Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| It's hard to imagine that things are going to get any better if the inquiry's report is ever released. |
RabbleTV
Anna Jessup
| Opposing military aid to Israel is not antisemitic; it's being a peace activist, says Not Rex commentator Anna Jessup. She explains why being pro-Palestinian is not antisemitic. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| "Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit," says the transition team's briefing note for day one of the Biden administration on Wednesday. Will Alberta finally wake up and smell the coffee? |
Podcast
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour
| Bill C-15 would affirm the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is applicable to Canadian law. Unifor's Indigenous Liason Gina Smoke discusses labour's fight to have the bill passed. |
Columnists
Rick Salutin
| Doug Ford and his government have given up on doing anything to deal with COVID-19, and are waiting for the vaccines to enact what the government won't. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| The supposedly public inquiry has been conducted almost entirely behind closed doors at a cost, so far, of $3.5 million. It is scheduled to report on Jan. 31. |
Columnists
Monia Mazigh
| Anti-terrorism legislation is a politically motivated tool that governments use at the expense of vulnerable groups. Can it be used to address violence by white supremacists? |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| In a Facebook post published at 8 a.m., Alberta's premier said MLA Pat Rehn "has made no meaningful effort to work in his constituency, or properly to represent his hard-working constituents." |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| In a time of pandemic, unpaid leave provisions for workers seem woefully inadequate -- not only for the well-being of workers, but for the safety of the rest of us. |
Columnists
Linda McQuaig
| The greatest danger in long-term care may be posed by the emergence of "financialized" enterprises that focus relentlessly on cost-cutting to drive ever-higher profit margins. |
Columnists
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
| The violent white-supremacist insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 put some ugly truths in stark relief. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews signed an order giving the government's legislated investment manager a veto over anything the Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund instructs it to do. |