Politics and its Discontents

If you know any young people looking for a reason to vote, please pass this on to them: National Pipeline Approval Board Posted by Robin C...

Enjoy:

Well, this is bauble budget day, the day the Harper regime makes its big pre-election push to convince us that all is right with the worl...

Time for a brief follow-up to Elizabeth May's fine dissection of how Harper environmental cuts contributed to the slow response to Va...

Every time I hear Elizabeth May speak, my respect for her deepens. Watch as she explains how the response time to Wednesday's oil spill ...

H/t Peter Ormond

Think again . The RCMP has labelled the “anti-petroleum” movement as a growing and violent threat to Canada’s security, raising fears among...

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...

We have to be prepared to leave most of the world's fossil fuels in the ground. So says a new published report . Expect none of us, ...

... to anyone who you think might need a reminder:

Those of us who follow politics closely and with a critical eye have long seen through the myth his handlers have perpetuated that Stephen...

A friend of mine sent me the following. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did: Prime Minister Harper took an aerial tour of the proposed pi...

Last evening, I was watching the 6o'c lock news, distracted and perturbed by the howling winds (up to 100 kms. per hour) buffeti...

Tamo Campos, David Suzuki's 24-year-old grandson, was arrested Thursday for defying an injunction granted to Kinder Morgan, which is cu...

Pit the arrogance of humanity against the power of nature, and nature prevails every time. A pity that those who are determining earth's...

I'm sure some hoped that when Rob Anders, the Conservative MP for Calgary Signal Hill and national embarrassment , lost his riding's...

While the right enthuses about Dear Leader's performance on the G20 world stage, here's something to bring everyone back down to ear...

In today's Star , Thomas Walkom explains why the U.S. China climate deal is not likely to have any impact whatsoever on Harper's o...