Accidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links

Assorted content for your Saturday reading. – Jennifer Lee reports on the newly-released documents confirming that Alberta’s lifting of COVID protections was purely a matter of political oneupmanship rather than reflecting any expectation that people’s health wouldn’t be harmed. And Andrew Dansby writes about Peter Hotez’ recognition that the fallout

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Alberta Politics: No press release, but Kenney Government quietly moves to help Alberta’s friends in the Saudi Arabian government

The Kenney Government has quietly moved to ensure that Alberta’s friends and business partners in the government of Saudi Arabia are free from the complications of inconvenient foreign land ownership rules. Now, many readers are doubtless thinking, “Say what?” After all, isn’t the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the land of

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Accidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Emma Paling discusses the reasons why repeated warnings about Canada’s third wave of the coronavirus went largely unanswered. And Rachel Bergen reports on another national call among doctors for a COVID-19 circuit breaker, this time with a focus on stopping the spread of

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