Sleepwalking To Extinction
The nations of the world have been meeting in Bonn trying to map out a strategy for dealing with climate change. But we face another crisis — which, in itself,…
2017
Friday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to end your week. – Laurie MacFarlane points out how increases in land values have resulted in massive and unearned disparities in wealth. – Kevin Page, Claudette Bradshaw,…
Trudeau tries to tip-toe through the tulips.
Canada’s prime minister always looks good. With or without his shirt on, he can always draw an admiring crowd. In Manilla the other day, he even looked good in that…
Be careful what you ask for … UCP Leader Jason Kenney gets his wish, a lightning-quick by-election
PHOTOS: Dr. Phillip van der Merwe, the brave Calgary physician the NDP has lined up to run against United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney in the Calgary-Lougheed by-election scheduled for…
Calgary-Lougheed by-election set for December 14, 2017
Photo: Calgary-Lougheed NDP candidate Phillip van der Merwe. (Photo source: YouTube) A provincial by-election will be held in Calgary-Lougheed on Thursday, December 14, 2017. The by-election was necessitated by the…
Election Selfie
On November 5th Montreal elected its first woman mayor, Valerie Plante. I was volunteering that day and spent a couple of hours in the De l’Eglise Metro handing out voting…
Enbridge, TransCanada Among 11 Canadian Oil and Gas Firms Using Tax Havens
Eleven of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies have dozens of subsidiaries and related companies in known tax haven jurisdictions, according to a new report from the Ottawa-based non-profit Canadians…
A Pro Forma Response
While Justin Trudeau will undoubtedly be praised by some for his polite reaction to these activists, his perfunctory response tells all you need to know about the disparity between his…
Vancouver Park Board hires first reconciliation planner
Vancouver Park Board News Release November 16, 2017 The Vancouver Park Board has approved a new position in its 2018 budget to support an ambitious reconciliation agenda. The role will…
It’s Called "Competitive Displacement" And There Are No Winners.
Competitive displacement is what happens to native species when humans come to dominate an ecosystem. Those native species are displaced, often by way of extinction. William Rees, professor emeritus of…
WTF? Now It’s "Pollution Denial"?
Remember those climate change deniers? Well they may still find solace in the bosom of the CBC but by and large they’re now thoroughly discredited. Although they seem to have…
Digging for The Truth on Site C Dam Job Numbers
Site C jobs are often cited as a main reason to proceed with the $9 billion dam on B.C.’s Peace River. But how many jobs would Site C actually create?…
Association representing Rural Districts and Counties calls for a Rural Alberta Electoral Advantage
The Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties approved a resolution opposing the recommendations included in the final report of the Electoral Boundaries Commission this week at their annual meeting…
Apple iBooks calls Recipe For Hate one of the “best books” of the month!
Wow. Apple iBooks has called Recipe For Hate one of the top books of November 2017 – and offered up this review: It’s the late ’70s and the Ramones are…
We globalists get letters
One of the gems arising out of yesterday’s events. Reads like Breitbart/Rebel on steroids. Welcome to our lives, etc.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Canadians for Tax Fairness discusses the appallingly small tax contributions made by Canada’s largest companies, the vast majority of whom have foreign…
HELP FOR ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVERS
I am pleased to host this guest post by Lydia Chan, whose Mom suffers from Alzheimer’s. Lydia writes for Alzheimerscaregiver.net. The data is in, and there’s no doubt that Alzheimer’s…
New column day
Here, on the Trudeau Libs’ willingness to favour the concentration of money, power and privilege. For further reading…– Peter Zimonjic reported on the fallout from Bill Morneau’s profit off of…
The 2017 Short Story Advent Calendar Continues To Top Audreys Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Nov. 12, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Hard To Find
In the end, three Republican senators — Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain — torpedoed the monstrosity that was intended to put an end to Obamacare. And now they…