Articles by John Bell
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Jun 15, 2019: Doom Patrol – the superhero antidote to Trump’s AmericaI tuned in to Doom Patrol (Space Channel) with low expectations.
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Jun 07, 2019: To beat Scheer, fight FordAs the fall federal election looms, the strategic voting rhetoric is coming to a boil.
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Jun 03, 2019: Canada’s GenocideAfter almost 3 years of hearings, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has issued its...
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May 30, 2019: A grayer shade of GreenThe recent surprise by-election win of Nanaimo Green Party candidate Paul Manly gave them two seats in federal parliament.
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Apr 22, 2019: This budget is murderRecently a friend initiated a game, asking where and when in history people would rather have been born.
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Apr 07, 2019: Kenney’s UCP abounds with bigotsWatching Jason Kenney’s UCP campaign in the Alberta election is like watching a clown car empty out in front of...
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Mar 27, 2019: Tory tough loveThe Ontario Tory budget features, among other things, cuts to education funding.
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Mar 25, 2019: Queen’s Park bully pulpitOntario’s Premier Doug Ford is often absent from Question Period at Queen’s Park.
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Mar 19, 2019: A very Canadian scandalThe fallout from the SNC Lavalin scandal, coursing through the Canadian body politic, runs the gamut from corporate crime to...
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Feb 19, 2019: Yellow vests, brown shirts: convoy runs out of fuelThey called it “United We Roll”.
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Feb 16, 2019: SNC Lavalin corruption roots run deepAs the pressure on his government from the latest SNC Lavalin scandal mounted, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the press.
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Feb 08, 2019: Secrecy and lies shroud Ford plan to privatize healthcareDoug Ford and his Ontario Tory government have no intention of privatizing healthcare services.
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Jan 23, 2019: Housing: a right or a nightmare?It is cold comfort to know that one’s immediate, personal suffering is part of an international crisis.
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Nov 01, 2018: Indigenous sovereignty and socialismHats off to authors Valerie Lannon and Jesse McLaren for tackling the difficult task of producing a succinct overview of...
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Oct 23, 2018: Toronto election – more of the sameIn an election marred by the manipulations of the Ford provincial government, cutting the number of wards almost in half,...
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Oct 22, 2018: Ford cuts healthcare funding, prepares ground for privatization“No attempt at ethical or social seduction can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party.
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Oct 19, 2018: Stephen Harper’s message: give me a fascist any dayFormer Prime Minister and current corporate reptile Stephen Harper recently told Global News.
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Oct 10, 2018: Munk debate exposes “free speech” farceAlmost 100 years ago W B Yeats wrote a poem called The Second Coming that seems to capture the essence...
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Sep 28, 2018: Report on Business: their morals and oursHigh on High prices A US pharmaceutical company just raised the price of an essential antibiotic from $474 per bottle...
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Aug 23, 2018: Bernier’s goal: drag the country to the rightIn the space of a few short summer weeks, Maxime Bernier has gone from grousing about how the government protects...