The Frontier Dilemma
There are some people in certain professions I’ve always had some empathy for, and one of those is sports reporters. The reason for that empathy is pretty simple and straightforward;…
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Papa Troll
This guy was almost PM. Stockwell Day wasn't enough of a scare to dissuade Con voters from wasting a decade with Harper. What fresh hell awaits following Scheer?#cdnpoli https://t.co/JMembtaJG6 —…
Canada Humiliated by International Scientific Community
Forty Nobel winners are asking the Canadian government to put an end to the proposed Teck mine. You should too by filling out the petition.
“Nothing to See Here”
Looking around Canada this week at the Federal and Provincial levels, you’d be hard pressed to find any leader having a good week. It’s just been a lot of bad,…
Hate speech ≠ free speech.
Hate speech ≠ free speech
Buffalo Leap
This has been a crazy couple of weeks in our politics and let’s face it, we’re in a very fraught time. There are lots of tensions out there, lots of…
Shuttles: Filling Gaps in Transit
I love this story. I know … I’m such a ‘transit nerd’. (Is there such a thing?). Here are just some top-level reasons why: Smaller vehicles = less costly vehicles…
An Historic Coalition in the Making?
It’s interesting how life can be at times. Lately it seems that everyday I go to drive home from work, something big happens during the two hours it takes me…
Failures of Leadership
As someone who has long been a big believer in the role of our Parliament & the responsibilities that those who serve there have to everyone in this country, this…
The Dishonourable Senator from Northwestern Ontario: Municipal Leaders Push Back
With the way that things have been moving in Canadian politics in the past week, it feels like it’s been ages since I last wrote about the disgraceful Senator Lynn…
Thomas Jefferson, Ursula Le Guin, and Collective Rebirth
Reading a novel by Ursula Le Guin, I think, not only is she a joy to read, in so many ways, but she refused to give in to a…
“A Place to Glow”
When Ontarians elected the Doug Ford Conservatives to government close to two years ago, the province chose to move in a different direction. You can debate or disagree with the…
Not all pipelines are created equal.
It would appear there are questions about pipelines that are dividing this country. They are dividing people, they are dividing scientists, they are dividing concerned environmentalists. The only problem is…
Will Bezos Save The Planet Before Destroying It?
Jeff Bezos has announced he will spend $10 billion on funding projects that will curb climate change. Here are some tips on how he can start in his own backyard,…
Hustling Backwards on Vancouver Island
For those who know me or have been reading my work for a while, you might know that I have some passions outside of politics. Soccer (or as we all…
Failure to Step Up
Today the House of Commons is back in session, after an odd break of a week and a day. MPs are back in Ottawa to deal with the issues that…
Degeneration, Collapse, and Rebirth
What we are facing is systemic degeneration: ecologically, culturally, spiritually, intellectually, psychologically, socially, and biologically in terms of degenerating health and shortening life spans. This is the slow-motion collapse of…
Unite or Die
Peter Dale Scott said it well, in a recent talk that has now been printed in Salon. In short, we must unite or die. What I’ve been saying since my…
Talking Ball Resigns, Wet’suwet’en Protests & Conservative Leader with Graham Richardson
Today I joined Graham Richardson on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” (who sat in for Kristy Cameron), along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked the…
Ball Out
Here in Ontario, as in some other provinces, today is a holiday. In Ontario, we call it Family Day. In Manitoba, it’s Louis Riel Day. But in Newfoundland & Labrador…