Whither the Alberta NDP?
During the provincial election of 2015, Rachel Notley was everywhere. Literally. The party – which, going into the election, had just four seats – was desperate. Their candidates were so…
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Oh, Canada: A Funeral Dirge – And A Prayer
Travelling the world recently again, I am struck by the staggering ignorance among the great majority of people in the world, as to what Canada is like today. All of…
Is Canada Okay?
Dr. Mike Moffatt explained the six economic problems Canadians should worry about. He starts with red tape stopping things that would benefit us, a lack of state capacity, overlapping jurisdictions…
The Big Picture: Markers Of The Global Tectonic Shift, Now Underway
Or, The Big Picture: Economic Strength vs Economic Insolvency: US, Canada and Uruguay compared Uruguayan national debt in 2023:$40 billion USD(52% of GDP) Canadian national debt in 2023:$1.4 trillion USDOr$1,400…
Canada Now Requires Companies to Disclose Who Benefits
Following similar legislation in other countries Canada has finally introduced a beneficial ownership requirement on Canadian companies. Federally registered companies will have to disclose who owns them, which means it’ll…
Liberals Are Right About Conservative Intentions
But the Liberals are wrong about the solution. Their betrayal on electoral reform has given the CPC’s PP power over them. They could be working collaboratively to implement things the…
Are Canadians surrendering to climate change?
Maybe federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is on to something. He shows little interest in the overarching issue of the day—climate change—while trashing the carbon tax, a key instrument in…
C-58, a victory for workplace democracy
People have fought for rights in their workplaces as long as there have been workplaces. The first labour strike in recorded history took place in Egypt in the reign of…
Canada in Afghanistan – a conversation with author Owen Schalk
PAUL GRAHAM: Owen Schalk is a writer of short stories, novels, political analyses, and essays on film and literature. He is a columnist at Canadian Dimension, and has written for…
BLOWBACK – And Collapse
JFK, MLK, The CIA – And The Collapse Of The West Yes, the evidence is clear: the CIA killed JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X. They are the goons of…
War Crimes Upon War Crimes
What’s worse than bombing a hospital? Bombing a refugee camp, turning it into a death camp. The excuse: There was apparently a Hamas commander there. So if the first devastating…
A Gaza-Canadian analogy
Reading about the circumstances of the Palestinians in Gaza, I was reminded of a piece of our own history: the infamous pass system. In the late 19th and early 20th…
A New Guide to Science Advocacy
Scientists used to think that sharing the facts and evidence of an issue was enough to sway policy makers and the general public. Unfortunately, with many issues facing us today…
Are our hands clean?
One of the best articles I have read about the Hamas-Israel war is The New York Times “There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation. It Must Survive” by Peter…
Why are we less polarized than the U.S.?
Witnessing the current state of affairs in our great neighbour to the south, the word polarization leaps to the tongue. In a previous post I suggested what we call polarization…
Speaker Now And Forever Hold Your Pee
OK, the blog title doesn’t exactly work. You come up with a pun for both Speakers of Canada and the US Congress quitting/being tossed in one week. Both the Canadian,…
India—too big to hold accountable?
The world isn’t a fair place. The rule of law doesn’t apply globally. Might is often right. This reality overarches Canada’s accusation that the Indian government orchestrated the murder/assassination of…
OMG. Liberal Speaker Encourages House to Give Ovation to Nazi.
That's bad. Remember when Lyle Stewart of the SaskParty invited an infamous murderer to the Throne Speech a few months ago too?#skpoli — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) September 25, 2023 The…
Plague Update: It’s Still (Not) Over
BC isn’t helping old people with COVID-19. Seems like eugenics. Can you imagine the scandal if this happened 2 years ago? We do “this” because we will NOT go gentle…
The Spat With India
So, India is expanding its temper tantrum over Canada expressing concerns over the suspected role of the Modi government in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. To a certain extent,…