Articles by John Bell
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May 30, 2023: Alberta Election: Far right holds on to its prairie strongholdIn the end it wasn’t even close.
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May 09, 2023: Ford proposes return of blood sportsIt is well known that Tory politicians like Doug Ford want to turn back the clock on social progress.
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May 07, 2023: Disorganization and denial: UCP response to wildfire disaster(Photo above.
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Apr 05, 2023: Trump arraignment a dangerous momentIt is hard not to celebrate the arraignment of Donald Trump for fraud, related to paying hush money to a...
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Apr 05, 2023: Trump arraignment a dangerous momentIt is hard not to celebrate the arraignment of Donald Trump for fraud, related to paying hush money to a...
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Mar 30, 2023: Liberal budget baloneyThe “highlights” of the federal budget are the so-called “grocery rebate”, massive investments in “clean” capitalism, neglecting people with disability,...
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Mar 21, 2023: Saskatchewan First means Saskatchewan worst for Indigenous rightsOn March 16 Scott Moe’s far-right Saskatchewan Party government passed Bill 88, the “Saskatchewan First Act”.
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Mar 07, 2023: Doug Ford adds insult to injury on Indigenous rightsFord government lawyers want Indigenous people to pay the historical costs of their own colonization.
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Feb 27, 2023: Tour by German fascist exposes rot at heart of Tory PartyChristine Anderson is a notorious and vocal member of European Parliament.
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Feb 23, 2023: Healthcare privatization: the feds are in on the conThose who naively call on the federal government to put a stop to provincial healthcare privatization need to give their...
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Feb 19, 2023: Family Day fish storyAmidst a swirl of corruption scandals, growing popular outrage over healthcare privatization and willful environmental destruction in the Greenbelt, the...
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Feb 06, 2023: Remember the Alamo: monument to white supremacyNothing rankles the right wing like challenging the official history glorifying colonialism and the superiority of Anglo/European culture.
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Jan 20, 2023: The human consequences of health privatizationI talked to a friend yesterday, who suffered a concussion and whiplash in a car accident over the holidays.
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Jan 02, 2023: John Tory - SuperMayor wants more copsToronto mayor John Tory is calling for an as-yet unspecified increase to the Police.
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Dec 20, 2022: Canada refuses to condemn NazismCanada was one of 50 countries that voted against a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism...
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Dec 13, 2022: Toronto is throwing billions into a hole in the ground.A new reportsays that a long-overdue transit line is also more than a $1 billion over budget (now almost $13...
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Nov 29, 2022: Quebec: Cops and racism, CAQ styleIn October Quebec Superior Court judge Michael Yergeau ruled in favour of Christopher Luamba, who had launched a constitutional human...
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Nov 27, 2022: Alberta’s UCP: smash and grab governmentAlberta’s UCP Premier Danielle Smith is ideologically dedicated to smashing public services, especially education and healthcare.
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Nov 15, 2022: Saskatchewan turns back the clock – 60 million yearsIt is true – humans and dinosaurs do walk together, but only in the Saskatchewan legislature.
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Nov 05, 2022: Saskatchewan Party fetes convicted murderer at throne speechIt is like Saskatchewan looked at Alberta’s political zoo and said “Hold my Pilsner”.