Canadians, it seems, are not particularly enamoured of Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor. According to an Angus Reid survey, 60 percent of us do not want Charles III as head of state and over half no longer want their country to continue as a constitutional monarchy at all. They don’t
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Dead Wild Roses: Coexistence With Bears on CBC Radio
Driving to work on Saturday and Sunday I tune to CBC to get an idea of what is going on in Alberta and the world. On Sunday though I was quite perplexed. The topic was – I think – bear safety. Bear safety, especially during spring, is a relevant topic
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Canada’s War on the Environment
Canada has declared war on the environment. That is the only conclusion one can draw after viewing Tamara Lorincz’s presentation at the most recent annual meeting of Peace Alliance Winnipeg (of which I am a proud member). In her talk, Tamara discusses the key lessons contained in three reports –
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: What did Canada’s recent federal budget do for housing and homelessness?
I’ve written a blog post about what Canada’s recent federal budget did for housing and homelessness (which wasn’t very much). Here’s my analysis: https://nickfalvo.ca/canadas-2023-federal-budget/
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Free Speech for Peace
Free Speech for Peace was presented by Ethnorama News Winnipeg and Al Cafe and recorded at Winnipeg’s historic Ukrainian Labour Temple on March 31, 2023. The event arose out of a need to raise money to sustain this alternative publication when key advertisers (local NDP Members of Parliament) opted to
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: A healthy competition
Our federal government brought down its 2023 budget last week and it was very green. Dealing with climate change was front and centre. There were other good things, such as a big boost for dental care, and a few items missing, like pharmacare, but I would give it an A
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: A healthy competition
Our federal government brought down its 2023 budget last week and it was very green. Dealing with climate change was front and centre. There were other good things, such as a big boost for dental care, and a few items missing, like pharmacare, but I would give it an A
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Vancouver Police Department Not Doing Their Job – No Assault Charges for an Assault
Sorry folks, the videos in question are only available on Twitter at the moment. But what they depict is a trans identified male assaulting someone in front of the police. The police response was to do nothing and call the incidence a ‘mutual fight’. The police are there to enforce
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: America may be broken, Canada not so much
Americans long had a reputation for being the world’s greatest flag wavers. According to a recent cross-border study by the Angus Reid Institute, that may no longer be the case. At least not relative to Canadians. Judging by a number of criteria, Canadians are a lot happier with their country
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: America may be broken, Canada not so much
Americans long had a reputation for being the world’s greatest flag wavers. According to a recent cross-border study by the Angus Reid Institute, that may no longer be the case. At least not relative to Canadians. Judging by a number of criteria, Canadians are a lot happier with their country
Continue readingThings Are Good: Canada Readies Beneficial Ownership Registry
Canada’s reputation has a good place to launder money may soon come to an end. A good step to preventing organized crime from using the Canadian economy to “clean” their money is tabled in parliament. The beneficial ownership registry will require companies to declare who or what organization benefits from
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Limits in Society
Having established norms and boundaries in society is a good thing. Is the balance between personal freedom and what is good for society perfect? Of course not. But the current system which is always under small scale revision, is a reasonable way forward. The basis of this incremental move toward
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Pedagogical Considerations for Equitable and Culturally Relevant and Responsive Mathematics? – WTAF?
Critical Theory exists only in law schools… Just look at the absolute state of this. For reference this is what a non-full-of-bullshite curricular document looks like: You know what the first document is missing with regards to teaching Math? Anything to do with the actual teaching of math concepts to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: CBC – The Power of Drag (grooming)
Unsurprisingly the CBC seems to be completely on board with uncritical reporting of Drag Queen story hour and how men in woman-face wearing sexualized clothing and make up interact with children. One truth about male child sex predators is this – They always go to where their prey is. Whether
Continue readingThings Are Good: How Neighbourhoods Are Fighting Climate Change
Neighbourhoods in Canada are trying to change the world by focussing on their own street. Across the country there are streets of houses proving that a transition from using fossil fuels to heat and power a home is possible in a country that loves to subsidize the oil and gas
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Joltin’ Judge Brown lasts one round
There was a mystery haunting our Supreme Court throughout February. Justice Russell Brown wasn’t showing up for work. Last week the mystery was solved. The judge has been suspended with pay for getting into a fracas in Scottsdale, Arizona. The judge was in Scottsdale to speak at a ceremony honouring
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Small Print on when you hear – “Just Trying to Live Our LIVES!”
The use of opaque statements like “Trans people are just trying to LIVE our Lives” is a prime example of the motte and bailey fallacy. “The motte-and-bailey fallacy (named after the motte-and-bailey castle) is a form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two positions that share
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Connect All The Dots – Sound statistics are crucial as the foundation for public policy
Read the entire post at Connect All The Dots, well worth your time. “Not all sex offenders are incarcerated. Given how hard it is to obtain convictions for sexual offenses, consider the likelihood that the total number of male sex offenders may be larger than the total number
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Peter Boghossian Reacts To Jordan Peterson Vs Ontario College Of Psychologists
When you cannot engage with a person’s arguments, use institutional censure instead. Sad times for the Ontario College of Psychologists.
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Conservatives and the CBC
Pierre Poilievre has trotted out a recurrent theme in Conservative election platforms—he will “defund” the CBC. (Is “defund” a steal from woke-speak?) This is hardly surprising. The CBC is the only national mass medium that isn’t owned by the corporate sector, a generally conservative and excessively influential entity. Here in
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