Despite all of Donald Trump’s bluster about Mexico and its people, America’s southern neighbour has become its largest trading partner. U.S. census data released last week showed that Mexico’s trade…
This is one we’re not going to be able to duck. We can’t kick this can down the road. It’s already underway, one of the knock-on effects of existing global…
At least there’s something Doug Ford can thank his Liberal predecessor for – cutting Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions. He’s positively boastful about that, to the point where he’s shining an…
It is as logical as it is implausible – a global Green New Deal to harness the community of nations; big and small, rich and poor; to a plan to…
British Columbia shows carbon pricing works while another province looks uselessly backwards. The regressive and antidemocratic Ontario “conservative” government is set to sue the Canadian government for protecting the environment.…
Coffee production takes a lot of water and produces a wonderful bean filtered drink at the end. In Canada many aboriginal communities are suffering from a lack of potable water…
It was October, 1980, and US elections were just a few days away. Ronald Reagan took to the airwaves and asked Americans “Are you better off than you were four…
In today’s NYT, columnist Paul Krugman writes “Donald Trump Is Trying to Kill You.“ Krugman explores how Trump’s de-regulation rampage is giving rise to threats that will accelerate premature deaths…
Christopher Bird explains what it’s like to be a reasonable Canadian observing Canadian political struggles of the largest 2 parties in their efforts to govern: I don’t particularly like Justin…
Change is afoot. The latest report on climate change in Canada is unsettling. It’s even ominous. The only surprising part is that anyone would be surprised by the report or…
The federal government is scheduled to release a report tomorrow that concludes our Great White North is warming at twice the global rate. Don’t worry, we’ve got a carbon tax…
Billy Mays here with your latest As Seen On TV fad/junk: Andrew Scheer here.Trudeau's carbon tax will raise gas prices 4.6 cents on Monday, so fill your tank! Storm the…
Today was the birthday of Milton Acorn, the People’s Poet, who lived rough, and died before he was eligible for the Old Age Security, even under the old rules. For…
I've heard that Liberals are announcing an EV rebate soon. Great! (3 years late, but better late than Conservative.)A few important points for them to consider:1. #climatechange is real, which…
Canada has had some bad Ministers of Finance, but can you think of a stinkier one than Oliver in his time since being tossed? Just yesterday the odious Financial Post…
2 weeks ago Elizabeth May was in Regina at the University and gave the following speech. In it she covered everything from our failed public transportation systems, to SNC-Lavalin’s punishment…
One of the families who helped American whistleblower Edward Snowden stay safe while he was in Hong Kong have arrived in Canada. Snowden provided proof to the world that the…
You can find no shortage of angry Conservatives who are absolutely livid with the Prime Minister or Rachel Notley for not yet expanding a pipeline to the BC coast from…
In the end, the “Alberta Advantage” was dependence. And in retrospect, undoing that dependence on the oil industry — a mixture of real and perceived — needed to be the…
