Canada – TrumpLand north?
July 30, Stephen Colbert interviewed Jacob Soboroff and Katy Tur, presenters of American Swamp, a four-part docuseries on MSNBC about government corruption. They talk about politics in the USA but…
environment
Environmental destruction—more than a war crime?
The UN’s International Law Commission currently has on its agenda an item concerned with protecting the environment in times of war. The commission has drawn up 28 draft principles, the…
Wednesday Morning Links
This and that for your mid-week reading. – Noah Smith writes about the unfairness and inaccuracy in blaming people for finding themselves in poverty. And Sarah Kaine and Emmanuel Josserand…
Being a Gadfly or Just a Bitch
Or perhaps we should be casual observers watching the end without comment. Hmmm…. A few years ago, a friend with a similar house as mine in a similar neighbourhood complimented…
No Deal without Nature
Relentless reports of the escalating climate emergency have given impetus to appeals for a Green New Deal. Most recently in Canada, a coalition of NGOs, activists and celebrities has rallied…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bob Rivett highlights the fact that climate protesters are motivated by the desire to save our world from the reckless corporations and politicians…
Dangerous acts of self deception
Optimists assert that the benefits from technological innovation will be able to outpace the negative effects of climate change. This view of climate change may be a dangerous act of…
Sunday Morning LInks
This and that for your Sunday reading. – James Cairns discusses why socialism is seeing a resurgence in popularity, particularly among younger citizens who see little reason for hope in…
The Cheapest Way to Save the Planet Grows Like a Weed
Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the cheapest and most efficient way to tackle the climate crisis. So states a Guardian article, citing a new analysis…
Corporate Mapping Project grant was approved on Stephen Harper’s watch, OK?
On a personal note, it was a disappointing shock to learn of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s rage tweet yesterday morning blaming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the $2.5-million Social Sciences…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Niki Ashton writes about Justin Trudeau’s glaring failure to understand the importance of parity in services and genuine nation-to-nation recognition as core elements…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Erika Beauchesne discusses the benefits of a wealth tax as both a means of reducing inequality, and a source of revenue for…
The Lesson of the Beaver: Something for Alberta’s fossil fuel boosters to think about
If you forget everything else, just remember this about our country’s incessant and often bitter debate about fossil fuels: “Canada is never going to run out of oil, just like…
CBC, Change the Debate
CBC has a history of providing a substandard democracy experience for its owners, the Canadian public. Over a decade ago I organized a Regina protest in front of CBC Saskatchewan…
Conservatives Make Asthma Great Again
Canadian Cons desperately want to have MAGA as a campaign slogan because it worked so well for the President. That’s why they want to Make Asthma Great Again, and remove…
Alberta’s foreign-funded-fossil-fuel defamation inquisition: Stand by for an expensive gong show
Here are three predictions about Jason Kenney’s inquiry into that “foreign-funded defamation campaign” against Alberta’s fossil fuel industry. It will be a gong show It will cost far more than…
Corporate Friendly Premier Horgan Oversees The Flip Flop Sellout At Shawnigan
Today’s political soup offers little in the way of social or environmental sustenance. The Horgan government’s Environment minister George Heyman delivered the decision selling out the citizens of Shawnigan Lake…
Forty Nine Cowichan groups urge local governments to declare climate emergency
Local governments are told they are “where the rubber hits the road” when it comes to doing anything Originally published y the Cowichan Citizen LEXI BAINAS Jul. 5, 2019 7:00…
On fanaticism
I’ve previously pointed out the connection between Andrew Scheer and an explicit effort to elevate the burning of fossil fuels to goal surpassing any interest in human well-being. But it’s…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Susie Neilson discusses the growing health gap between the rich and the rest of the population in the U.S. And Ricardo Tranjan…