In the Church of Naomi Klein
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Three Ways Trudeau’s Liberals Have Let Down Open Government Advocates
New laws fall short of what’s needed on transparency and civil rights, critics say.
NDP Leadership Candidates Grapple with Strategic Voting
United Steelworkers debate confronts candidates with tough issues.
NDP and Greens Attack Throne Speech: ‘You Have to Change Before an Election’
BC Liberals unveil agenda ‘with humility’, drawing heavily from opposition platforms.
What Must Christy Clark’s Party Think of Her Now?
Her deathbed conversions revealed her true political self: shameless.
Liberal Steve Thomson Chosen as Speaker, Won’t ‘Speculate’ on Possible Government Change
Past practice has been for speakers to resign when government falls.
Canada and the Looting of ‘Africa’s Last Colony’
A ship full of phosphates is scheduled to unload in North Van; an African nation says they are stolen.
Expect Families in Streets if Refugee Society Closes, Says Homeless Advocate
Feeling unsafe in US, one woman brought her family to Canada; the Inland Refugee Society helped avoid homelessness.
From Childcare to Insurance, Coworking Grows to Fill Gaps for Independent Workers
In a fractured world of work, new communities form to meet workers’ needs.
Can Canada’s Toxic Parliament Be Fixed?
New essays by parliamentarians offer ‘practical ideas’ for improving our sorry state of affairs. But it still seems like a stretch.
At Kwantlen, a New Degree Offering in ‘Indigenous Community Justice’
New academic minor puts a critical lens on Canada’s system.
Please Advise! What Wouldn’t Christy Clark Promise Now?
When politicians obsessed with ‘free enterprise’ suddenly care about welfare rates, you know anything goes.
‘Old Age Is Another Country, With Its Own Rules’
A dispatch on aging boomers, and the new reality for them — and for Canada.
Study Finds Wild Salmon Infected by Sea Lice Grow More Slowly, ‘More Liable to Die’
Meanwhile, biologist Alexandra Morton reports outbreak of lice off BC’s coast.
Vancouver Housing Crisis ‘Worse on Virtually Every Level,’ Says Former UN Investigator
And every level of government is complicit, says Miloon Kothari.
Key Figure in Botched Health Firings Investigation Leaves Public Service
Lindsay Kislock had an oversight role in probe that led to wrongful firings.
As Clark’s Liberals Dither and Stall, BC Faces Life or Death Issues
We have urgent crises to fix, but a pantomime premier and her make-believe cabinet won’t get out of the way.
BC Liberal Vow to Raise Welfare Rates Is ‘Cynical Opportunism,’ Say Advocates
Days before its expected defeat, government says it’s ready to end decade-long freeze on rates.
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Nine Things the Real Estate Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
Key takeaways from a six-month Tyee investigation.
In the Okanagan Valley, We’re Not Letting Canada Drive By Indigenous Truth
How an Indigenous-led collaborative is rethinking Canada’s 150th birthday.
Think Christy Clark Will Go Quietly? Think Again
With cold calculation, her BC Liberals appear to be gearing up for another election.
Two Enviro Students Suggest: Time to Embrace ‘Toilet to Tap’
When it comes to recycled wastewater, get over the yuck and suck it up.
NDP Faces Financial Mess at ICBC, BC Hydro
Tough cleanup task will be a test of new government’s commitment to financial responsibility.
Two Films about the Future of Humanity, the Good and the Ugly
Will it be more ‘It Comes at Night?’ horror or ‘Tomorrow Ever After’ hopeful?
An Enviro Student Asks: Is a ‘Just Transition’ Too Much to Ask For?
Canada’s hopes for a sustainable economy may be a pipedream after all.
How Will Canada Save Its Media? Not a Netflix Tax, but Maybe One of 19 Other Ways
Report on salvaging journalism suggests CBC should stop selling online ads.
An Enviro Student’s Lament: No ‘Green’ Product Is Without Baggage
Electric cars, vegetarianism... they’re all problem plagued, a discovery that hit me hard.
How Two Very Different Alberta Premiers Shaped the Oil Sands
And how their legacies affect Rachel Notley’s government today. A Q&A.
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What can’t you believe the BC Liberals are now supporting?
- Restrictions on political donations
- More childcare support
- Raising social assistance rates
- Raising the carbon tax
- Eliminating MSP premiums ASAP
- Bridge tolls
- Metro Vancouver transit
- It’s all a sham. They’ll revert back to their old ways soon enough.
- I’ve got other thoughts…
Last week: How you coped with the cliffhanger election. Read the results of that poll here.
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