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Canadian ‘Totalitarianism’? Hope Can Win, Says Author Thomas King
Canadian ‘Totalitarianism’? Hope Can Win, Says Author Thomas King Governor General award winner talks election politics and the power of words Cherished author and former New Democrat candidate Thomas King insists he’ll stay out of politics this pivotal election season. But on the heels of his Governor General award-winning novelThe Back of the Turtle — set […]
The Tragedy of Harper’s Canada
The Tragedy of Harper’s Canada Tilting Toward Totalitarianism “This abuse of executive power is tilting toward totalitarian government and away from the foundations of democracy and the rule of law on which this country was founded.” -Errol Mendes, Professor of constitutional and international law (University of Ottawa) The current Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen […]
Chicken Little Meet the Friends of Science
Chicken Little Meet the Friends of Science Canada’s leading climate conspiracy theorists, the Friends of Science, are out this week with a critique on climate change that would make even Chicken Little blush. In a press release issued Thursday, the Friends of Science state that if plans proceed to move our country away from carbon-intensive fuel sources like oil and coal, “Canada […]
Six Tough Questions about the China Trade Deal
Six Tough Questions about the China Trade Deal Gus Van Harten, author of ‘Sold Down the Yangtze,’ breaks down the FIPA’s impacts. In his new book, Sold Down the Yangtze, trade law expert and Osgoode law professor Gus Van Harten takes apart the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China, detailing how he perceives […]
As Harper Stalls on Climate, Canada Moves Without Him
As Harper Stalls on Climate, Canada Moves Without Him Students, provinces, investors and unions are taking action. How long can he ignore it? One of the first things Stephen Harper did after winning a majority in 2011 was to build a system of levees around the Prime Minister’s Office. They weren’t physical levees, of course, […]
How Harper Put Canada Massively in the Red
How Harper Put Canada Massively in the Red He ate up a huge federal surplus, piled up six deficits. This PM wants to run on fiscal smarts? Last in series In the run up to the 2015 federal election, the Harper government will try to convince Canadians that the prime minister and his crew have […]
Climate change will push Canadian business onside
Climate change will push Canadian business onside Companies seem conservative today, but just watch when they reach the profitable tipping point Until he lost his shirt in the Dirty Thirties, a relative of mine was an influential businessman in southern Saskatchewan. Among his interests was a livery stable, with a blacksmith, harnesses, buggy whips and everything you needed to keep […]
The G7 and its 85–year carbon pledge
The G7 and its 85–year carbon pledge The G7 gives itself a lifetime to fulfil its climate change promise If you thought it was hard to keep up your New Year’s resolution, try keeping an 85-year pledge. That’s exactly what Canada and the other G7 countries are committing themselves to as they try to get control […]
OPEC oil glut is shattering Harper’s superpower dream
OPEC oil glut is shattering Harper’s superpower dream Producers’ brinksmanship has worked, and Canada is cutting production In the battle to see who blinks first, OPEC hasn’t blinked. And it looks like it isn’t going to, as it meets this week in Vienna. Six months ago the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, led by Saudi Arabia, […]
Canada’s truthiest election campaign begins: Don Pittis
Canada’s truthiest election campaign begins: Don Pittis True or not, politicians defend their promises with passion and confidence The Harper Conservatives are the balanced-budget party. You might as well get that into your head now, because you are going to be hearing it repeated till election day. This is also the economic stewardship party, the spending-on-transit […]
Harper’s Folly: Canada Losing $30+ Billion/Year on Tar-Sands Oil
Harper’s Folly: Canada Losing $30+ Billion/Year on Tar-Sands Oil Oil is our most-precious commodity as fuel for the global economy. It is also becoming a scarce commodity, as global production has flattened, while global demand continues to climb relentlessly, everywhere in the world except for the dying economies of Europe and North America. It is a classic […]
Bill C-51 ‘Day of Action’ protests denounce new policing powers
Bill C-51 ‘Day of Action’ protests denounce new policing powers NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May join protests in Montreal, Toronto Protests are underway across Canada against the government’s proposed anti-terrorism legislation, which would give police much broader powers and allow them to detain terror suspects and give new powers to Canada’s spy […]
New Anti Terror Laws Coming After Attack On Charlie Hebdo
New Anti Terror Laws Coming After Attack On Charlie Hebdo Stephen Harper announced that an “international Jihadist Movement Has Declared War On The World”, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack in France. He also stated that new anti terrorism legislation would be introduced shortly after the House of Commons winter break. The Canadian […]
Prospect of deficit threatens Conservative government’s best laid plans | Toronto Star
Prospect of deficit threatens Conservative government’s best laid plans | Toronto Star. TTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government faces a roller-coaster ride in the coming months as it tries to balance Ottawa’s books and implement a lavish program of family-oriented tax cuts and spending in advance of an election. The Conservatives have been saying 2015 will […]
Stephen Harper’s climate-change comments only half the story, critics say – Politics – CBC News
Stephen Harper’s climate-change comments only half the story, critics say – Politics – CBC News. Stephen Harper is often accused of being absent on environmental issues, but in a year-end interview with CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge, the prime minister said his government is doing its bit to combat climate change and that greenhouse gas […]
