Canadian Politics
We Face Two Stark Choices for Dealing with COVID-19
What ‘Report 9’ means when it compares ‘mitigation or suppression.’ Crawford Kilian Today | TheTyee.caTyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian blogs about COVID-19 here. 66 Comments What measures are coming?…
Bill Morneau’s COVID-19 response: This economic and health crisis is no time for timidity or hesitation
According to Bill Morneau, “as Minister of Finance, my only job is to make sure that Canadians can keep food in the fridge.” That’s actually a rare useful thought for…
With COVID-19 in Alberta, Health Minister Tyler Shandro caves to docs on ‘complex billing’ battle
As Lyndon B. Johnson famously explained, in politics, chicken poop can turn over night into chicken salad. Those weren’t exactly the words used by the late United States Senator from…
Alberta COVID-19 cases rise to 74; UCP to push budget through; Jason Kenney visits the airport
Faced with the embarrassment of having to rewrite Alberta’s budget to acknowledge economic reality and public health necessity in the midst of a global pandemic or stick with one that…
COVID-19, Brought to You by Globalization
Originally published by The Tyee How the virus exploits traits of our economy extolled as modern triumphs. Andrew Nikiforuk Today | TheTyee.ca Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has…
#Coronavirus: crisis comms in a crisis comms situation
Daisy Group has been around for almost 15 years. Generally speaking, we are basically a war room for hire. Specifically, we help folks through crisis communications situations. Like coronavirus. What…
Coronavirus pandemic? What a peculiar time for the health minister to pursue a fight with Alberta’s physicians
Hey! It’s Friday the 13th in the age of the coronavirus. Are you feeling lucky? Apparently Tyler Shandro and Tara Jago are. Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw…
Bill 1 and Alberta’s Ongoing Descent into Authoritarianism
Alberta premier and United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney arrives at a rally protesting against Bill C-69 in Calgary. Tuesday, April 9th, 2019. Photo by Tom Ross/660 NEWS. Since winning…
Trudeaus, Singh in self-isolation
Hope all of them are okay. And that everyone exposed to this remorseless, foul pestilence are okay, too. #BREAKING: Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau are in self-isolation over COVID-19…
It’s almost as if the new coronavirus has evolved to exploit the vulnerabilities of the modern neoliberal state
“The risk to Albertans is still low,” the Government of Alberta’s official website soothingly assured us yesterday afternoon, the day the World Health Organization officially declared the effects of the…
Justin Trudeau plans to meets with Premieres from across Canada in Ottawa this Friday and in response people are organizing a mass demonstration outside of Parliament.
Apologies for the delay in updates. Much has happened this week as actions have continued through the week supporting the demands of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary chiefs that CGL and RCMP…
BREAKING NEWS-Wet’suwet’en Protestors Caused Crash Of Oil Prices
BUSINESS Experts scramble to figure out how global oil price crash the fault of Wet’suwet’en protestors Originally published by BEAVERTON by IAN MACINTYRE(@MRIANMACINTYRE) Photo Credit CALGARY — As oil prices…
Congrats to new #OLP Leader Steven Del Duca
We already knew going into the Ontario Liberal Party Convention that Steven Del Duca had won a majority of delegates going into the Leadership Convention, and only needed superdelegate votes…
Remember when Canada was about to become ‘a global energy powerhouse’? So how’d that work out?
Anybody remember Stephen Harper’s plan to turn Canada into “an energy superpower”? That was in July 2006, a dream articulated in Mr. Harper’s first speech abroad as Canada’s prime minister.…
Alberta should leave Canada if ‘absolute necessities’ not met, Brian Jean says
Former Wildrose Party leader advocates for Premier Jason Kenney to take demands to Ottawa Joel Dryden · CBC News · Posted: Mar 07, 2020 5:03 PM MT | Last Updated:…
Failure-ology
Why did Justin Trudeau lose a million votes in the 2019 election? Why did he lose his majority? Why did he lose his standing in the world, and with Canadians?…
Contracting out employment services in Ford’s Ontario
Ontario premier Doug Ford. Photo from Flickr. Ontario’s self-styled government-for-the-people has announced new “prototype” projects to run social service employment programs. Prototype service managers were revealed in February for Hamilton-Niagara,…