A Failure of Ambition: Ontario’s Climate Change Plan
Ontario’s new Climate Change Action Plan has drawn a lot of fire since it was released this past June (see: “Ontario Liberals unveil $8.3 billion climate plan to mixed reviews,”…
July 2016
A Failure of Ambition: Ontario’s Climate Change Plan
Ontario’s new Climate Change Action Plan has drawn a lot of fire since it was released this past June (see: “Ontario Liberals unveil $8.3 billion climate plan to mixed reviews,”…
Proud that Trudeau is my Prime Minister
…after reading this.
According To Wood Harrelson, It’s Simple
Unfortunately, thanks to the intractable and self-indulgent nature of far too many 'ordinary' people, it isn't.Recommend this Post
Let’s not mix xenophobia with legitimate resistance to corporate trade deals
Photo by Alex Garland The decision of British voters to leave Europe has been treated as evidence that they’re intolerant xenophobes keen to seal themselves off from the world. That…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- J. David Hughes discusses the ultimate problem with new pipeline construction, as it's incompatible with any reasonable effort to meet even Canada's existing…
Stuff Still Happens, week 27: Black Days in July
Back in 1968, singer Gordon Lightfoot released one of his greatest songs, Black Day in July, about the race riots that left “Motor City burning” as he sang. That song…
The Trump – Thatcher triangle.
Trump finally did it. He lost it all over a mosquito. It was enough to make you wonder if the mosquito was real or imagined. And it was an example…
Stephen Harper and the Blessing of Jason Kenney
For weeks Jason Kenney has been all but begging Stephen Harper to endorse his crusade to unite the right in Alberta. He promised us his master's blessing was coming. He's…
The Last Of His Generation
It's been a week since Elie Wiesel's death. Avi Benolo writes that he was the last of his generation:His generation was the generation of the 20th century that struggled to…
Vancouver Islanders more depressed than other B.C. residents
Life on Vancouver Island beats the alternatives. At least that is how I feel and what I have always thought. But why the higher depression levels compared to the rest…
Electric Cars cleaner than Gas Cars!
Here’s a blog post worth reading about the relative pollution from electric vehicles compared with the more common gas burners. “For the longest time, I wanted to write about the…
Saturday Photo: In Clover…
When something is going good, you can say that it's in clover. Certainly thing are not going in the world these days, but it's nice to know that clover still…
Saturday Photo: In Clover…
When something is going good, you can say that it's in clover. Certainly thing are not going in the world these days, but it's nice to know that clover still…
Alton Sterling, Eric Garner and the double standard of the side hustle (repost)
Alton Sterling was outside of a Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge selling CDs on Tuesday when an encounter with police left the 37-year-old man dead on the pavement,…
THE LIMITATIONS OF LOVE
Nearly two weeks ago, everything was going along smoothly. Writing was coming easily and I'd just had a visit with my Mom in Montreal, buying her fresh flowers for her…
THE LIMITATIONS OF LOVE
Nearly two weeks ago, everything was going along smoothly. Writing was coming easily and I'd just had a visit with my Mom in Montreal, buying her fresh flowers for her…