Under Attack: Canada’s Public Service Under Stephen Harper
Canadian politics scholar Dave Whitson explains how the Harper government's stubborn, ideological distaste for social science has undermined both the effectiveness and spirit of Canada's once robust public service.
Economic performance and policy during the Harper years - Policy Options
This is an expanded version of a chapter in The Harper Factor: Assessing a Prime Minister’s Policy Legacy, edited by Jennifer Ditchburn and Graham Fox.
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Harper sneaks through Canada-China FIPA, locks Canada in for 31 years – The Council of Canadians
In the world of official government announcements, a two-paragraph media release sent out in the late afternoon on the Friday before Parliament resumes sitting is the best way for a government to a…
What doesn’t qualify as journalism in Canada seems a bit arbitrary – Canadian Dimension
Some media companies have been denied status by Ottawa as a so-called Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization, eligible to claim payroll tax credits from Ottawa’s $595 million news media bailout. They will also thus likely be unable to receive payments from Google’s promised $100 million annual contribution to Canadian media under the Online News Act.
Rebel News owner Ezra Levant was 'mentor' to Poilievre, says author | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has historic ties to Rebel News owner Ezra Levant, the right-wing media personality at the epicentre of a controversy that has engulfed Canada's Leaders' Debates Commission.
The text in the thumbnail is said by Peterson in this video. Seriously.Jordan B. Peterson appealed the Ontario court's ruling regarding his order to take soc...
Confronting Right-Wing Attacks On Racial Justice Teaching
As of the middle of August, more than two dozen states have introduced — and 11 states have enacted — bills or rules to restrict the teaching of history and contemporary social realities. Right-wing activists have mounted similar attacks at school board meetings throughout the country. This stunning barrage of legislation and policies aims to ban teaching critical race theory (CRT), and supposedly “divisive topics” in the curriculum. But the real target is the truth. The anti-CRT campaign echoes the Big Lie that Trump won the election. It is the curricular counterpart to the wave of voter suppression laws promoted by the same far-right political forces that have tried to rewrite the history of the 2020 election and cover up the attempted coup on Jan. 6.
Confronting Right-Wing Attacks On Racial Justice Teaching
Above photo: Barbara J. Miner. As of the middle of August, more than two dozen states have introduced — and 11 states have enacted — bills or rules to restrict the teaching of history and contemporary social realities.
Lauren Boebert's Tweet To Elon Musk Claiming The Left Only Wants 'Censorship' Backfired Instantly
Colorado Republican Representative Lauren Boebert was criticized after she claimed "leftists" opposed to billionaire Elon Musk's recent move to buy Twitter only want "censorship.
Republicans and Fox News personalities are fanning the flames of an evidence-free theory that antifa helped storm the Capitol with Trump supporters
Republican lawmakers, Fox News opinon personalities, and President Donald Trump supporters are helping to baselessly lay the blame for the Wednesday storming of the US Capitol on "antifa." Trump supporters entered the building on Wednesday after being stirred up by the president.
The Conservative 'WAR ON WOKE' is getting insanely STUPID
The right-wing battle against 'wokeness' was always pretty stupid, but it seemed to at least mean something. What I used to think it was, was a pushback agai...
A former Palantir employee is sounding the alarm. The tech company, founded by Peter Thiel, claims they can revolutionize government systems with their AI-po...
Pope Francis has passed at the age of 88, and shortly after he met U.S. Vice President JD Vance. In this video I discuss what Pope Francis advocated for, the...
Doug Ford Breaks His Silence & Criticizes Pierre Poilievre's Campaign
Ontario premier and PC Party leader Doug Ford has broken his silence on the Canadian election, backing criticisms made by his of campaign manager Kory Teneyc...
‘Copaganda’: How Police and the Media Warp America’s View of Crime w/ Al...
Alec Karakatsanis, a civil rights lawyer and founder of Civil Rights Corps, joins the show to discuss his groundbreaking new book Copaganda: How Police and t...