Trump’s border plan for Canada? So far, not a wall
The fist meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump seems to have made it clear that there will be no wall between the 8,891 km Canada-US border.…
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Donald Trump and the Ghost of Richard Nixon
If the Mad King Donald thought that Mad Mike Flynn's sudden departure would end his so-called "RussIan problem," it appears he was sadly deluded.For that problem just keeps getting bigger…
Appalled maybe, but no one should be surprised by the ugly threats against Rachel Notley
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. She has been threatened more than any other Alberta premier, and she reacts with aplomb. Below: British politician Jo Cox, murdered last year by a…
Wasted hours in Washington.
Did you think President Trump was going to slice and dice our prime minister for lunch the other day? First of all, Donald Trump seemed to like Justin Trudeau. He…
The Day Justin Trudeau Tamed Donald Trump
He must have been nervous when he left Ottawa early yesterday morning to go and see Donald Trump.He knew he would be dealing with a maniac, and that one false…
Joint Statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump
On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met for the first time with US President Donald Trump at the White House. Read the two leaders’ joint statement. The post Joint…
Harvard Law School Director Deborah Anker’s Letter To Justin Trudeau Addresses Impact Of Trump’s Executive Orders On Asylum Seekers
Harvard Law School Director Deborah Anker’s letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the impact of Trump’s executive orders on asylum seekers. According to Anker, the orders are “based on…
How to Get Rid of an Autocrat
Donald Trump isn’t the first Western politician to attack the judiciary, muzzle scientists, erode evidence-based decision making by making up alternate facts, disenfranchise voters, create two-tiered citizenship, push a corporate…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Suzuki discusses the merits of a four-day work week in improving both working and living conditions: It’s absurd that so many…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 6: All Trump, all the time
Has there ever been a leader (or, in this case, a ‘leader’) who has so dominated every minute of every news cycle the way Donald Trump has? In the pre-Trump…
Donald Trump Goes After The Pets Of America
We know that Donald Trump is a ghastly beast, one who resembles the porky Napoleon in Orwell's Animal Farm. The one who betrays the other animals, like Trump is betraying…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson comment on the moral and practical harm done by continued inequality: Inequality matters because, as a robust and…
Bill Maher on Donald Trump’s Horrible Week
I must confess that after only three weeks of President Donald Trump, I am being forced to contemplate a horrible possibility: I might go completely bonkers before he does.Because although…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Bruce Campbell points out how Donald Trump’s blind hatred toward any type of regulation can impose costs in Canada and elsewhere to the…
L’Etat C’est Donald
The Trump administration is only three weeks old, but already its character is easy to define. It’s all Donald, all the time. Paul Krugman writes: It’s already clear that any…
Samantha Bee On The Original Trump Haters
Scotland is a small, peaceful country, but one with a proud history of resistance dating back about two thousand years.The people of that land have had to battle all kinds…
The Scary Corruption of Donald Trump
It's not like it was impossible to predict what might happen when the Trump mob took over the White House.Or guess that they might make the Sopranos look like angels.So…
Canadians expect Trudeau to stand up to Donald Trump: Poll
A new Nanos poll found that most Canadians expect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to have the spine to defend Canada against Donald Trump’s aggressive America-first strategy. The post Canadians expect…
Donald Trump is not funny anymore.
The presidential oath of office in the United States needs to borrow a clause from the Hippocratic Oath of doctors: to do no harm. Come the time for an accounting,…
Steve Bannon and the Undermining of Pope Francis
Much has been written recently about Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's closest adviser, and the man many believe is the real president of the United States.The alt-right fanatic who believes that…