Covid Journal, May 29, 2020
Europe’s Green Recovery; Anarchy in the USA; Questioning Catholic education funding.
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Authoritarianism & Medical Martial Law
No to medical martial law. Fascism is never in the true interests of public health or safety, nor is it ever justifiable. Must we be reminded of this? Authoritarianism always…
A Cold Response from Alberta
Throughout this Covid-19 crisis many political leaders who I strongly disagree with have done a good job in my estimation. I have no problem saying that a lot of these…
Covid Journal, May 28, 2020
Why didn’t the Canadian government just BUY the Toronto Star rather than hand money over to individuals to then privatize the whole company?
Why Politicians Following Physical Distancing Measures Matters
We live in times where transparency matters, especially from government. These are also times when setting the example matters greatly and when not doing so has serious consequences. Some of…
Toronto Star: A legacy forsaken.
Friday evening dinner in my household as a child was often fish and chips, wrapped in pages of newsprint torn from the Toronto Star, to keep your dinner warm. In…
A Needless Stunt at Queen’s Park
Over the past week we’ve had lots of talk and discussion about the importance of social distancing measures. The whole incident at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto on Saturday was…
Covid Journal, May 27, 2020
Criminal behaviour at nursing homes; masks; suicides. Just another day of updates about Covid during lockdown.
A Watershed Moment in Long-Term Care
There are moments that happen, events that take place, that change the course of things. These moments are so striking, so stark, that strikes such a nerve that it makes…
A Dangerous Erosion of Trust?
In hard times, difficult situations and global crises, we need to be able to trust the information we get from our governments. Reliable information is important to help people do…
Talking Our Responsibilities to One Another with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about saturdays scene in Trinity Bellwoods Park…
Not Helping the Team: The Contrary MPP
Since Saturday’s events at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, the debate around what happened there, how it should have been prevented and what both governments and individuals need to do…
The Awkward Collision of Pre-Covid Politics & Covid Reality
These times that we’re living in, wow. We’re into the last week of May and it’s striking to think of all the things that we’ve seen take place over the…
Talking the Return of Parliament & Parties Collecting the Federal Wage Subsidy on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed today’s return of Parliament, how it should…
Covid Journal, May 25, 2020
A Covid cure, religion, politics and austerity: all the things we’re not supposed to discuss at the dinner table.
Covid Journal, May 20, 2020
Jason Kenney and Elizabeth May falling apart at the seams …
Why are Covidiots teaming up with the far right?
Share this: Misinformation about the Covid-19 Pandemic has been circulating through the internet much like a virus would. Those with a disdain for science and rational thought tirelessly tweet, comment,…
Scenes from a Mall II
Here in Peoples Republic of Alberta, life is returning to some semblance of normal; or, if I may employ the most overused expression of the day, the ‘new normal’. If…
Our Responsibilities to One Another
We’re going into the last week of May, and I must admit it feels strange to think that we are. It does because that means we’re almost in June, which…
Harry Who?
It is a different world for poor Harry Windsor. He cut himself off from the trappings of royalty with surgical precision. Now he is staring up from a prone position…