Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Livia Gershon discusses why relative equality plays a far greater role in people’s well-being than absolute income in developed countries. And Stefanie Stantcheva…
February 2018
The Day the NRA Killer Crazies Struck Back
At the CNN town hall the other night, Emma Gonzalez and other Parkland Massacre survivors were able to put the NRA's representative Dana Loesch on the spot.Or tame the beast…
The Day the Con Media Ended Up Looking Like Idiots
As I'm sure you know, I have absolutely no respect for most of the Parliamentary press gang. They are incredibly mediocre, gratingly provincial, almost entirely dedicated to trying to return…
Don’t count the Liberals out in Ontario.
It has been a bit disquieting lately to see the progressive bloggers’ web site infiltrated by conservatives. In checking to see what people are saying these days, I came across…
Is Caroline Mulroney the Hillary Clinton of Ontario politics?
Comparing Hillary Clinton with Caroline Mulroney might seem like a stretch, but it does work on a few levels. Hillary Clinton entered the political arena in large measure due to…
Who blinked? Doesn’t matter: There are plenty of reasons to doubt B.C. and Alberta’s differences are settled
PHOTOS: A map showing the route of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Below: B.C. Premier John Horgan, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney, and B.C. Environment Minister George…
Notley opens the Quails’ Gate and lets the BC wine flow into Alberta once again.
Did Alberta win the pipeline war against British Columbia? No, but the great BC wine boycott of 2018 appears to be over. The interprovincial dispute over the Kinder Morgan Inc.…
What Canada Can Learn From Germany’s Renewable Revolution
Changing from an energy system powered by fossil fuels to one based on renewable energy takes long-term planning, innovation and a buy-in from citizens, industry and all levels of government,…
Caroline Mulroney – Burning down the PC house?
Caroline Mulroney is running for the leadership of Onatrio’s Progressive Conservative Party, following in her father’s political footsteps. Conservatives interested in the long term viability of the Ontario PC Party…
Meters Fees & Charges: Nobody likes them!
Last November, in the 2018 Park Board budget deliberations, seasonal parking fees were introduced at Spanish Banks beach. This is the last beach in Vancouver to have parking fees, and…
What Those Who Call Themselves "Patriots" Really Believe
Put on your irony seat belt folks. When I wrote the article detailing the reaction to the George Stanley acquittal, I used the Facebook group, "Canadians Against the NDP and…
Climate Lemmings. You Either Are or You’re Not.
I think very few among us have any realistic idea of how far down the climate change road we’ve already gone. That includes our political leadership. No question about that.…
Site C: The Elephant in B.C.’s Budget
Conspicuously absent from the B.C. government’s 19-page budget speech on Tuesday was any mention of the largest publicly funded project in the province’s history. Nor did the government devote a…
How safe are Canada’s elections from fake news on Facebook?
Here is an interview I recently did on CBC’s The Current on the digital threat to the next Canadian election. My argument is that a focus on discrete threats (from…
I Did NOT Support Jagmeet Singh For Leader Of Canada’s NDP (and his actions have confirmed that i voted correctly!!)
Dear Jagmeet Singh! It is unfortunate that your lengthy, ongoing mistreatment of current sitting New Democrat Member of Parliament, Erin Weir, continues! This is highly unacceptable!! You placed him in…
I Did NOT Support Jagmeet Singh For Leader Of Canada’s NDP (and his actions have confirmed that i voted correctly!!)
Dear Jagmeet Singh! It is unfortunate that your lengthy, ongoing mistreatment of current sitting New Democrat Member of Parliament, Erin Weir, continues! This is highly unacceptable!! You placed him in…
Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience
Kent Momkman, The Daddies (2016) 60ii X 112.5ii, Acrylic on Canvas Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience may not be the art exhibit Canadians wanted during Canada…
Missing Shulamith and the Dialectic of #MeToo
Photo by Mihai Surdu I was 24 years old in 1970, when I read Shulamith Firestone’s The Dialectic of Sex, a year younger than she was when she wrote the…
I Did NOT Support Jagmeet Singh For Leader Of Canada’s NDP (and his actions have confirmed that i voted correctly!!)
Dear Jagmeet Singh! It is unfortunate that your lengthy, ongoing mistreatment of current sitting New Democrat Member of Parliament, Erin Weir, continues! This is highly unacceptable!! You placed him in…
Feb. 22: The biggest news story ever?
This could be it. But as I write this on Feb. 21, the irving press hasn’t noticed it. Indeed, it hasn’t been noticing for weeks as this story has been…