5 Things You Must Know About the Internet and Social Entrepreneurs
No one knows for sure what a social entrepreneur is, or supposed to be, or whether it’s altruistic or a PR meme. “Disruption” is very trendy now, in terms of…
April 2015
#abvote Week 2 Round-up: NDPocalypse Now
The second week of Alberta’s most bizarre provincial election campaign has come and gone, and now things are starting to form up a little better than before – or, if…
Prentice amending the budget on the fly as polls suggest PC Party in trouble
This was supposed to be an election campaign about the provincial budget, or at least that is what Progressive Conservative leader Jim Prentice told Albertans when he called the election…
The Arctic—the U.S. conserves, Canada exploits
Federal cabinet minister Leona Aglukkaq wears a number of hats. She is Minister of the Environment as well as Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency. Being a member…
Pricing Pollution Is Good For the Economy
We don’t have to chose between the environment and the economy. Canada’s EcoFiscal commission, an impressive group of experienced, policy-minded economists with an advisory board that includes senior politicians from…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mariana Mazzucato writes about the creative state – and the need to accept that a strategy designed to fund the economy that…
Armine, I need to hear more about this ‘fix don’t scrap TFSA’ business
I have huge amounts of respect for Armine Yalnizyan. In the People’s Republic of Chris she is Finance Minister. For life. However her latest item on rabble.ca wherein she (or…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Your news links for today: Infographic: Bill C-51 by the numbers – CJFE target=blank Bill C-51 opposition tweeted by Margaret Atwood, Sarah Harmer – CBC News target=blank Terror fight hampering…
Buy Experiences, Not Things
If you have surplus cash it’s better to spend that money on experiences than buying objects. That is, if you want to live a happy life. Researchers who have looked…
Canada’s Outlier Status
Well, this is bauble budget day, the day the Harper regime makes its big pre-election push to convince us that all is right with the world, and that our natural…
Edward Snowden, Bill C-51 and the scary growth of government surveillance
I recently watched the chilling, superb documentary Citizenfour by director Laura Poitras. The film, which won the Best Documentary Feature award at this year’s Academy Awards, chronicles in detail the…
Joe Oliver and the Ghastly Cinderella Budget Show
Well let's put it this way, his PMO handlers did their best to turn it into a glamorous photo-op, but it wasn't exactly Cinderella slipping on her dainty glass slipper.And…
From the desk of the Senior Liberal Strategist™
What’s interesting isn’t that Larry Martin has written a column about the downward slide of the Trudeau Liberals – lots of the other mostly pro-Grit writers are doing likewise, these…
Goodbye Bill Blair: You failed us.
Toronto has not lost a police chief. It has gained freedom. It has left an era of bad policing behind. It has new opportunities for better policing. It has new…
Teddy’s view on Alberta with 2 weeks to go
I was without internet for a week, but I am back now with an updated prediction map. As you can see I still suspect inbuilt errors with polling. In particular,…
Autism-Epilepsy Connection Explored in Four Studies
The newsletter that follows reports on 4 studies of the autism-epilepsy connection. It is a connection which our own son Conor has lived with and which has presented serious challenges.…
Ostrander Point Wind-Farm Case Goes Back To Tribunal
The decision is here. Put briefly, the case will now get bounced back down to the Ontario ERT, where Ostrander Point Wind Energy will have a chance to convince the…
The problem with no problem #nlpoli
Dwight Ball is the latest Liberal to emerge from the candidate protection program. He popped up on NTV on Monday evening to tell us all two things: First, he thinks…
Laila rules
Almost a year ago, blogger Laila Yuile reported on retaining wall defects along the Sea to Sky Highway. Pictures were included: Troubling photos spark Ministry of Transportation inspections of Sea…
NDP inspired by Lougheed, PCs wage war on Wildrose
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley released her party’s election platform and fiscal plan over the weekend, with a focus job-creation, a serious review of royalty rates and a reversal of…