Why the NDP Has Become the Unofficial Opposition During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Had the Liberals held a majority in Parliament, Canada’s pandemic response may have been much worse NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill as…
Canadian Politics
Conservatives are weaponizing the COVID-19 pandemic to promote nationalism
Originally published by Rabble.ca Nicholas Erwin-Longstaff May 13, 2020 POLITICS IN CANADA As the coronavirus pandemic ravages the world, the dangerously unstable foundations of the globalized economy have been laid…
Why won’t Ottawa do anything to rein in equine identity theft?
Is this Stablegate? The Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants to know why Justin Trudeau and his Liberals aren’t reining in equine identity theft. The Twittersphere exploded yesterday when CTF Federal Director…
That rumble you hear is the sound of the Shock Doctrine artillery softening up Alberta for austerity on steroids
In trench warfare, before the shock troops go over the top, the artillery softens up the defenders with a barrage at the point of the attack. In the midst of…
‘Same Old, Same Old’: How Corporate Canada Puts Profit Above All Else
President Trump delivers remarks with Justin Trudeau, and then Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto at the signing the USMCA trade agreement on the margins of the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in…
The oilsands’ other dirty little secret — Canadians barely own ’em
It’s the other dirty little secret of the oilsands: Foreign companies and their shareholders are benefitting from the huge dividends produced by Alberta’s vast bitumen sand deposits while Canadians are…
OPINION Making history: How a pandemic took the world by surprise
Originally published by the Globe and Mail OPINION Making history: How a pandemic took the world by surprise The world will be different after the COVID-19 crisis, historian Margaret…
Jason Kenney calls Elizabeth May, Yves-François Blanchet ‘un-Canadian,’ accuses them of ‘blaming the victim’
Now that Premier Jason Kenney has declared it “un-Canadian” to say oil is dead, I wonder if it’s OK to admit Alberta’s fossil fuel industry is on the ropes? Probably.…
Jason Kenney is Canada’s least popular premier
Jason Kenney is Canada’s least popular premier. When you add in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, he’s also Canada’s least popular first minister. Chart showing Jason Kenney is Canada’s least popular…
Maybe it’s time for Ottawa to use its power to close those meatpacking plants until their owners fix their COVID-19 mess
Now that he’s made a little progress sorting out Canada’s gun enthusiasts, maybe it’s time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do something about those coronavirus mega-spreaders in our midst…
We’re in for a Bad Wildfire Season. The Corona Virus Will Make It Worse
The parallels recall the 2003 ‘Holy Shit’ fire in Western Canada. Ed Struzik 30 Apr 2020 | The Conversation Canada Edward Struzik is the author of Firestorm: How Wildfire Will…
Reform and Transform: Police Abolitionism and Sloppy Thinking
RCMP officers assemble in Burnaby Mountain Park in response to a citizen’s protest rally against oil giant Kinder Morgan, Thursday, November 20, 2014. Photo by Mark Klotz/Flickr. This article is…
Alberta’s statement on Ottawa’s gun ban illustrates how little the rule of law really matters to Conservatives
Jason Kenney marked May 1 with a message to the Conservative base complaining about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decisive move in the wake of the murderous shooting rampage in Portapique,…
Apology by Kristin Raworth
Kristin Rayworth is a woman who works for the Alberta government and who used to follow me on Twitter. About two years ago, Rayworth publicly tweeted at me that she…
Disaster Capitalism at Work in Manitoba
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister at the 2017 Canada Summer Games. Photo from Flickr. One misstep from disaster While many will escape the worst health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic currently…
Should we welcome Michelle Rempel Garner home with a festive serving of Oklahoma’s official state meal?
Did you know Oklahoma has an official state meal? The State Legislature in Oklahoma City designated the repast as an official state symbol in 1988. And, I must say, it…
Strange bedfellows: UCP and Tzeporah Berman both praise Justin Trudeau’s oilpatch bailout!
Tzeporah Berman, the high-profile Vancouver environmentalist, on Friday lauded the oil-sector provisions of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 bailout package as a sensible way to begin winding down the Canadian…
Justin Trudeau needs to do something bold to fix the long-term-care disaster: here’s a suggestion
Surging deaths in Canadian long-term care facilities have blown Canada’s COVID-19 death projections to smithereens. Last night, the CBC reported the number of deaths from COVID-19 is already double what…
We Need a Robust CBC Now More Than Ever
CBC logo under magnifying glass. Photo by Marco Verch/Flickr. The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a surge of web traffic from people stuck at home and eager to keep up…