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Canada’s Trudeau is Under Fire For His Record on Green Issues
Canada’s Trudeau is Under Fire For His Record on Green Issues After 10 years of a fossil-fuel friendly Conservative government, many Canadians welcomed the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister. But Trudeau’s decisions to approve two oil pipelines and a major gas facility have left some questioning just how green the new leader really […]
Justin Trudeau’s Shame: Extending Carte Blanche to Israel
Justin Trudeau’s Shame: Extending Carte Blanche to Israel Here’s a Middle East multiple choice question for you (warning: one of these will get you condemned by the government of Justin Trudeau). Would you rather that the Palestinian people 1) once again take up armed struggle in order to end Israeli occupation of their land or […]
Liberal fiscal plans less transparent than under Harper, Kevin Page says
Liberal fiscal plans less transparent than under Harper, Kevin Page says Kevin Page, Canada’s former parliamentary budget officer, says the Liberal government is even less transparent on fiscal matters than their Conservative predecessors. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Listen 9:40 Canada’s former parliamentary budget officer says the Liberal government is even less transparent on fiscal matters than the Conservative […]
Seven Ways TPP Favours Mega-rich Foreign Investors, Not Canadians
Seven Ways TPP Favours Mega-rich Foreign Investors, Not Canadians And why there’s still time for Trudeau to reject it. The Trudeau government still has options to push for renegotiation or to decline either to sign or to ratify the TPP on Canada’s behalf. Protest photo by arindambanerjee via Shutterstock. The Harper government agreed to the text of the […]
Seven Ways TPP Favours Mega-rich Foreign Investors, Not Canadians
Seven Ways TPP Favours Mega-rich Foreign Investors, Not Canadians And why there’s still time for Trudeau to reject it. The Trudeau government still has options to push for renegotiation or to decline either to sign or to ratify the TPP on Canada’s behalf. Protest photo by arindambanerjee via Shutterstock. The Harper government agreed to the text of the […]
Let’s Help Canada’s Newspapers Stop Embarrassing Themselves
Let’s Help Canada’s Newspapers Stop Embarrassing Themselves In this post-Harper era, our democratic institutions must be fixed. Start with media. Observing the cathartic effect of the end the Harper regime reveals just how traumatized millions of Canadians were by nearly 10 years of rule by this vindictive prime minister. The analogies and metaphors keep coming: […]
Canadian Election: A Study in Values
Canadian Election: A Study in Values Those who work on climate change were both chuffed and chagrined by its role in Canada’s federal election campaign, which peaked last week with the victory of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and defeat of Conservative incumbent Stephen Harper. “The environment” – a catch-all concept that often encompasses concern about […]
Trust Trudeau? I’ll Wait and See
Trust Trudeau? I’ll Wait and See Canada’s young prince promises ‘real change.’ I can’t help but be wary. Like many Canadians, I want to trust the Liberals, but I don’t enjoy having to trust them. Photo by Mario Jean. How are we feeling about the new Canadian Camelot? Justin Trudeau is young, movie star handsome, […]
Harper’s Revolutionary Foreign Policy
Harper’s Revolutionary Foreign Policy Bellicose words, pandering flip flops, just one aim: Win votes at home. Shredded by vote-driven strategy, Canada’s foreign policy has no real conservative agenda, no moral centre. Canadian flag image via Shutterstock. No Canadian prime minister has put his personal stamp on foreign affairs more than Stephen Harper. And no prime minister has […]
The Canadian Elections: Cover-Up and Steal (Again)
The Canadian Elections: Cover-Up and Steal (Again) Canadians are within a few days of stopping or allowing the Harper regime to continue to destroy the democracy and life fabric of Canada. But the dots are taboo to connect. The PR-led opposition has joined the corporate media in a public stage ritual of forgetting. The endless […]
Canada’s Biggest Political Scandal You Never Heard Of
Canada’s Biggest Political Scandal You Never Heard Of Big oil, taxpayers’ millions, call girls and a ‘mechanic’ named Bruce Carson. It’s probably the biggest political scandal you’ve never heard of. The tale involves Big Oil, millions of taxpayer dollars, call girls and someone the RCMP describes as “one of the prime minister’s longest serving advisors”: […]
Let Me Be Clear: Fact Checking Leaders on Foreign Policy
Let Me Be Clear: Fact Checking Leaders on Foreign Policy A civil debate, sure. But civility, it seems, doesn’t always encourage truthfulness. The fourth debate in this election “season” — a campaign as long as some places in Canada go without snow — was rather polite compared to the first two English debates. It was […]
How Saudi Arabia, and a $15B armoured vehicle deal, became an election issue
How Saudi Arabia, and a $15B armoured vehicle deal, became an election issue Government says contract will create and sustain 3,000 jobs Niqabs, the economy, national unity — all issues that predictably came up in Thursday night’s French-language debate. But few had forecast that Canada’s relations with Saudi Arabia, and specifically, a multibillion-dollar contract to sell armoured vehicles […]
Spin cycle: Can 1.3-million new jobs be created in 5 years?
Spin cycle: Can 1.3-million new jobs be created in 5 years? This election has a theme common to almost all others before it: everyone is promising more jobs The promise of jobs, jobs, and more jobs has long been a staple of election campaigns. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has promised a basket of goodies to help […]
Harper’s Worst Offense against Refugees May Be His Climate Record
Harper’s Worst Offense against Refugees May Be His Climate Record Scorching effects of rising temperatures add to chaos in the Middle East, scientists say. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is right about the Syrian refugee crisis, for all the wrong reasons. His government is being battered by outrage over Canada’s wretched response to this humanitarian emergency. […]
