has danielle smith’s wildrose peaked to early?
With the departure of Premier Ed Stelmach soon upon us, and the Tories choosing a new leader this fall, has the wave that carried the Wildrose high in the polls…
CTV’s Quebec City bureau chief Kai Nagata tells why he quit his job
Kai Nagata was CTV’s bureau chief in Quebec City at 24 years of age. That was until he left the world of centrist journalism earlier this week and revealed his…
Shades of Green: Anthropogenesis – A Redefining of Ourselves
Our human history has been a long process of taking greater control of the circumstances that affect us. Our early shelters and fires eased the inclemency of weather to make…
So arrogant!
It's appalling that no Canadian who isn't a card-carrying Conservative loyalist can get anywhere near this guy and give him the "boo" he deserves.
“Plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose”; or, how to ideologically re-structure your student society: a beginner’s guide: the SFSS CUPE Lockout
By Joel Blok, originally published here. This summer five years ago, the Board of Directors of the SFSS suspended its office staff, barring them from entering their offices and sending…
Time for a food revolution
A spike in food prices in 2008 pushed the number of hungry people in the world past the one billion mark. It was not a temporary phenomenon. Those record prices…
Fare Questions
We might have hoped that by the 21st century hunger would be a scourge of the past. But the problem is actually worse now than it was a decade ago.…
Determined Defiant DePape
Former Senate page Brigette DePape’s bit of parliamentary pluck has garnered near universal praise from the Canadian Left. But while her mute entreaty during the Throne Speech to “Stop Harper”…
Determined Defiant DePape
Former Senate page Brigette DePape’s bit of parliamentary pluck has garnered near universal praise from the Canadian Left. But while her mute entreaty during the Throne Speech to “Stop Harper”…
New CAW Film About the Economics of CETA
The CAW has just released a 20-minute video featuring none other than yours truly giving a short lecture about the economics of the proposed Canada-EU free trade agreement (a.k.a. CETA).…
Back in town, on my own recognizance
Having a beer in front of the computer. Who hoo! And the tupperware? Out of which I ate leftovers for dinner? Isn't even washed up yet! Double whoo! Bachelor week…
On being anal
It took me a while to come to the realization that I need to vent over this subject right here, on my blog, no matter how petty, ridiculous and irrelevant…
Metro Morning, Return Engagement
I was invited back to serve as guest economics columnist all last week on Metro Morning, CBC Radio’s drive-in flagship show in Toronto, to substitute for the vacationing effervescent libertarian…
Eventually, there will be a storm on these shores…
and when there is...if i am still on this plaintheir sworn enemy for all timei will be therebody, mind, spiritflesh, blood and boneon the lineon behalf of my ancestorsmy familymy…
Out on a Limb: In Defence of the (Political) Moral High Ground
This may be terribly naive of me (and I’m not ruling out that possibility, to be fair), but I am going to go out on a limb and make the…
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Bill Maher compares the failure of jurors to convict Casey Anthony in the killing of her child with the failure of Republican voters to connect the dots between the U.S.…
Two months into their election victory, Harper conservatives still gloating
Stephen Harper brazenly declared during his annual Calgary stampede BBQ that the Liberal era of political dominance is finally over.Sound familiar?Of course it does, as Harper and other conservatives throughout…
Only in America…
…is feeding the hungry a criminal offence. Hackers are on the job. Good on ‘em. (Can’t happen here? Don’t get too complacent, now.) ...
Palestinian self-determination opposed by Canada
Canada—that is, the Harper government, not the decent majority—is pressing for on-going bantustan status for Palestine. Statehood, sought by the Palestinian authority, will be opposed in the United Nations by…
Wally Young’s in trouble
You can tell the Tories are worried about their support in St. Barbe because they’ve scheduled not one, not two, but three announcements in the district starring health minister Jerome…