In Other "Cattle Class" News
Can you imagine the joys of flying economy "cattle class" for 19 hours at a stretch? That flight doesn't exist - yet - but according to Aviation Week it could…
March 2016
The Crow and the Lion
Once upon a time, a crafty, old crow was sitting in his nest while his dole of pet doves brought him his breakfast. He happened to look down to the…
Rob Ford, RIP
Amid the chaotic and terrible news out of Brussels this morning, a more personal loss was announced in Toronto. City Councillor and former Mayor Rob Ford has passed away at…
News Summary
Belgium attacked, Rob Ford dies, Budget release, and atmosphere pollutants at dangerous levels. What's the biggest story? #climatechange — Saskboy (@saskboy) March 22, 2016 Goodbye Rob Ford. You left a…
The New York Times – Another Critique of Today’s Global Trade Deals
In response to yesterday's post of Robert Reich's essay on how free trade deals have morphed into pacts that benefit corporations, not people, reader Chris ("CRF") provided a link to…
Saskatchewan 2016 – NDP Platform Review
I mentioned here that any attempt to review the Saskatchewan Party's platform ran into the problem that there simply wasn't anything worth analyzing, as two pages of conditional promises were…
Are We Also Heading Down this Same Destructive Path?
A report in Pew Research calls America's affliction, "a rise in identity-based animus of one party toward the other that extends far beyond the issues." These days Democrats and Republicans…
Rob Ford, RIP
I didn’t ever support the man, of course. I was critical of his politics, too. But, one day – out of the blue – he and his brother Doug were…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- David MacDonald argues that the federal budget should focus on desperately-needed public investments - with any revenue issues dealt with by raising taxes…
It’s Just a Theory But, If It’s Right, We Need to Know and Soon
Australian scientists have published a paper that claims heatwaves in the northern hemisphere by mid-century may become an extra 3 to 5 degrees hotter than expected. The culprit is a…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday March 22, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.A video posted by @wiselaw on Mar 22, 2016 at…
Cameron’s Shitheels
First it was Tony Abbott. Then it was Stephen Harper's turn to be turfed. Now it's David Cameron who is getting perilously close to the exit door after being exposed,…
It’s No Wonder Young Voters Don’t Like Hillary
Hillary Clinton will say just about anything to anybody if she smells a vote in it and America's young voters are on to her.Let's talk coal. Trying to be environmentally-courageous…
Economic Growth No Longer Tied To Increased Carbon Output
People used to (and some lacklustre individuals still) argue that environmental regulations will wreak economic havoc, hopefully we’ll no longer listen to such irrational arguments. For decades environmentalist and knowledgable…
Did Le Pen expect rose petals?
What did Marine Le Pen president of France’s Front National Party expect? Canadians are hardly about to strew rose petals in her path when she decides to come here and…
What Do Water and Coal Have in Common?
Well, you can't burn the latter without plenty of the former. Happy World Water Day.It's no secret that we live in an increasingly water stressed world. There are two main…
Brussels, budget, Bombardier, bypass
Allow me the alliteration: it feels like all that there is to smile about, as we start March 22, 2016. So, I listened to CBC Radio, as I do every…
Forward, Not Backward
The Conservatives are looking for a new leader. But they have a lot of work to do before they hold a leadership convention. Hugh Segal writes that the last election…
The Ghastly Return of Jesus Harper
It was like a ghostly religious apparition. Not exactly the Blessed Virgin of Calgary (that's Jason Kenney.)But very definitely Stephen Harper, making a rare appearance in the House of Commons…
Resettlement story wrong #nlpoli
Access to documents from government are one thing.Understanding what they say is quite another.CBC requested batches of documents from the provincial government about efforts by the people of Little Bay…