Now They Can Show Canada How to Really Suck
The CPC plan is now public and the capstone is a reintroduction of the plastic straw. The post Now They Can Show Canada How to Really Suck first appeared on…
Danielle Smith skips out on Corrupt Care questions, skedaddles off to Japan and Korea
Alberta’s United Conservative Party must really fear the potential impact of the Corrupt Care Scandal, as the NDP Opposition has dubbed the continuing brouhaha about dodgy contracts pushed on Alberta…
A Good Day
Yesterday was a good day. We went to the advance poll to cast our vote, and the turnout was robust; in fact, the entire process took over...
Finally, its time to vote, vote, vote…
Doesn't this feel like the longest election campaign ever? It's actually an average length of 37 days, it only seems like Canadians have been waiting FOREVER to get this election…
In the tariff war, Canada forgetting about Indigenous nations
Grassroots Indigenous resistance on Parliament Hill, Canada Day, 2017. Photo by Jonathan Reed. In the fear and fury generated by the Trump administration’s thuggish treatment of Canada and other...
Musical interlude
Flight Facilities feat. Dustin Tebbutt - All Your Love
Trump’s biggest threat
“The world is now seeing Trump’s America for exactly what it is becoming: a rogue... The post Trump’s biggest threat first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
PSA
For a long time, I’ve stood with Jews, I’ve defended the Jewish state, I’ve fought Jew hatred. Those coming on here to say I’m not an ally anymore because I’m…
Lambda Posters Year Four 1972-1973
This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda during the years I worked there while studying Political…
Lambda Posters Year Four 1972-1973
This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda during the years I worked there while studying Political…
A Good Friday Bonus
Theo Moudakis never disappoints.Recommend this Post
This week
Is it finally Spring yet?
Irony post
I only post this because I received it at the precise moment yesterday that someone was telling me my writing isn’t any good.
Today’s News: "Mark Carney made his case"
Tonight was the last of the federal election debates. The overall media conclusion was that nobody "lost". While the CBC At Issue panel discussion above was interesting, I found the…
Spare me another national leaders’ debate! Please!
Spare me another national leaders’ debate! Please! Leadership debates are mostly a waste of time. Excruciating. Surely only masochists enjoy them. There are few surprises. If you’re a partisan praying…
Party leader’s domestic violence policy will fail survivors and communities
Illustration by Ann Kiernan My ears perked up when Pierre Poilievre announced his plan to address the epidemic of intimate partner violence (IPV). According to the statement he made in…
Campaign notebook latest: how to win without losing
Mark Carney gave an uneasy smile. Fifteen minutes in, it was a pile-on, and Carney was at the bottom of it. The Liberal Prime Minister looked a bit tired, and…
How To Respond To the UKSC Ruling On Trans People
This week, the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) issued a ruling that on the face of it invalidates transgender women’s rights under the law. I haven’t finished reading through the…
How To Respond To the UKSC Ruling On Trans People
This week, the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) issued a ruling that on the face of it invalidates transgender women’s rights under the law. I haven’t finished reading through the…
Leaving Las Metas
Is the act of removing myself from Meta’s walled hellscape — deleting Facebook and Instagram — a kind of digital suicide? What will happen when… The post Leaving Las Metas…