As the countdown continues with the transfer of power from President Trump to President-elect Joe Biden, the world is on edge. Rumours continue to circulate that President Trump will launch an attack on Iran during the dying days of his presidency. Even worse is the unthinkable but very real risk he will push the nuclear…
Category: racism
The NPA is as good as dead
It’s Vancouver’s oldest and some would call it the city’s most venerable political party, since it has dominated our local political scene for decades. The Non-Partisan Association, or NPA, was founded in 1936 to claim the centre-right when Vancouver’s business class was petrified of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation or CCF — a socialist democratic party…
Cyanide or champagne?
Last night, as my partner, Penny, and I went to bed, it looked as though for the second time in a row America was going to elect the most misogynistic, homophobic, racist, xenophobic, environmentally-destructive president ever in American history. Don’t forget, he’s a sociopath and narcissist, too. Penny and I went to bed with our…
People say the virus doesn’t discriminate. But it does, because we do.
Readers following my blog lately will know that I’ve been commenting on two huge, powerful forces in the world right now — forces that intersect and are impossible to ignore: The pandemic and the recent flood of resistance to racism. The outrageous murder of George Floyd was the anti-racism flashpoint, but protestors worldwide have also…
No justice; no peace; no racist police
From Beverly Hills to Brooklyn, America is burning. The gruesome police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has understandably reignited the fear, anger and concern about centuries of systemic racism — not just in the U.S. but also here at home in Canada, where racism has been embedded in society all the way back to…
How to counter a dangerous trend
I was astonished to learn that on Monday, May 11 about 50 people congregated outside of St. Paul’s Hospital to denounce COVID-19 as a hoax and urge the lifting of restrictions. They allege that doctors and scientists are lying, and hospitals are empty. This is about the fourth hoaxer march in Vancouver. I don’t know…
Put the right pressure in the right place for affordable housing
Housing in general and housing affordability in particular continue to grab attention in Vancouver. In the case of the development of Northeast False Creek, the City of Vancouver owns two blocks on Main Street near Chinatown and Hogan’s Alley that it expropriated in the ’60s for the Georgia Street viaducts. If ever there were a…