Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jennifer Robson examines the lessons we should learn from EI’s failures which required a less-onerous and more-widely-available income support system to bail…
Health Care
The COVID-19 emergency may not be over, but your hospital parking fee holiday is
It was a big deal back in April when the government of Alberta suspended hospital parking fees for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. Health Minister Tyler Shandro was Johnny…
The Answer To Cancer – Important Video
Extremely important – and FREE VIEWING this afternoon. (Wed, Aug. 5, 2020) Video will be taken offline at 9pm ET, when Episode Two goes live. Episode One is two hours,…
Kidney March 2020
Hello out there in Blog Land! I realize I haven’t posted in a while, but for a change of pace I thought I’d let you know that I am participating…
Kidney March 2020
Hello out there in Blog Land! I realize I haven’t posted in a while, but for a change of pace I thought I’d let you know that I am participating…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Crawford Kilian examines a few crucial questions as to what Canada needs to keep, throw away and modify based on the lessons learned…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Murray Mandryk writes about the history behind the possibility of a large-scale irrigation project. But Jason Warick reports that in trying to make…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Christine Berry offers a reminder that protecting public health is absolutely necessary for us to see any economic recovery in the wake…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Niikiforuk discusses why we shouldn’t count on a COVID-19 vaccine to emerge at all – nor to fully resolve the dangers…
rest in power, larry kramer
We activists like to paraphrase the legendary labour activist Joe Hill by saying “First mourn, then organize”. Larry Kramer, who died yesterday at the age of 84, defined the phrase.…
On breaches of trust
Among other lessons to be learned from the coronavirus pandemic, we should be taking the opportunity to ask ourselves what we expect from our leaders – and whether they’re living…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jason Warick reports on the concern of doctors that Scott Moe’s insistence on reducing protections against the spread of COVID-19 doesn’t take…
Hard to believe keeping meatpacking and oilsands plants running hasn’t contributed to COVID-19 spread
If you listened carefully to yesterday’s COVID-19 briefing in Edmonton, it was difficult to avoid the conclusion the Kenney Government’s reluctance to regulate certain industries has contributed to the spread…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bruce Campbell writes that we have a needed opportunity to reimagine how our economy and society are organized, while Gregory Beatty rightly argues…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dan Gardner writes that the COVID-19 pandemic is exactly the type of rare but severe event which should be the subject of thorough…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Miles Corak weighs in on how COVID-19 is revealing and exacerbating existing inequality rather than serving as any leveling force. – Jessica…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Paul Wells highlights the futility in telling people to stay home when they lack a home to stay in. And Robyn Urback discusses…
Layoffs one day, billion-dollar pipeline giveaways the next — it’s not easy keeping up with the Kenneys!
Keeping up with the Kenneys will make your head spin. Yesterday, the Kenney Government was justifying the layoffs of 26,000 public-sector education workers by claiming there are limits to Alberta’s…
Sanders & The Terror Of Socialism, vs The Real Dangers
A note to those on the right: Universal public health care is considered a basic human right in Canada, the UK, Europe, and every civilized country. It aslo happens…