Is there any major policy area Doug Ford's PC government in Ontario is actually managing well? The health care sector? Nope. It's a disaster getting worse every year, hallway medicine…
No one would really care about Mohamad Fakih, if it were not for that little enamel pin on his lapel, and the letters – “C.M.” – he always seems to…
A collection of loose ideas from #ldnont during the slow dog-days of August. We don’t find any humour in guns and bullets.
I realized today how prescient our Canadian leaders have been. Months ago, both Trudeau and Carney told us that Trump has turned the United States into an unworthy and untrustworthy…
Premier Danielle Smith and her education and finance ministers spent much of the day yesterday digging themselves deeper into the holes they started with their it’s-not-a-book-ban ban on books and…
TWO LANES - No Feeling Is Final
Well, I have a whole new set of exercises, most of which come with a pain factor increase, but nothing that seems to make any great leap forward in either…
Those are the opening words to Spike Lee’s Fight The Power, one of the most important movies ever made. It’s about racist hate and violence, and how quickly it can…
Assorted content to end your week.- Daniel Ziblatt writes about the dismal history of past efforts to collaborate and negotiate with authoritarians. And Stuart Benson discusses how Mark Carney's lack…
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As a non-economist, I have found the constant on-again off-again tariff battles of the last seven months to be very confusing. But it seems like Trump's so-called tariff strategy has…
Thanks to Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides’ book ban, it looks as if the work of iconic Canadian author Margaret Atwood is on a list of books to be stripped from…
Was it mere coincidence Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner released an unhappy statement saying the province’s projected budget deficit will be $1.3 billion bigger than what he promised in last…
As we watch the direction the American Trump regime is taking today we are seeing a lot of commentary and memes referencing how the allies went to war against German…
As we watch the direction the American Trump regime is taking today we are seeing a lot of commentary and memes referencing how the allies went to war against German…
I’m hesitant to share this video link. The problem is, someone might watch it, and not realize everything she says is untrue. This problem is amplified by the CBC not…
The following was sent to me by a friend, and, set in hard relief against other countries, it defines its true nature.“AMERICA IS A GUN” by Brian BilstonEngland is a…
The following was sent to me by a friend, and, set in hard relief against other countries, it defines its true nature.“AMERICA IS A GUN” by Brian BilstonEngland is a…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Don Moynihan concludes that the U.S. has lost any pretense to being a functioning democracy. And Zachary Beau discusses how Donald Trump is…
So, things are a mess. But here's an interesting take on Trump from Andrew Wortman: "Trump's 2 a.m. meltdowns and dictator cosplay aren't part of a predetermined strategy--they're collapse. A…
