Source: Ziegler and Trancik (2021) before 2018 (end of data), BNEF Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook (2023) since 2018, BNEF Lithium-Ion Battery Price Survey (2023) for 2015-2023, RMI analysis. The baseline power that a battery can deal out is increasing at a faster rate than anticipated. This s-curve of growth reflects
Continue readingScripturient: On the Bay’s Libertarian Piffle
Less (sic) taxes is, for On the Bay‘s publisher David Loopstra, a “solution” for the problems of inflation. It’s certainly not the solution for correct grammar, where he should have written fewer taxes or the phrase “less in taxes.” You can only get away with saying less if the noun
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Employment #LawFactof the Day: Returning to work from maternity or parental leave
Can an employer significantly change your job duties while you are on parental leave? Pursuant to the Employment Standards Act, in most cases, an employee who takes pregnancy/parental leave is entitled to return to the same role or a comparable role the employee had before the leave began, or a
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Elites in the Global North are scared to talk about Palestine
A banner reading “UCLA Says Free Palestine” adorns the encampment walls at Royce Quad at the University of California, Los Angeles on April 25, 2024, Westwood, California. Photo courtesy Santa Monica Mirror. Israeli bombs continue to fall on Gaza, killing Palestinian civilians with abandon. Al Jazeera published a story about
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Who Would Replace Him?
There’s lots of talk these days about Justin Trudeau resigning. Michael Harris writes: With Trudeau having notched three electoral victories since 2015, nobody is going to push him out — at least not yet. After all, with a handsome face and a famous name, he took the Liberals from political
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Resources In Canada for Fighting Transgender Ideology.
Become aware of the people that are on the front lines trying to bring society back to reasonable place. https://www.cawsbar.ca/ http://www.genderreport.ca http://www.ourduty.group/canada
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Minimum wage increases, job destroyers or job creators?
AAccording to MIT Economics Professor Daron Acemoglu, a bountiful supply of good jobs is the best way to generate shared prosperity and also to cultivate civic and political participation from the broad cross-section of society. But organizations that regularly appear in corporate media are paid to oppose the concept of
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The NDP leadership campaign so far: pretty boring, and seriously distracting when the UCP is running wild
The worst thing about the seemingly endless Alberta NDP leadership race isn’t that it’s boring, although it is. NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). It’s that the NDP Caucus in the Legislature appears to be totally distracted by it at a time the United Conservative Party Government
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Occupational hearing loss
We dined recently at an “upscale casual” restaurant in Port Coquitlam. The service and the food were fine, but I was troubled by the noise level. My iPhone decibel meter calculated an average of 86 decibels with a peak level of 95 dB reached often. While the noise level I
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Royal Cups: Sports Awards in Canada with Royal Roots
Taaaaaall Cup Across Canada sports events are held every year which have a royal connection or an award connecting back to the monarchy. I wrote about one such event last September, The Royal Saint John’s Regatta. Sports bring people together in a shared activity. This smooths over differences andprovides a positive means of channeling rivalries. This is
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: April 29, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario to ban use of cellphones in school classrooms starting in September #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/yc5tx2d7 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingThings Are Good: Walking Increases Wellbeing and Productivity
Are you looking to improve your productivity AND your well being? Then just go walk it off. Walking is a good way to stay fit and have fun, but it’s also a good way to relax your mind. By going for a walk you give yourself space to let the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Patterns
As a regular consumer of media, I find myself more and more looking for patterns. While there is likely no such thing as totally consistent media narratives, I do think a preponderance of print, television and social media frame stories in ways that doubtlessly influence our perception of events.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: the Infant-fada’s winners and losers
Who benefits from these metastasizing campus encampments? Who loses? The losers are easy to spot. They’re the families who scrimped and saved and borrowed to send junior to an Ivy League school – only to learn that he/she/they have adopted Yasir Arafat’s fashion stylings, and are sleeping through final exams
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of April 29, 2024
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Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 29, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 29, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Former tabloid executive David Pecker on stand as first witness Toronto police chief asks for OPP review after judge in Umar Zameer trial raised concerns about officer testimony National Enquirer publisher testifies he
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: University Protests and Free Speech – Greg Lukianoff
A common thread that runs through many of the issue around free speech and the freedom of expression in our Canadian society is the application of the rules and making sure they apply to everyone in the same manner. If our institutions could stand up and once again treat equality
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Cell Phones and Cigarettes
I have some concerns with the new rules for schools as reported by the CBC. The biggest concern is that the funding cuts came Friday, but yet another cell phone ban is big news. As a teacher, I hate both cell phones and cigarettes being allowed at schools for so
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Animal crackers
Just a few tweets about animals to enjoy! I’m sure by now the whole world has recoiled in horror after hearing that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem boasted about killing her dog. She really deserves the title “Christ, what an asshole!” Mitt Romney: “I strapped a dog to the roof
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The Municipal Government Act already gives the government power to fire councillors – so why fix what ain’t broke?
When then municipal affairs minister Danielle Larivee fired three Thorhild County councillors in 2016, the county’s reeve accused the Alberta NDP of “Soviet-style government.” Former NDP MLA Deron Bilous, who served as municipal affairs minister immediately before Ms. Larivee (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Under the circumstances, this hardly seems fair.
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