Kinder Morgan’s IPO: Risk > Reward
Thursday, June 1, 2017 Kinder Morgan’s risky Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion just got a whole lot riskier, just as the company was taking steps to offload some of that risk…
May 2017
If it were all about money, the election would be over before it started
…and if elections were all about who had the most to spend, Ross Perot and Pete DuPont would’ve been president. But, still. This is extraordinary. Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives raised more…
Walk A Lot, Read A Lot
Taking a break in La Fontaine Park.
Transportation Not Meeting Demand
It’s been kind of a bad year for transportation in Saskatchewan. Aside from the potential Supercharger for Swift Current, there haven’t been many tangible bright spots for Saskatchewan. Premier Wall…
Hey Trump. They’re Taking the Piss Out of You.
There was quite a giggle when the Great Orange Bloat joined Egyptian thug, Fattah el Sisi and Saudi king Salman to place their hands on the magical glowing orb. Today…
What? It’s Not Our Coast?
Them’s fighting words, Rachel. According to the Alberta premier, we’re just people who happen to live on the Pacific coast, nothing more. That still gives Alberta some overarching right to…
A Deal for British Columbians
It’s a sad reality that, when deals are made between politicians, they have to be viewed from the context of what each side gets out of it. Partisan advantage often…
They’re Calling It "The GreenDP" and Predicting It’ll Be Good News for Education in B.C.
From the National Observer I learned of the name, GreenDP, the next government of British Columbia forged out of an accommodation of the small but grossly under-represented Green Party and…
America’s Undeclared Civil Wars
Is America in a state of undeclared civil war? Maybe more than one? An article from The New Republic suggests that Trump’s conservative backers see the president as their commander…
No, Asian Markets Will Not Fetch Better Prices for Canadian Oil: New Report
One of Ottawa and Alberta’s main arguments in defence of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline — that Alberta oil sold to Asian markets will command a higher price —…
In Some Ways, It Must Be Nice To Be An Idiot
That way, you get to say anything that comes into your near-empty head. Recommend this Post
CBC: Ex-ombudsman André Marin ordered to pay $68K in legal fees after failed lawsuit
Link here. Story: Former Ontario ombudsman André Marin has been ordered to pay $68,000 in legal costs to the provincial legislature and the Office of the Ontario Ombudsman. The Superior…
May 31: Angels in bombers
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/quebec-missionary-murdered-in-guatemalaI found story above just recently, though I’ve known of the murder it describes for some time, some 34 years. Canadian and American big business have a brutal and murderous…
Trying to invent the future when the past was perfectly good.
Folk continually delve into our past, now at https://www.historyjam.ca , attempt to understand what went wrong, what went right, why and where and how. This post YOU WON’T BELIEVE THESE…
We were lied to. Again.
On Monday, the Block chose a new representative for the town’s half of the Collus-PowerStream board. They advertised the position in the local media and accepted applications from several qualified…
STC Bus Shut Down By Callous SaskParty
Today is a terrible day in Saskatchewan history. The Brad Wall government has ended public transportation to most Saskatchewan communities. There is tomorrow no bus service between Saskatoon and Regina,…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Wednesday May 31, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. In determining entitlement to spousal support, Ontario courts consider…
Waterproofing Cities for Resiliency
The last month brought a lot of rain to the city of Toronto which has led to the Toronto islands being half submerged and a temporary (and lax) travel ban…
The Beat Goes On
The same issues that plague our politics are on display in the British election. The central issue is what should be public and what should be private. George Monbiot writes:…
The End of the American World: Without Vision there can be no Leadership
America is leaving the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This is, by scientific consensus, a terrible outcome for the planet. But it is also a disaster for American foreign policy…