Such Passion
Too bad we can’t muster some of that in North America. Recommend this Post
2018
Who is running Ontario?
Dean French was Mr. Ford’s campaign chair. The day after the PCs won power in June, Mr. Ford named him his chief of staff. Since then, he has emerged as…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Alex Morris writes about the barriers between the U.S.’ working class and any hope of financial stability and security: In 1960, the…
Reading the Tea Leaves
Stanley Greenberg is a pollster who has spent his career working for Democrats. In today’s New York Times, he looks at the election results and he says that, despite everything…
The anger of Alberta.
Canadians saw something of the growing anger and distrust of the people of Calgary the other day. There is no reason to expect more from the rest of the province.…
Unbelievable giveaway
The case is clear. British Columbia’s Government decided to reduce the public share of natural gas revenues to almost nothing. This is despite substantial growth in the quantities of natural…
Brexit Redux: Looking back at Jason Kenney’s strange comments when the U.K. shot itself in both feet
Back in June 2016, hours after Britons had narrowly voted to leave the European Union, a lot of Albertans scratched their heads at Jason Kenney’s bizarre Brexit commentary on social…
Easy to taste Art History with Waldemar
I am intensely enjoying Waldemar Januszczak‘s art history episodes on YouTube. I started with https://youtu.be/M4o1dc41r28 , his Dark Ages: An Age of Light, and YouTube rounded up https://youtu.be/M4o1dc41r28 Baroque: From…
Saturday Evening Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Nick Charity reports on the observations of the UN’s envoy on poverty and human rights that callous and cruel austerian political choices have…
How Doug Ford Is Hurting Andrew Scheer And His Cons
There was Doug Ford last night at the Progressive Conservative Convention, addressing his adoring Ford Nation.No doubt getting one standing ovation after the other. Because he likes them a lot.And…
The Decarie Report 2018-11-17 15:24:00
As I write this, the California death toll in the Paradise fire is up to 63 – and is expected to rise to as much as 600. The oil industry…
Extinction Rebellion: A New War on Climate Change begins
They call themselves Extinction Rebellion. This is their declaration. When Government and the law fail to provide any assurance of adequate protection, as well as security for its people’s well-being…
Indian trip redux
“It’s the Singaporean blood. High cheekbones & I tan dark.” “I never take selfies. Other people take selfies.” These @JustinTrudeau quotes and more in my @GlobalNational piece looking at his…
Eating OFF the Hill: Perkins Bakery & Reasturant not worth the trip
When my famly moved back to Canada from a posting in Germany in 1990, we picked up the vehicle in Trenton and drove accoss the continent, through the U.S., to…
It’s Personal
During the Quebec referendum in 1980, the fight between Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Rene Levesque was personal. In the next federal election, the fight between Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford…
Saturday Photo: Winter Is Here, Said Hamilton Duck
This what the windows looked like early this week, and this morning Lee had to move about 10 cm of very heavy wet snow. It’s warmer, but there is no…
Doug Ford’s mean streak.
It seems that Douglas Ford Jr.’s mother never told him that what goes around comes around. That is not just a homily. It is a warning. The Ontario premier is…
in which i say goodbye to cupe 1989 and mississauga library
Many friends and co-workers have said they’ll check this blog for updates on our drive west, our new town, my new work. Welcome and a disclaimer: when I travel, wmtc…
A Grain of Rice by Nhung Tran-Davies tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton Fiction Bestseller list this week
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Nov. 11, 2018. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…