Exclusive: CUPE’s “action plan” – leaked
CUPE Ontario is undemocratic, unrepresentative and unhinged, say some of its own members. And, increasingly, the union leadership’s animus towards Jews is getting worse, they say. CUPE Ontario’s 2025 draft…
CUPE Ontario is undemocratic, unrepresentative and unhinged, say some of its own members. And, increasingly, the union leadership’s animus towards Jews is getting worse, they say. CUPE Ontario’s 2025 draft…
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Miscellaneous material to end your week.- Greg Sargent highlights how Donald Trump's pretense of concern for working-class people has given way to the largest transfer of wealth to plutocrats in…
This post has been sitting in draft for years. July 4, 2025 seems like a good time to let it go.Detail of Liberty, artist unknown, c.1820I have heard from several…
Continuing with a theme, the discontent over Mark Carney's appeasement efforts continues. One prominent Canadian who is especially displeased is Lloyd Axworthy, who knows a thing or two about politics.Former…
I have never seen the Statue of Liberty in person and now I never will, because going to New York is not going to be happening anymore. But for Americans,…
Happy Independence Day. May Canada long remain independent of the United States, the wishes of the United Conservative Party, its MAGA supporters, and the current president of the United States…
Photo by Iouri Goussev/Flickr The Crisis of Canadian Democracy Andrew Coyne Sutherland House, 2025 A long-standing maxim in the newspaper business holds that the longer you...
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Lloyd Axworthy stirred. The Manitoba Liberal MP looked around the paneled boardroom in 409-S, the office of the Leader of the Opposition, in Centre Block. “I think I am going…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Charlie Angus comments on the futility of giving up substantial interests in the hope that a new trade deal with the Trump regime…
Why does a turtle have to cross the road? #turtleCrossing #transit
An Estate Information form is used by an Estate to certify the net value of its assets and to verify the Estate Administration taxes payable by an Estate. An Estate…
Ever since the federal government stopped building housing in the 90s and let the housing market function without intervention the cost of housing in the country has skyrocketed. The lack…
Just to entertain everybody while we wait for the apocalypse, here are some recent articles I liked: From Paul Wells' Substack: I wrote about a national competition for Canadian portrait…
Ever since the current leadership of the United Conservative Party opted to lend its credibility to Alberta’s hitherto marginalized separatist movement, the creation of a pro-Canadian conservative party in this…
2012 October. 13 years ago, Regina Public Library showed the film about how HIV AIDS was defeated by pressuring governments to take action. We still need this today in Saskatchewan,…
Those two adjectives perhaps succinctly sum up the feeling of many people over Mark Carney's attempt to appease Trump by rescinding the Digital Services Tax. While some commentators are trying…
Stuart Mackinnon, former Commissioner and Chair of Vancouver’s Park Board, spearheaded several initiatives aimed at reconciliation, sustainability, accessibility, and humane urban management: 1. Indigenous Reconciliation & “Truth‑Telling...