Category Archives: Political Corner

To the Expositor: Does Billings apologize to its citizens? So violating the Municipal Act goes on in Billings and being caught at it does not merit any comment from the mayor and council? And this is not the first time … Continue reading →

It must be with great glee that Harper, especially Harper, along with George Bush, Brian Mulroney and others of their ilk, rush to South Africa to find what warmth and cover might reflect on them from under the blanket of … Continue reading →

The Idea of the Right governing from Canada was conceived by a group of US residents, many of them wives of Corporate CEOs, because the extreme Right could not see any hope of becoming the Neo Fascist rulers of the … Continue reading →

I was a fan, supporter, learner, and motivator of community art action during the Adams Mine protests.  Unless you call making speeches and writing to the press an art.  If so I was playing a key role.  Oh, and I … Continue reading →

There are two seismic faults splitting Canada apart right now. These two fault lines are preventing social progress, common justice, economic growth, community peace and this country’s ability to be a force for good in the world. The first is … Continue reading →

What if Natives stopped subsidizing Canada?

Dear Friend, there is a field of literary, historical, and sociological studies that has been dubbed Post Colonial. Brenda Gold and I have been discussing this as a problem, since it implies in Canada that we have moved in time … Continue reading →

I am haunted by Ashley Smith’s ordeal once she fell into the clutches of Mr. Toew’s Ministry of Safety, and its branch called Correctional Services. According to the Ministry’s own mission statements the Department is committed to “safe and humane … Continue reading →

he most basic contract of governance in a democracy goes something like this. The people who vote do so with the understanding that no matter what party they vote for among those wishing to govern, the voters do so as … Continue reading →

The unrecoverable dispersal of natural resources wealth into the pockets of a few  super rich economic war lords, Dick Cheney, Warren Buffet, The owners of Esso etc., is no longer tolerable.  We as a country have been bought and sold … Continue reading →