This is a toolkit based on what is happening in the American public school system. As the saying goes, if the US sneezes, Canada catches a cold. Stay ahead of the curve and get involved with your child’s learning environment sooner rather than later. “This new toolkit caters to a
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Paul S. Graham: Manufacturing Consent for War in Canada and the United States
In this webinar, organized by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Colleen Bell and Yves Engler explain how governments in Canada and the United States shape public opinion to support their wars. The webinar was moderated by Professor Radhika Desai. Panelists Colleen Bell: Professor Bell is an associate professor in the political studies
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: The Price of Dispensing With The Monarchy
Over on Musk’s Xitter site, I spotted the following post basically arguing that we should dispense with the Monarchy in Canada. Let me start off by saying that I’m sympathetic to this position in general. The Monarchy is at best an anachronism, and frankly the Royal Family has been more
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Pause Conservative Governments Until We Can Figure Out What’s Going On
Smith on net-zero from 1½ years ago: Innovators can do net-zero!Politicians are too polarizing!Kenney spent too much time fighting the carbon tax! They don't understand how much the industry is prepared to innovate and how quickly they're prepared to get there!#ableg #abpoli pic.twitter.com/XjBzgcsY7F — disordered (@disorderedyyc) May 5, 2023 “Back
Continue readingThings Are Good: Canada Starts to Reduce Oil & Gas Subsidies
A country that loves extracting fossil fuels has begun to clean up its tax rebates for the destructive oil and gas industry. Canada spent over $15 BILLION on subsidies for the oil and gas sector in 2021 alone, which isn’t just bad it’s literally funding the destruction of the planet.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Looking For New Maxims – Freedom, Exchange of Ideas, and Rights
I’m tired of being lied to by the Left and the Right. It’s been a rough couple of years for me as I’ve been riding a bit of a roller-coaster when it comes to demarcating my political position and adopting a cognitive frame in which to reasonably process the world.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Putting Names on the Climate Crisis
The people who make decisions to continue us on a path of climate catastrophe have names and addresses. We need to shame people who are actively engage in profiteering off of killing every living thing on the planet, and that’s exactly what Environmental Defence has started to do. They have
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Canadian Flag – A National Symbol
There is currently a shortage of national symbols and ideals Canadians can call on to foster a feeling of belonging and a sense that they are part of an entity that is bigger than themselves. Our national identity is rarely mentioned these days and it is sort of a shame
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Canadian Politics on Twitter
It’s been weird over in twitterland regarding Canadian politics as of late. The amount of furor and nasty partisan attacks going both ways seem to have intensified – people are doubling and tripling down on their hills to die on. I’m not sure as to exactly why, but here’s an
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Discontent in the provinces
A recent Angus Reid Institute survey of Canadians’ approval (or disapproval) of their provincial governments’ performances was full of surprises while bereft of optimism. Angus Reid maintains a Government Performance Index for each province calculated from the average number of residents saying the government has done a good or great
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Happy Canada Day!
Happy Canada Day!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Importance of Shared Language and Shared Meanings in Society
Objective truth, outside of philosophy, needs to make a comeback in society. “Increasingly, Western societies – especially the English-speaking countries – are becoming two different peoples speaking two very different languages and believing in two modes of living. One camp believes in some form of objective truth and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Ideology Behind the ‘Expanded’ Pride Flags –
You cannot cure what you don’t understand. Let’s, with the help from Woke Watch Canada, understand what is going on under the hood of the activist Left and their gender ideology. “So what is the ideology behind the activists pushing these expanded pride flags? First it is clear that
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On Subjectivity – Gender Identity
This is from a resource aimed at children and teachers to ‘educate’ them on the finer points of gender-woo. It is here the notion of the unfalsifiable gender-soul is born. This woo, because of Bill C-16 is a category. In the same list as “sex” in our Charter. See the
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: The brilliance of the Sustainable Jobs Act
Last week the feds tabled Bill C-50, the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, in the House of Commons. The bill would create a Sustainable Jobs Partnership Council to advise the government on clean energy jobs, require that Ottawa come up with a sustainable jobs plan every five years, and establish a Sustainable Jobs Secretariat. The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Recommitting to Canadian Values – Josh Dehaas
Identity politics sow division and strife within society. We need to revisit the idea that we are all Canadians first and foremost. We come in all different shapes, beliefs, and abilities. Those differences and the acceptance of our actual diversity is what makes Canada a wonderful place to live and
Continue reading52 Ideas: Alberta is missing the transition window
When Alberta’s Premier, the Hon. Danielle Smith, gave her election victory speech; she made it clear that she believed that she could protect Alberta’s Oil and Gas industry from the Global Energy Transition. Or as she put it, “We need to come together no matter how we voted to stand
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Canada smokes New York
Good neighbours share. But what Canada is sharing these days with its good neighbour to the south is not appreciated. I refer to the dense plumes of smoke from our manifold wildfires which are darkening skies and smothering cities across the continent, in our country and theirs. On Tuesday, New
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Moving Beyond The Partisan
A couple of years ago, I expressed my disgust with partisan politics and proposed a model that is intended to break the connection between party discipline, insularity, and policy platforms. One of the first things Danielle Smith has proposed in the wake of the UCP being shut out in Edmonton
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