Blog April 23
Electoral reform rally in Guelph, 2017. Image: Ryan Hodnett/Flickr
Trudeau's broken promises
Brent Patterson | Justin Trudeau's government has broken its promises on democracy, the environment, trade, water, and health. The Council of Canadians is mobilizing for the 2019 federal election.
Blog April 22
Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley in 2016
Liberals set to exploit Jason Kenney's 'Canada is broken' Tweet
David J. Climenhaga | The Liberals setting up a national election campaign that is about 50 per cent Sunny Ways and 50 per cent Beware of the Dog. Jason Kenney looks good for the part of the dog.
News April 23
Photo: Jacob Bøtter/Flickr
The Capitalist God’s 10 Commandments
Brian Arden and Ed Finn | Follow these and the promise of Mammon is yours
Columnists April 21
Starbucks, like Hillary Clinton, will never get What Happened
Rick Salutin | Starbucks is a really irritating corporate juggernaut. They want moral vindication, not just profit margins.
Blog April 20
Scales of justice. Photo: houstondwiPhotos mp/Flickr
Equalizing divorce and promoting women's equality in Canadian law
Penney Kome | Linda Silver Dranoff's calling changed family and marriage in Canada.
Blog April 20
Alberta Opposition United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney (Photo: David J. Climenhaga)
New Kinder Morgan exit strategy hint emerges as tangled Trans Mountain tale twists national knickers
David J.Climenhaga | It's time, perhaps, for Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to spend more energy explaining how her government is different from Jason Kenney's Opposition and less on how it's the same!
Columnists April 19
Prison bars. Photo: skepticalview/Flickr
Imprisoned activist Siwatu-Salama Ra deserves justice this Earth Day
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Environmental and racial-justice activist Siwatu-Salama Ra was unjustly prosecuted and imprisoned, and, now in the third trimester of a high-risk pregnancy, is serving a two-year sentence.
Blog April 19
Happy birthday, rabble!
Sophia Reuss | In honour of rabble's 17th birthday, Judy Rebick, rabble's co-founder, and Duncan Cameron, president emeritus of rabble, reflect on our impact.
Podcast April 19
The Wetland Project - an acoustic exploration of a Saturna Island wetland
Frogs in your radio: An acoustic ecology celebration of Earth Week
Victoria Fenner | Brady Marks and Mark Timmings talk about The Wetland Project, a series of arts events from a wetland on Saturna Island, B.C.
News April 19
Photo: Jamie McCaffrey
Compare Ontario party platforms and you'll find huge differences
Karl Nerenberg | Ontario's three provincial parties have chosen very different strategies for portraying themselves to the voters. For some of them, one has to hunt around to find anything of substance.
News April 18
Protesters marching in Toronto against Islamophobia and Trump's ban on Muslims entering the U.S. Photo: J_P_D/flickr
Addressing the Islamophobia of the Quebec mosque killer is a moral imperative
Amira Elghawaby | Canadians are exposed to the views of racist extremists day and night, with our own politicians occasionally fuelling fear and suspicion of Muslims.
Blog April 18
Seth Klein stands with Indigenous leaders and #ProtectTheInlet protesters outside the Kinder Morgan facility on Burnaby Mountain. Photo: Protect the Inlet/Flickr
We're all getting played by Kinder Morgan
Seth Klein | Here's a different take on Kinder Morgan's ultimatum and the so-called "constitutional crisis" it has sparked.