Blog April 14
Wildorse Leader Brian Jean with reporters. But where's Jason?
Alberta's Week in Review: We know where the Wildrosers are, but where's Jason?
David J. Climenhaga | If anyone sees Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney, please let someone responsible know. If he doesn't show up soon, his face is going to start appearing on milk cartons!
Columnists April 14
Photo: Christopher Andrews/flickr
When talking guaranteed basic income, let's not forget the need to contest power
Rick Salutin | What if the owning and renting classes simply view a basic income as another source to be scarfed up, so it ends up merely expanding the gulf between the rich and the rest?
Blog April 13
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Laundering money through home ownership hurts everyone
Penney Kome | Suppose that push, not pull, drives the upward price spiral.
Blog April 13
Image: Elders and Indian soldiers in the uniform of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (Online MIKAN no. 3192219) by Library and Archives Canada / PA-041366
New trend of praising Indigenous soldiers at Vimy Ridge ironic tribute to Canada's colonial past
Yves Engler | Glorifying First Nations participation in imperialist wars as part of overcoming Canada’s colonial treatment of First Nations is, at a minimum, ironic.
Columnists April 13
Photo: Adam Scotti/PMO
Breaking tradition championed by his father, Trudeau boycotts key UN disarmament initiative
Linda McQuaig | While the Trudeau team is very worked up about chemical weapons, they seem strangely unconcerned about nuclear ones, snubbing important new UN negotiations aimed at nuclear disarmament.
Columnists April 13
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The Holocaust has nothing to do with abortion
Joyce Arthur | A video that compares abortion to the Holocaust was shown in March at a Catholic high school in Red Deer, Alberta. Yes, that's right -- women who have abortions are equivalent to genocidal Nazis.
Columnists April 13
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Trump keeps campaign promise to promote unfettered police power
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | As the world focuses on state violence from Syria to Iraq to Yemen to North Korea, the groundwork is being laid in the United States for unchecked state violence at home.
Podcast April 13
Ian Gill on “intelligent collaboration,” journalism, “hopeful narratives,” the mobilization of knowledge.
Ian Gill on intelligent collaboration, journalism, hopeful narratives, and the mobilization of knowledge
Face2Face | Ian Gill and Face2Face host David Peck talk about "intelligent collaboration," the state of journalism around the globe, "hopeful narratives," and how we need to mobilize our knowledge.
Blog April 13
#CrowdsourceC51
#Crowdsource C-51: taking back transparency
Victoria Henry | Bill C-51 is finally up for reform, after months of public consultations. But how do we know our feedback is being taken seriously? Presenting CrowdsourceC51.ca
Blog April 12
Sean Spicer
Holocaust denial is mainstream in Trump's administration
Nora Loreto | Sean Spicer reveals a lot about how Trump's team speaks to its base, and promotes their racist agenda.
Blog April 12
Alberta Agriculture Minister Oniel Carlier (front left) and Alberta Beef Producers Chair Bob Lowe (front right). GoA Photo
NDP plan to change funding model for agricultural commissions is unlikely to much help farmers or the government
David J. Climenhaga | Continuing to make farmers fund agricultural check-off organizations, some of which function almost as auxiliaries of the Wildrose Opposition, is not going to help the Alberta NDP.
Blog April 12
An NHGRI researcher uses a pipette to remove DNA from a micro test tube
Citizen science and genetic testing yield positive results
David Suzuki | Combining crowd-sourced scientific data, public policy reform and consumer activism could work in areas such as testing for antibiotics, pesticide and mercury residues and more.