Why Would Stephen Harper Derail NAFTA Talks?
Is it possible that Stephen Harper is trying to derail NAFTA so that the Conservatives can return to power in 2019?
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The New Language of Resource Exploitation: From Staples Dependency to Extraction Empire
“Staples dependency” we know from Innis onwards. It can mean reliant upon, dependent on, the export of staples, and permits of a staple theory of linkages as economic theory. It…
Is the Conservative Party of Canada Racist?
Sadly, yes. If you haven’t noticed, here’s something that should startle you into realizing every wing of it associates with Nazis, and talks about limiting immigration as a primary platform…
Blinded by the Brand
Why are people loyal to a brand that guarantees austerity today in return for the promise of prosperity tomorrow with no plan setting out how and when austerity will morph…
Support Trans Youth, Say Pediatricians
On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a policy statement declaring that “The Academy stands against stigmatization and marginalization of youths and emphasizes the need for their acceptance…
Why Does The Media Persist In Saying ‘Progressive’ Conservatives?
There is nothing ‘progressive’ in Canada’s alt-right circles that call themselves Conservatives, so why the media and others still use the phrase?
The Notwithstanding Clause: A Gift from Doug Ford to Jason Kenney
Sometimes silence speaks louder than words. Last week Doug Ford went straight to the nuclear option when a judge told him no Doug, you can’t downsize Toronto city council in…
CLC Senior Economist Job Opening
There’s an exceptional opportunity for a bright and critical-minded economist who is as passionate about social justice and working on behalf of unions and working people as they are about…
The Launch of Documentary Futurism
On September 13th, 2018, the world will receive 15 speculative gifts. On that forward-looking day Cinema Politica launches our newest project in Montreal, Documentary Futurism. Way back in 2016 we…
The Launch of Documentary Futurism
On September 13th, 2018, the world will receive 15 speculative gifts. On that forward-looking day Cinema Politica launches our newest project in Montreal, Documentary Futurism. Way back in 2016 we…
Trump’s ‘Reichstag’ Moment
The writer of the mysterious letter about Trump’s control of the White House? It’s a fraud designed to shatter the image of the media. Watch what happens next.
The Trans Mountain Pipeline Court Decision
Ms Soapbox spent the long weekend poring over the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision nullifying the Order-in-Council that approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). Mr Bumble’s comment in Oliver…
How $1.34 turned into $76.13
I don’t know where you are, but here in the Great White North’s most northerly metropolis, it was a lovely summer. Until smoke from B.C. forest fires began to blot…
Someone Finally Has What It Takes to Challenge Big Pharma
Opioid producers: your ‘get out of jail’ card just expired. The public purse is going to be cut off soon and lawsuits will follow.
Rotstein’s Monumental Epitaph
The late Abraham/Abe Rotstein (1929-2015) was an economist of a leftist persuasion, literally a Left Liberal. He left behind an almost completed manuscript which he had been working on for…
Globe and Mail Oped: We can save democracy from destructive digital threats
I had the privilege of speaking to the Federal Cabinet retreat this week. Details from the event can be found here. I was there to address the challenges of misinformation…
Democracy Divided: Countering Disinformation and Hate in the Digital Public Sphere
Ed Greenspon and I have just published a report as a collaboration between the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Public Policy Forum, called Democracy Divided:…
JFK Airport Experience
“Saskboy doesn’t recommend John F. Kennedy International Airport.” Here’s the summary I left for them on Facebook: They weren’t able to let us deplane for an hour due to a…
Interview with author and professor Juliet Schor
On Earthgauge Radio this week, I was pleased to speak with Juliet Schor. She’s a professor of sociology at Boston University and author of the best-selling 1992 book ‘The Overworked…
B.C. forest fires, climate change, and the Kinder Morgan pipeline
There are now more than 500 forest fires currently burning out of control in BC. Apparently almost the entire province is now blanketed in smoke as well as parts of…