Trudeau’s policy of fighting climate change is under fire in the provinces: In contrast, former federal Conservative cabinet minister James Moore said that the onus is on Trudeau to go back to the drawing board and come up with a way to fight climate change that isn’t a tax, or
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CuriosityCat: Miracle at Notre Dame cathedral
Miraculously, the Pieta statue in Notre Dame cathedral seems to have survived intact, even though debris from the burnt roof fell very close to it, as the photograph shows. The Pieta statue is beautiful; we gazed in awe at it during our research inside Notre Dame before I wrote The
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Notre Dame Cathedral tragedy
A tragedy unfolded in the heart of Paris, as the ancient Notre Dame cathedral burned fiercely. When researching my novel The Euros: Notre Dame Point Zero we visited the cathedral several times, exploring every nook and cranny that we could. One striking thing is the amount of wood in the
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Proposal for a Canadian-based GaiaHope Eco-Prize and Eco-Lottery
Do you think our city and other governments have climate change policies that really really really enthuse citizens? Do you think that our governments would be glad to have at least one policy to combat global warming that does indeed entice thousands of ordinary (Read more…) to take active steps
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Rule of law crisis lurches onewards like a drunken sailor
With PM Justin Trudeau’s hamfisted responses now equalled and even topped by the so-called Justice Committee: • Andrew Coyne, National Post, on Twitter: Holy freaking hell. I thought the Libs would try to shut things down, but I didn’t think they’d do so quite so crudely and obviously.”• Susan Delacourt,
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Canada’s Rule of Law Crisis chickens are coming home to roost
And Canadians are moving towards a belief that PM Trudeau should resign for his part in pressuring the former attorney general, as this poll shows: Overall, 46% of Canadians want Trudeau to either resign immediately (30%) or resign after the election (16%), meaning nearly half the country wants to see
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Canada’s PM Trudeau has learned nothing from the rule of law crisis
After devastating testimony from his former attorney general, Justin Trudeau stood before the cameras and said the same thing his former senior advisor had said: We done nuthing wrong; no crisis for the rule of law in Canada; move along now, nothing to see here … And there you go.
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Canada’s rule of law crisis: Telling truth to Power
Here is the nub of the problem facing PM Trudeau and his advisors: his claim of huge job losses for SNC if it is convicted of criminal misdoings is based on wild estimates, not founded on fact, and nonsense. Here is one view of it: The government that likes to
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Canada’s rule of law crisis and why Jobs Jobs Jobs is illegal defence
Tristin Hopper Finally, someone has put their finger on the crux of the matter in the rule of law crisis: that the reason chosen by the Trudeau government for pressuring the former attorney general is illegal. Thanks to Tristin Hopper in the National Post article: “When 9,000 people’s jobs are
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Rule of Law crisis in Canada of Trudeau’s making
Justin Trudeau’s father would be horrified by the mess that his son has caused. A basic principle of our legal system is under threat by the prime minister and his top officers: “Butts and fellow PMO advisor Katie Telford told Wilson-Raybould’s staff that she should have her decision reviewed by
Continue readingCuriosityCat: THE SOLUTION TO THE BREXIT PROBLEM
Having suffered an overwhelming defeat in Parliament today, PM May faces the stark choice of tabling a revised Brexit agreement what is approved by the majority of UK MPs. Despite the fact that a solution seems almost impossible to most observers, there IS one that could be successfully tabled on
Continue readingCuriosityCat: FPTP makes Canadians second class citizens
Voters in the province of British Columbia are faced with a dilemma: Does morality require them to vote for political reform because they owe their family, friends and neighbours a duty to take care of them? This dilemma arises because each voter in BC will within days receive a postal
Continue readingCuriosityCat: A vote for FPTP is a vote for legalized theft
Voters in BC are being given the chance to vote for a dramatic change in the way in which their representatives in the provincial government are chosen, as this article shows: David Eby said the referendum would be conducted by mail-in ballot, with the campaign to begin July 1 and
Continue readingCuriosityCat: How to Frame the electoral reform referendum in BC, Canada
Mark Mitchell has a post in Facebook in which he writes: Apparently, those of us who support ProRep are wrong to use facts and logic in our argument, when the opposition is using emotion and lies. Any suggestions as to how to change this? Good (Read more…) and a valid
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Is the Trudeau government unconstitutional?
Canada demanded that Saudi Arabia release persons jailed there and a storm erupted, with Saudia Arabia cutting off most interactions with Canada. It would be very ironic if the current Trudeau government was determined by our Supreme Court to be unconstitutional, as I believe it is, would it not? Justin
Continue readingCuriosityCat: How to nail the NAFTA sunset clause sticking point
Mexico is showing realism with its latest move towards recognizing that the American administration wanted a different trade agreement, based on fair trade (and not just free trade), and that puts an end to the flight to the bottom of the wage scale. Mexico is prepared to commit to conditions
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Best Analysis yet of Trump’s America
The article by Frank Buckley, Brian Lee Crowley (Read more…) Sean Speer in today’s Globe & Mail is by far the best analysis of the driving forces behind the new American government that I have read. The article (headed Canada must recognize that the game is changing) is a clear,
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Trudeau’s Government is screwing up the Trump Steel Tariff issue
And why is this happening? Because the Canadian government has not done its homework. It has been obvious for more than 18 months that a Trump presidency would pose special problems for the small Canadian economy, but you would never have guessed this from the activities and statements of the
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Pope: The one man who can save Spain.
Spain’s problem can be solved by one man: the Pope. How? Simple. The Pope invites (commands?) the two leaders of Spain and Catalonia to meet with him and his advisors, in the Vatican. As part of the public invitation, the Pope sets out a few topics that he will raise
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Good news coming on electoral reform says Andrew Coyne
In a thoughtful article Coyne ranges over the positive news springing up at levels below the federal level, regarding changes to our undemocratic first past the post electoral system (the one that PM Trudeau favours, given his decision to walk away from his campaign promise to end it). Ontario is
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