly Sick??
Some people are working hard to believe this level of illness, getting sick several times each year, has always been the case. The latest bizarre reason I've heard for all…
In Ontario, We Are Not A Happy Family
Here in Ontario, it is Family Day, but all is not well. We have an unnecessary election pending, the premier has cloaked himself in his Captain Canada regalia, and he…
Meme Monday #14
All men think about the Roman Empire is a meme I've covered before. This comic takes things a bit further and implies all men have a particular empire they obsess…
Sawmilling turncoats
Canfor sawmill. Photo by Larry Lamb/Wikimedia Commons. With the Americans attempting to undermine our sovereignty with a trade war, it turns out our biggest forestry companies are helping them. ...
Taking housing policy solutions to their failure point
Photo by Alan Harder/Flickr Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis Carolyn Whitzman UBC Press, 2024 Carolyn Whitzman has all the answers. She has a plan to fix ...
Think tank pushes more bad ideas to help ‘fix’ Canada’s news media
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts the Public Policy Forum’s testimonial dinner in Toronto, April 20, 2017. Photo By Adam Scotti/PMO. Any report published by a so-called “think tank” should be…
Taking a step back
So now, in this Year of Our Lord 2025, let's look at where are we at. In Canada, by mid-March, we will have a new federal Liberal leader - I…
Geothermal — clean, non-destructive renewable energy
Traditional geothermal failed to produce clean heat and electricity for the people of the German town of Geretsried. But now Calgary's Eavor Technologies, using directional deep drilling technologies developed in…
Two cheers for Don Getty, who gave Alberta the Family Day long weekend in February
Happy Family Day! The winters around here are long. T.S. Eliot may have reckoned April was the cruellest month, but anyone from Alberta knows it’s February, season of the original…
Defenders of democracy must speak out
I told Michael James, the writer recently featured here, that I wished more journalists had the strength of character to oppose authoritarianism now threatening democracy. Doing so involves professional risks…
Happy (Canadian) Family Day
On the third Monday in February eight Canadian provinces will celebrate a special day. Alberta, BC, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan call it Family Day. Manitoba celebrates Louis Riel Day;…
Dig it Doug out
That little red snow shovel
CFP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Dominic Cardy
This post is a bit late as the Canadian Future Party has already chosen their leader at their founding convention. I did still want to do a profile on Dominic…