On Tuesday, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives reminded us that it takes the country’s 100 highest-paid corporate CEOs less than an hour to make $58,800 – the average Canadian…
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms President John Carpay has been charged with obstruction of justice by Winnipeg Police and was arrested after turning himself in to Calgary Police Friday, the…
Happy New Year! The small block of Calgary’s North Glenmore neighbourhood, south of Glenmore Trail, that’s in both the federal Calgary Heritage Riding and the provincial Calgary-Elbow riding (Map: Government…
So, yesterday, a police officer in Ontario was killed. Inevitably, we get cries of “this could have been prevented”, largely on the basis that one of the accused in the…
Toronto Mayor John Tory and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Photo from Twitter. Earlier this month, Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell affixed her signature to Bill 39, the Better Municipal Governance…
UCP leader and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Photo by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta/Flickr. It used to be that conservatives campaigned to the right and governed to the centre. This tried…
Thirty nine per cent. That was the risible turnout of voters for the local municipal election here in Collingwood. Significantly fewer than half of our eligible voters made the effort…
Now that the national inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act has turned its spotlight on the organizers of last February’s occupation of Ottawa and various border blockades, and…
The Conservative movement’s vast army of online trolls has been strangely silent about the right of poorly paid Ontario education workers to negotiate a decent salary for themselves. Ontario Premier…
When Manitoba Conservative Premier Heather Stefanson blew off Alberta Conservative Premier Danielle Smith’s call yesterday to ship Alberta oil through the Hudson Bay port of Churchill, Wild Rose Country’s most…
In Canada this year, food bank usage hit an all-time high. In March 2022, there were almost 1.5 million visits to food banks — 15% more than there were one…
Anjali Appadurai meets with supporters in downtown Nelson, BC, August 30, 2022. Photo by Peter Schramm. The BC NDP has just narrowly avoided a takeover by its own members. Responding…
Anjali Appadurai meets with supporters in Lakeside Park, Nelson, BC, August 30, 2022. Photo by Bill Metcalfe. Below is a full transcript of Anjali Appadurai’s response to the BC NDP…
Climate and social justice advocate Anjali Appadurai was disqualified from running for the BC NDP leadership on October 19. Image courtesy Anjali For BC NDP Leader/Facebook. In British Columbia, the…
Should Canadians still pledge their allegiance to the monarch? Photo from iStock. It is not often that I find myself agreeing with Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, whose ethno-nationalist,…
Photo courtesy Anjali Appadurai/Twitter The BC NDP executive committee has voted to disqualify Anjali Appadurai from the race to elect its new leader. This means that David Eby—the only remaining…
A Winnipeg police cruiser sits parked near a church on Cumberland Street. Photo by Dave Shaver/Flickr. Winnipeg is in the midst of another uninspiring municipal election. But unlike previous rounds,…
“In queue for Queen, Premier Kenney signs order banning remote work option for civil servants.” University of Alberta political scientist Jared Wesley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). In fact, there was…
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to supporters at a rally in Alberta. Photo from Facebook. “Dog bites man isn’t news,” the old adage goes. “But man bites dog sure…
NEW YORK It’s been a few days since I’ve been able to file any commentary on this blog. Times Square at supper time tonight (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). While I…
