Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Chris Dillow discusses the connection between the failure to understand the role of luck in producing unequal outcomes, and the perpetuation of policies which exacerbate inequalities: As Ed Smith writes in his lovely book, Luck: “randomness is routinely misinterpreted as skill.” Why do
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Alberta Politics: Think rail cars, guns and Liberals, this stuff will hit the fan!
Having bought Canada a pipeline it may or may not want at considerable expense, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to spend political capital on Alberta as well, now saying the federal government is prepared to help the province finance the purchase of additional railroad tanker cars to raise the volume
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Andrew Scheer Exposed His Far Right Face
A long time ago I started warning people that Andrew Scheer was not what he appeared to be. He was an alt-right sympathizer and a threat to this country and its values.Some laughed at that warning, finding it impossible to imagine that the apparently bland nerd with the creepy smile could
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Mad Max Bernier Effect
I think it's safe to say that Andrew Scheer is not the man he used to be. His creepy smile has been replaced by a werewolf snarl.He's angry, he's desperate, his polls are tanking, some in his party are already talking about quickly replacing him if he loses to Justin Trudeau.And
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Complacency is Justin Trudeau’s enemy.
With a federal election ten months away, we can ignore all polls. They tell us little. It reminds me of the first party campaign in which I was involved. It was in 1964. My friend Charles Templeton was working for the Toronto Star and agreed when I and others asked
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Now Even The Media Is Calling Andrew Scheer A Clown
As you know, I have always portrayed Andrew Scheer as a deplorable clown.A dangerous clown, but a clown nonetheless, who likes to blame everything bad on Justin Trudeau's carbon tax.And now that Scheer is also blaming the tax for GM's closure of that Oshawa plant, even some in our useless media are starting to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Welcome to the Andrew Scheer and Kevin O’Leary Show!!
I've tried to describe how Andrew Scheer must be feeling these days, but words and pictures seem so inadequate.How can I possibly convey the depth of his despair, or his growing panic?Especially now that John Ivison has revealed that some of Scheer's Cons are already sharpening their knives, and that
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is This The Beginning Of The End Of Andrew Scheer?
Andrew Scheer has been keeping a very low profile recently. He's been absent from Question Period quite a few times. He seems to be hiding from the media, the fake news as he calls it.But then who can blame him? His situation is desperate. It's all going horribly wrong. He's trailing Justin Trudeau
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Brexit Disaster and the Hidden Face of Andrew Scheer
If you've been following the Brexit nightmare, you know what trouble Theresa May's Con Britain is in.With a new last chance deal, May herself, and the British economy in danger of going under.The Cons fighting themselves, and millions clamouring for a second referendum. But despite all that chaos, all that
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Chuckles’ confusion of conservatives.
Federal conservative leader Andrew ‘Chuckles’ Scheer knows that a bunch of whales is a ‘pod,’ and a group of geese a ‘gaggle.’ We are guessing that he has also found out that a collection of conservatives might be a ‘confusion.’ He was at a celebration with an Ontario confusion of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and Doug Ford’s Ill Fated Bromance
When I last left Andrew Scheer and Doug Ford, they were hanging out together at the Ontario Con convention. Vowing to go after Justin Trudeau's dastardly carbon tax.And looking like they were about to get hitched. But what a difference just a couple of days can make eh?Now Scheer is desperately looking
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Enemy of the People
Ever since he became leader of the Cons, Andrew Scheer has called Justin Trudeau all kinds of ugly names.Criminal gang member supporter, coward, terrorist sympathizer, you name it.But now, believe it or not, Scheer aka Schmear, has outdone himself.And come up with an even uglier name to call Trudeau.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How Doug Ford Is Hurting Andrew Scheer And His Cons
There was Doug Ford last night at the Progressive Conservative Convention, addressing his adoring Ford Nation.No doubt getting one standing ovation after the other. Because he likes them a lot.And even though his government is already struggling to recover from one ugly scandal after the other, and is already running Ontario
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Big Oil wants a milk break … and supply management’s foes are all over the media – except when they’re not
On Tuesday, the president of Cenovus Energy Inc., one of the Big Five players in the Alberta oilsands, called for temporary production cuts across the Canadian oil sector to push the sinking price of oil back up again. It’s all about supply and demand, as the well-educated readers of this blog
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer And His Cons Fail the Baloney Test. Again.
As I'm sure you know, the idea of Andrew Scheer as a crime buster makes me howl with laughter. That angry nerd would protect us from the criminals? And who I wonder would protect us from him and his Cons?Especially since Scheer's Crime Busting Plan turns out to be practically fraudulent.Read
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Bernier’s bonus: “No more political correctness.”
As MP Maxime Bernier continues to build his new party of the far right, he is finding easy hunting in Alberta. The MP from Beauce claims some 30,000 memberships sold to-date and Bernier remains quite confident. The former conservative’s People’s Party of Canada (PPC) is reported to be up and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Maxime Bernier Hurting Andrew Scheer’s Cons Already?
Ever since Maxime Bernier left the Cons to form his own party, the People's Party or Max Party, Andrew Scheer has been desperately trying to ignore him. Trying to pretend, in public at least, that Mad Max is not a real threat to Scheer's fevered plan to DESTROY Justin Trudeau. And no
Continue readingMontreal Simon: One More Reason The Cons Will Lose The Next Election
If you remember, when we last left Andrew Scheer he was riding with the notorious Ford Gang, the ugliest group of Con climate change deniers this country has ever known.And although I thought that Justin Trudeau's carbon tax rebate might make Scheer reconsider stealing money out of the pockets of Canadians,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Clement Sex Scandal
Ever since the Tony Clement sex scandal became public, questions have been asked about Andrew Scheer's role in that tawdry affair.How long did he know that Clement was bothering women? And why did he hesitate to throw him out of the caucus?Scheer says he believed him when he said it
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Edmonton Conservative MP Kerry Diotte threatens defamation action against young people who criticized him on Twitter
Edmonton Griesbach MP Kerry Diotte has threatened a young writer and former constituent with a defamation lawsuit for tweeting critical comments about his appearance in photos with Faith Goldy, an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Toronto who is widely viewed as a white nationalist. Bashir Mohamed, 23, who has written
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