This and that for your Thursday reading. – The Institut economique Molinari studies how COVID Zero strategies have not only kept populations healthier, but helped to preserve higher levels of freedom than plans which instead allow for avoidable community transmission. And Andrew Conway-Harris et al. find (PDF) that air filtration is extremely
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Accidental Deliberations: #Elxn44 Roundup
News and notes from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Alex Hemingway writes about the need to tax the rich far beyond even the “unlimited zeal” reflected in the NDP’s modest plans to secure additional revenue. And David Moscrop makes the case for far more discussion of systemic change in who owns and makes decisions
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News and notes from Canada’s election campaign. – Mohy-Dean Tabbara and Garima Talwar Kapoor examine what the parties are offering to combat poverty, while noting the need for more ambition in the effort. – Alex Hemingway points out that while the NDP’s platform offers a start, there’s plenty of room
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On concealed motivations
Martin Lukacs worked for years documenting and explaining the Libs’ concealed raison d’etre… Whenever discontent builds up, the Liberals have always been there to safely channel it, like a political shock-absorber. They’ll wink to the elite, and then pose as anti-establishment to the broader population. And…Trudeau just…he blurted it out.
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The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Sam Hammond argues that we should expect our federal parties to strengthen public education in the wake of a pandemic which has exposed the iniquities faced by disadvantaged students. And Ricardo Tranjan highlights why we can’t afford to let parties treat rental
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The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Jim Stanford writes that the direction of our rebuilding from and after the COVID pandemic is one of the core issues at stake. Anna Desmarais highlights how people are suffering from the arbitrary rules the Trudeau Libs attached to CERB with unmanageable
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News, notes and commentary from Canada’s federal election. – Heather Scoffield comments that there’s reason for hope in this election based on the options available to voters. Jaime Watt concludes that Jagmeet Singh is ideally positioned to provide aspirational leadership in an election where voters are more interested in future plans than a referendum
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Paul Krugman discusses the need for people who have been responsible about limiting the spread of COVID-19 to start speaking out and taking action to ensure that the reckless and nihilistic aren’t able to impose avoidable disease and death. Adia Benton, Maimuna Majumder
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – Doug Cuthand calls out the Kenney and Moe governments for prematurely and irresponsibly declaring victory over COVID rather than paying any attention to how they’ve put their citizens at risk. And Nesrine Malik highlights how decades of anti-government rhetoric have laid the
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Assorted content to end your week. – Aaron D’Andrea reports on Dr. Theresa Tam’s recognition that most of Canada is now firmly trapped in a fourth wave of COVID. Alexander Quon reports on research confirming that the people avoiding vaccines are also the least likely to take other protective measures.
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Greg Jericho writes that the latest IPCC report confirms that we’re running out of time to avert climate breakdown, but still have a narrow window in which to do so. Damian Carrington reminds us that the cost of climate negligence is far
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Holly Yan examines the growing medical recognition that children need to be protected from COVID-19 (and particularly the Delta variant). David Holtgrave et al. highlight why we need to be increasing our testing and monitoring – not abandoning the effort as the UCP
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Population Growth & The Environment
There has been a debate going on for over 50 years as to whether the primary cause of the growing environmental crisis is over-population or over-consumption. The debate still continues, even though the facts have been known conclusively for decades. Consider what we know to be the established facts. 60%
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ed Yong discusses the preventable dangers created by a shift in COVID-19 messaging from one of public protection to one of individual choice. Moira Wyton offers some suggestions from experts as to people’s options in getting a second vaccine dose – with the
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Emma Paling discusses the reasons why repeated warnings about Canada’s third wave of the coronavirus went largely unanswered. And Rachel Bergen reports on another national call among doctors for a COVID-19 circuit breaker, this time with a focus on stopping the spread of
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Gurney discusses the complete lack of leadership which has led to catastrophic public health results in Ontario, while Haley Steinberg talks to Andrew Morris about the Ford PCs’ utter disregard for evidence-based recommendations to limit the spread of COVID-19. Davide Mastracci
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Justin Ling writes that the third wave of COVID currently swamping conservative-run provinces can be traced back directly to our leaders’ refusal to acknowledge and act on scientific realities. Nora Loreto discusses the super-spreader events in workplaces which governments have consistently covered up
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Assorted content to end your week. – Alex Hemingway writes about the massive concentration of wealth among the richest few Canadians while most people have struggled through the pandemic. And Derrick O’Keefe follows up by pointing out how that accumulation highlights the need for a wealth tax, while Linda McQuaig
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Toby Sanger points out how Canada could gain tens of billions of dollars annually by working with Joe Biden to apply a global minimum corporate tax. And Linda McQuaig reassures us that a wealth tax can have a profound impact on inequality without
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Assorted content to end your week. – Don Pittis writes about Janet Yellen’s work to ensure that corporations pay their fair share, rather than being able to structure and artificially locate operations in order to exploit countries without contributing to them. And David Paddon discusses how Canada would stand to
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