Was there just a coup in Portugal? Why did Canada’s media ignore the story?
PHOTOS: The São Bento Palace, home of the Assembly of the Republic, in Lisbon. Was it just the site of a constitutional coup with implications for Canada? You’d never know…
Canadian Politics
It is likely the Liberal government under Justin Trudeau will like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Don Maroc It is likely the Liberal government under Justin Trudeau will like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) almost as much as the Conservatives under What’s His Name. So it’s…
Trudeau invites May, other leaders to join UN climate summit delegation
Our new Prime Minister elect Justin Trudeau has already turned Ottawa right side up and his election victory is still less than a week old. The divisions among the citizens…
Stephen Harper has gone, but Harperism has not
Photo from Public Domain In conceding defeat Monday, Stephen Harper boasted that he had left his Conservative party in good shape. “When the next time comes, this party will offer…
Devastating election result requires Tom Mulcair’s NDP to again rethink its purpose
Photo by United Steelworkers For the New Democrats, Monday’s election was devastating. The party went from the 103 seats it had won in 2011 to 44. It share of the…
Anyone but Harper might not be enough to tackle climate change
Photo by Schnits With the 42nd federal election in the books here in Canada, now the clock starts ticking down the 42 days until the Paris climate talks begin. The…
Hey Alistair, So I Guess That You’ll Be Heading Off To Ottawa?
Raeside–So, I Guess You’ll Be Heading Off To Ottawa?
Guest Post by Mimi Williams: When the NDP abandoned its socialist principles, it abandoned its chance of winning
PHOTOS: Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair – whatever was he thinking? Below: Guest Post author Mimi Williams; Jeremy Corbyn, new leader of Britain’s Labour Party. Many New Democrats were shocked…
Alberta’s NDP government gets serious about economic diversification, an overdue change
PHOTOS: Premier Rachel Notley with Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous and Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee moments after the two cabinet members were sworn into their new portfolios.…
ANALYSIS Let’s give Margaret Trudeau the respect she deserves
CBC-The return to 24 Sussex Dr. can’t be easy on a family whose early years were torn apart there Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes I scanned this earlier and put it up…
Canada, twisted by the distorted beliefs of neoconservative prairie reformers, rid itself of Stephen Harper
Don Maroc Monday night most of the world went to bed seeing Canada with an arrogantly evil smirk on its formerly amiable face. By the next morning all they could…
Welcome Back To Canada- The Sun Is Shining Brighter!
It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. This post should write itself. I should be able to rest my fingers on the keyboard and have them automatically write of the…
Retirement: A Tax Conundrum For the Working Disabled– Disability A Tax Conundrum For Retired Canadians
Beverley Kernan lives in Cowichan Bay and ovewrsees the care for her elderly disabled father. The tax system is an unjust burden and described as a tax grab. She wrote…
Catastrophe: The NDP lost because it deserved to
Photo by Matt Jiggins It is, ultimately, astounding how facile and false political narratives come back to haunt those who insist on their veracity. And so it has happened with…
Beyond #ELXN42
Image from Public Domain Efforts to get people to vote, complete with ballot-box selfies, loomed large on social media, but when casting a ballot is treated as the noblest thing…
The story thus far from Alberta: the Western Alienation narrative starts today
PHOTOS: A couple of typical alienated Westerners discuss what to do next now that another Trudeau is about to be sworn in as prime minister of Canada. Head for the…
meet the new boss and etc.
Well, here’s something I never expected: the Harper Conservatives get booted out, and I’m not celebrating. I’m happy they’re gone, of course. And some spectacular assholes lost their seats. But…
Justin Trudeau’s victory speech was generous, but toughly repudiated Stephen Harper’s divisive rule
PHOTOS: Justin Trudeau addresses supporters in Montreal last night in this screen shot from the CBC’s broadcast of the prime minister elect’s victory speech. Below: the Trudeaus, son and father.…