Alberta Politics: When it comes to COVID-19, our premier talks like Churchill but walks like Chamberlain

Alberta’s efforts to respond to the coronavirus pandemic with Jason Kenney in the driver’s seat are a lot like stand–up comedian Billy Connolly’s iconic routine about union negotiations, only without the profanity and without actually being funny.  What’s going to happen tomorrow?  Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw at

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Alberta Politics: 10 months in the life of Jason Kenney: from bitter foe of illegal protests to fierce defender of protesters’ rights, or something

What a difference a year makes!  Not even a year: Ten months in the life of Jason Kenney.  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Ten months ago, blockades in support of opposition by members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation to pipeline construction on ancestral lands in north-central British

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Alberta Politics: New Zealand eyes reopening borders a crack while Calgary crowd protests ‘draconian’ COVID-19 restrictions

After being declared COVID-19 free last June, New Zealand is ever-so-cautiously moving toward reopening its watery borders to some international travel.  With Australia, that is. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (Photo: NewZild, Creative Commons). Australia hasn’t done quite as well countering the coronavirus as New Zealand has, but it’s

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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Marco Ranaldi and Branko Milanovic study the relationship between inequality of inputs and inequality of outcomes – finding in particular that countries with relatively equal sources of income reliably produce comparatively fair income levels as well. And they also note that it’s possible

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