Part Two: Missed Opportunities, the Great Enshitification, the Consequences for the Young, and the Age of Flux The Missed MomentThe end of the Cold War in 1989 was supposed to…
So when Trump was babbling on and on to the generals yesterday, he once again said Canada should become the 51st state. Canada didn't laugh:Hey Canada, Trump brought up his…
United States envoy Morgan Ortagus casts the lone veto against a UN Security Council draft resolution calling for a Gaza ceasefire, aid access, and hostage release. The measure, supported by…
Administration building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. Photo by Sancho McCann/Wikimedia Commons. When actions fail to honor the promises that gave rise to them, and their consequences ripple...
Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) long ago abandoned the radical roots of its founding ancestor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation which, famously, pledged in 1933 that “No CCF Government will rest…
A lizard-like Trump crawls over the border
And we have a bucket of bootstraps if you have shoes
Being a Canadian today feels an awful lot like being in Austria in the mid 1930s, in the years leading up to Anschluss. After watching last night’s performance by Pete…
Luke Parnell, A Brief History of Northwest Coast Design, 2007 Sept 30 is our Orange Shirt Day, officially the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Here is PM Carney's speech…
Photo by ginza_line/Flickr This year, Canada’s household debt climbed to $3.07 trillion, topping the G7 for the 15th consecutive year. With debt—including mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards...
Trump's New Law Could Get Trump Into A LOT of Trouble. The post Trump Signs Legislation That Destroys Free Speech first appeared on Excited Delirium.
It may seem redundant to place the adjective ugly in front of Americans. After all, their regular deportment, both domestically and internationally, makes such a designation obvious. However, being the…
So during the spring we all went a little crazy for "Elbows Up" and Canadian patriotism and all that, and then Carney was elected and for a while there is…
Photo by Charles Deluvio/Unsplash In his first post-election news conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney made a bold commitment to “take control of our economic destiny to create a new Canadian…
Americans may be the most individualistic of people. And there has always been two sides... The post Two Americas first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
A few days ago the BBC published an article on the British government's upcoming announcement of new towns to be built to alleviate Britain's housing crisis. A large proportion of…
Part One: How the Great Acceleration Gave way to Neoliberalism and Globalization The Postwar Dream In 1945, the world exhaled. The devastation of the Second World War left cities in…
Decoding
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In the submission of the Attorney General of Alberta (AGA) to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in English Montreal School Board, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, et…
