Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Sean McElwee examines how the wealthy control the U.S.' political system, while public opinion plays far too little role in policy choices:A comprehensive study…
Justin Trudeau
Cleopatra Ambrose’s Week of Bitter Disappointment
As you may or may not know, Rona Ambrose is called Cleopatra by some of her friends and her enemies in Ottawa. And carries only two burning thoughts around in…
Justin Trudeau, Young Canadians, and the Last Election
During the last election campaign I spent most of my free time trying to encourage young Canadians to vote.As did a lot of other people and groups all over the…
The Day Rona Ambrose Was Exposed as a Harper Puppet
Ever since Rona Ambrose became interim leader of the Cons she has been trying to pretend that it's no longer the Harper Party.But she just can't do it. She just…
The Politics of Hope and the Desperation of Rona Ambrose
I can only imagine how Rona Ambrose must be feeling this weekend, but it can't be a pretty picture.For weeks, with the help of the Con media, she has been…
Shocked, I say
Surely nobody could have predicted that a federal climate change plan of doing no more than every province would accept would be doomed as long as Brad Wall has anything…
Cape Breton Ready To Welcome Americans Nervous About Donald Trump Presidency
If front-running Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump captures the White House in November, Americans are welcome to escape to Cape Breton Island. A new website, "Cape Breton if Donald Trump…
Why Playing Nice With the Cons Won’t Work
I learned long ago that if you want to help build a more equal, kinder, gentler society, you have to be as tough and as ruthless as the Con zombies…
Journalism degrees or degrees of journalism
This week’s kerfuffle over the Rebel Media website’s fight with the Government of Alberta has dominated the news cycle, demonstrating the lack of experience of an NDP government still in…
Go figure! Ezra Levant, the Pied Piper of right-wing-nuttery, has the mainstream media singing his tune!
PHOTOS: Right-wing commentator Ezra Levant in a typical pose, photo by David Stobbe of the University of Saskatchewan. Below: stringer Sheila Gunn Reid in a screen shot of The Rebel’s…
2016 will mark the end of Senate Elections in Alberta
The Senatorial Selection Act, the law that governs Alberta’s unique Senate nominee elections, expires on Dec. 31, 2016. The longstanding policy of the Alberta New Democratic Party which supports the…
On permanent campaigns
Luke Savage is right to point out that Canada's permanent campaign has merely taken on a different dynamic under the Trudeau Libs, rather than actually coming to an end with…
Justin Trudeau and the Antidote to Cynicism
Well it took a while, but I finally found a writer in the MSM who shares my feeling about Justin Trudeau's first 100 days.One who unlike the others sees the…
Stuff Still Happens, week 6: Trudeau keeps promise, gets roasted
The Trudeau government made good on one of its election promises this week. Whether it was a good decision remains to be seen. As promised, Trudeau is pulling our fighter…
The Con Media and Justin Trudeau’s First 100 Days
Well yesterday was the day the MSM decided to devote a lot of their coverage to Justin Trudeau's first 100 days in office.And I must say I found it a…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Sally Goemer writes that extreme inequality is a cause of economic instability for everybody. And Tom Powdrill discusses the importance of organized labour…
The Curious Disappearance of Stephen Harper’s Climate Change Speech
Stephen Harper's important 2007 speech, in which he stated that climate change was “perhaps the biggest threat to confront the future of humanity today” while visiting Germany, is missing from…
Justin Trudeau, the New Military Mission, and the Madness of Rona Ambrose
Now I understand why Justin Trudeau took his time before unveiling our new military mission in Iraq and Syria.For it was worth the wait.It's far more rational and sophisticated than…
Trudeau On Pipelines: Maybe
Last week Justin Trudeau walked into the lion’s den—a boardroom filled with the country’s top oilpatch executives—and got it half right. Luckily he had the good sense to take Premier…
Rona Ambrose and the Con Pipeline Hysteria
By the way Rona Ambrose and the Con zombies have been clamouring for the Energy East pipeline to be built NOW, you might think that if it isn't we're all…