Challenging Inflation Targeting
Every 5 years the federal Finance Minister updates the “marching orders” that guide the Bank of Canada and its conduct of monetary policy. This process is the one opportunity for…
August 2016
August 17: Just when you think the irving press couldn’t go lower…
.......... it gurgles its way down to the ocean floor.What can I say about a section A that has headlines like "Man to be tried for robbery", "Gas prices to…
August 17: Just when you think the irving press couldn’t go lower…
.......... it gurgles its way down to the ocean floor.What can I say about a section A that has headlines like "Man to be tried for robbery", "Gas prices to…
The Palma Violets and some old Canadian punk bastard in LA
Three years ago! Wow. Times flies when you’re super frigging old.
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Ann McFeatters reminds us of the good a government can do when it dedicates itself to identifying and responding to urgent public needs. And…
Fracking, Earthquakes and Hydro Dams? Don’t Worry, We Have an Understanding.
By Ben Parfitt for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Efforts by BC Hydro to ban potentially destructive natural gas company fracking operations in the vicinity of its biggest dams…
Fracking, Earthquakes and Hydro Dams? Don’t Worry, We Have an Understanding.
By Ben Parfitt for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Efforts by BC Hydro to ban potentially destructive natural gas company fracking operations in the vicinity of its biggest dams…
We Should All Be Very Concerned
Given the authorities' recent success in thwarting Aaron Driver's plans for a terrorist attack, I suspect that most Canadians are not too concerned about protecting their privacy rights. The fact…
We Should All Be Very Concerned
Given the authorities' recent success in thwarting Aaron Driver's plans for a terrorist attack, I suspect that most Canadians are not too concerned about protecting their privacy rights. The fact…
Trump to Receive First Intelligence Briefing Today
Normally a presidential candidate receiving a classified intelligence briefing is not big news, it has been done for decades. However with Donald Trump... can he be trusted? Will he blurt…
Trump to Receive First Intelligence Briefing Today
Normally a presidential candidate receiving a classified intelligence briefing is not big news, it has been done for decades. However with Donald Trump… can he be trusted? Will he blurt…
Trump to Receive First Intelligence Briefing Today
Normally a presidential candidate receiving a classified intelligence briefing is not big news, it has been done for decades. However with Donald Trump... can he be trusted? Will he blurt…
Trump to Receive First Intelligence Briefing Today
Normally a presidential candidate receiving a classified intelligence briefing is not big news, it has been done for decades. However with Donald Trump... can he be trusted? Will he blurt…
Opportunities Collingwood has lost
I spent two days in the trade show at the AMO conference this week, looking at the booth across the aisle from me. It constantly reminded me of the opportunities…
The side benefits of coulrophobia
Alltop is afraid of skin tanner. Chart by Indexed.
Activists in SF Try to Get Drivers to Obey the Law
This year in Toronto drivers have been murdering non-drivers at a record rate. Of course, collisions causing casualties are all avoidable – drivers should watch where they are going and…
USA to UK: How Caring for her Mom Led to a PhD Abroad
I can't quite remember how I first met Feylyn Lewis. It might have been in caregiving groups on LinkedIn or I might have been impressed by her advocacy for young…
USA to UK: How Caring for her Mom Led to a PhD Abroad
I can't quite remember how I first met Feylyn Lewis. It might have been in caregiving groups on LinkedIn or I might have been impressed by her advocacy for young…
Mauril Belanger
Knew his wife, who was simply amazing, better. Him, not so much. Anyway. You know what I liked about him? Happened on one day. It was 2005, Spring. He’d been…