Does Wynne cry for liberalism?
Did you hear that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne got all teary at the Liberal Party gathering this past weekend? Not being there, are we to assume these were crocodile tears…
November 2016
Population density and just dense #nlpoli
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is in financial trouble. It will spend this year about $3.0 billion more than it will take in. In fact, this year, as last…
Which Number?
We live in a digital age — a time when numbers are everywhere. One number — we’ve labelled it GDP — has taken on a mystical quality. It has become…
Two million more votes, plus: rigging the vote
There’s this: And then there’s this: Experts Urge Hillary Clinton to Challenge Election Results https://t.co/DciHTSivZ2 via @intelligencer — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 23, 2016
Unopen Government #nlpoli
The idea of open data has been around for a while. In government, it means that government would make information like census data, statistics, licensing information easily and freely available…
Fate of BC’s ancient forests is a question of “values”
Craig Pettitt of Valhalla Wilderness Society in the Incomappleux Valley How do we value wilderness? What metrics should we apply to an 1,800-year-old tree, or the tiny lichens that make…
If There’s One Thing We Ought to Have Learned.
One thing that we have learned about Donald Trump, both from his last two years on the campaign trail and from the Trump of earlier decades, is that it takes…
When the "Indispensible Nation" Becomes Expendable.
Writing in Foreign Policy, Max Boot argues that “Trump’s ‘America First’ Is the Twilight of American Exceptionalism.” Boot’s essay begins with an extensive catalogue of the similarities between Obama’s policies…
Smoke-Free Alberta asks: Why hasn’t all of the Smoking Reduction Act been enacted?
PHOTOS: Water pipes and flavoured tobacco … Why has Alberta legislation outlawing them not been enacted? There are no secret political messages in this picture, by the way. Below: Alberta…
Delegate election rules make it easy for Kenney to win, Unite Alberta Party name reserved by Elections Alberta
Jason Kenney has been fined $5,000 by the Progressive Conservative Party for breaking leadership rules by holding a hospitality suite in the same building as a party Delegate Selection Meeting…
Going for a New Record, Perhaps?
Source: CBC News: Sask. Now Projects $1B Deficit for 2016-2017Source: CJME News: $1B Deficit Forecast for Saskatchewan by End of April I did say I would get to the growing…
Going for a New Record, Perhaps?
Source: CBC News: Sask. Now Projects $1B Deficit for 2016-2017Source: CJME News: $1B Deficit Forecast for Saskatchewan by End of April I did say I would get to the growing…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Curled cats.
Better Discourse For a Kinder World
The U.S. election was a chilling illustration of the atrocious state of public discourse. It doesn’t bode well for a country once admired for leadership in education and science. As…
Better Discourse For a Kinder World
The U.S. election was a chilling illustration of the atrocious state of public discourse. It doesn’t bode well for a country once admired for leadership in education and science. As…
Vancouver Company At Centre of Gold-Mining Controversy on Edge of Yellowstone National Park
On the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park, an area known internationally for its abundant wildlife and spectacular scenery, a Vancouver-based junior mining exploration company is causing community ructions over its…
Vancouver Company At Centre of Gold-Mining Controversy on Edge of Yellowstone National Park
On the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park, an area known internationally for its abundant wildlife and spectacular scenery, a Vancouver-based junior mining exploration company is causing community ructions over its…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Star argues that Canada can’t afford to leave tax loopholes wide open for the rich – as the Libs are doing…