Fractured Land
I went to see this at the Perimeter Institute last night, and was so excited to meet the star of it, Caleb Behn, Eh-Cho Dene and Dunne-Za hunter, fisher, activist,…
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- The BBC reports that even UK business groups are acknowledging that excessive executive pay is leading to public concern and distrust in the state…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Scott Vrooman rightly makes the point that increased wealth at the top tends to splash outside a country's borders rather than trickling down.…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Lana Payne writes about the need for a Bernie Sanders in Canada to highlight and oppose the privilege of the wealthy few:It is in…
Field notes from the Treaty 8 Moose Summit
Monday, April 18, 2016 In February 2016, West Coast's Hannah Askew attended a Moose Management...
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The Ontario Association of Food Banks discusses the long-term damage done by childhood poverty and deprivation:When facing a very tight budget, food is often…
Why Canadians Need to Rush to the Rescue of Attawapiskat
Attawapiskat, the small First Nation's community on the edge of James Bay, is a place well known to many Canadians.And sadly for all the wrong reasons.Five years ago it had…
David Suzuki: World Water Day reminds us not to take clean water for granted
Environmentalist David Suzuki proposes a few awesome actions that would help ensure that "all Canadians have access to clean, safe water for generations to come." The post David Suzuki: World…
Keeping Up with Kristy Klark & Justin Kardashian….
With Site C, LNG Trudeau govt already breaking promises to First Nations, environment Posted March 21, 2016 by Damien Gillis in Energy and Resources While we have some cause celebrate…
With Site C, LNG Trudeau govt already breaking promises to First Nations, environment
By approving Woodfibre LNG and refusing to cancel federal permits for Site C, the Trudeau government is showing that, when it really matters, its promises to First Nations and the…
Sunday Morning LInks
Assorted content for your Sunday reading.- Peter Moskowitz highlights why we shouldn't be counting on crowdfunding or other private sources to address social needs. And Lana Payne calls out the…
New column day
Here, on the contrast between a Saskatchewan Party platform (and government) dedicated to handing money to the people who need it least, and an NDP which plans to help where…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Robert Reich points out how perpetually more severe corporate rights agreements are destroying the U.S.' middle class. And Michael Geist concludes his must-read series…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jonathan Sas offers a worthwhile read on the potential value of a basic income - as well the importance of retaining and strengthening…
On controversial responses
A propos of nothing in particular, let's go over this a couple more times:Colby Cosh's latest on the role of the "human search engine" in tracking down information about candidates…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Tim Harford discusses John Maynard Keynes' failed prediction that workers would continue to win increased leisure time over the past few decades:(I)t is…
No, BC Actually Mentored Saskatchewan’s Poor-Bashing
Despite being Metro News, Emily Jackson’s great piece yesterday about how brutally cruel the Saskatchewan government is should make us mindful of a number of issues. Not the least of…
Truth and reconciliation: First Nations kids won, now it’s time for a better relationship with Indigenous peoples
Kids won when the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Canada racially discriminates against First Nations children. Andrea Auger discusses the tribunal's findings on racial discrimination in Canada’s Indigenous child…
Suzuki, Phillip lead support for Peace Valley land defenders as Hydro seeks injuction
David Suzuki and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip will be at the BC Supreme Court in downtown Vancouver Monday morning to speak to media and support the Treaty 8 Stewards of…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- The Star-Phoenix duly calls out the Wall government's short-sighted slashing of funding for homeless shelters:Regardless of how the government frames the changes, access…