Politics and its Discontents

H/t Michael Nabert Never should one industry get to write Canada's environmental law. Never should one industry get to rewrite Canad...

Continuing the series I started the other day, here is another excerpt from Science Under Attack , a chapter in Elizabeth May's memoi...

I am currently reading Elizabeth May's Who We Are: Reflection On My Life And Canada , a political memoir in which her love for her ado...

If Stephen Harper's contempt for the things we hold dear as Canadians isn't reason enough to vote, what is?

It would seem that Chad Beharriell of Windsor has Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver's number : Make transition to a green economy...

As our Cuban friends' visit continues, we are trying to give them a sampling of life in Canada. Yesterday we went to the Royal Ontario...

You might want to take a moment to read Rick Salutin's thoughts on the implications of living in a country where environmentalists an...

I expect that climate-change denier Harper will be stunned with alarming regularity soon:

It is no secret that this country, under the 'leadership' of the Harper cabal, has suffered a significant loss of democratic freed...

Sometimes the truth can be ugly indeed. H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper

Because he doesn't maintain his own blog yet offers blistering commentary that lacerates the pretensions of his subjects, I am once m...

...for anyone within the Conservative cabal to heed its words. Nonetheless, enjoy this well-considered editorial from today's edition of...

They certainly seem to be singing from the same hymn book . Orwellian and hypocritical are inadequate descriptors of this little twit: ...

My friend LeDaro often posts videos that depict the world around us, poignant reminders of what we are so blithely destroying through our h...

But of course I state the obvious here, don't I? Nonetheless, for those who like regular and ongoing illustrations of the fact that th...

A bit of a busy morning ahead, so for now something more from our friends at Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper that amply attests to the ...

While acknowledging that Ontario politics is likely of little interest to those living outside the province, I think there is much wisdom ...

As is so often the case, Star readers eloquently speak on issues close to the hearts of many. Reproduced below are two from this morning&#...

As noted recently , the Harper regime, in its bottomless contempt and disregard for the environment, recently opened up the possibility...