Accidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Mark Kline warns against accepting continuing denialism about the impact of COVID-19 on children. Andre Picard discusses Canada’s grim milestone of 40,000 (reported) COVID deaths. And Dennis Thompson notes the reality that long COVID may be a chronic condition requiring constant treatment, while Sky

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The Maple Monarchists - Blog: Statement by Chairman Finch of the Monarchist League of Canada

REPUBLICANISM WILL NOT HELP WITH RECONCILIATION  In the aftermath of the horrific discoveries of the bodies of Indigenous children at former residential schools across the country, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians have rightly been asking themselves what more can be done to help achieve reconciliation.  Recently, a school in Creston, BC removed its royal connection

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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Grace Blakeley discusses how corporate handouts represent a major contributor to the concentration of wealth by the richest few. And CNN reports on the new billionaires created by the public development of COVID-19 vaccines. – Rachelle Younglai points out that generational wealth transfers

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Scripturient: A Conspiracy So Immense

It’s a common theme in today’s political analysis to argue that Donald Trump broke America. Looking at the ongoing dumpster fire that is the Repugnican Party, the rise of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, anti-science, pro-disease, misogynist, pseudo-religious, and anti-justice groups into the centre of the party’s power seems clear evidence of

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Accidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jason Warick reports on how the lack of enforcement of public health rules has emboldened anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers to impose their disregard for community safety on the people around them. Guy Quenneville highlights the Moe government’s decision to do absolutely nothing in the

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