A Weapon Against Fake News
Living in an age when critical-thinking skills are increasingly hard to find, anything acting as a bulwark against the ignorance and stupidity that seems to inform public ‘debate’ is welcome.…
October 2019
That was then, this is now
So: Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship – The Globe and Mail #elxn43 #cdnpoli https://t.co/Tehrcp04mn — Robert Fife (@RobertFife) October 3, 2019 Therefore: Apropos of nothing, I am…
Oct. 3: Is it too late?
Note to our correspondent who was an administrator at McGill and who I taught when the world and I were young. You can reach me at —graemedecarie1@gmail.com https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/key-moments-french-language-debate-1.5306941 Canadians, like…
Recruitment Failure
This federal election campaign has seen some very consistent themes, which is not always the best thing. One such theme from the Conservatives and Andrew Scheer has been a refusal…
A Moment of Comic Relief for Electoral Hump Day
This National Observer cartoon certainly captures the essence of Andy “Chuckles” Scheer for an article that asks an important question, “Will Andrew Scheer Ruin Canada?“ It’s the usual stuff. He’s…
What is the real ‘Back Story’ concerning the undisclosed dealings with the Victoria Car Dealers $1 million dollar purchase of North Cowichan Municipal land?
The real ‘Back Story’ about the saga of the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit has yet to be fully disclosed by the past or present North Cowichan mayor and council. Former…
New column day
Here, on the echoes of previous campaigns in Canada’s federal election – including the possibility that the 1972 minority government scenario might be the best outcome of all. For further…
Cowichan divided on proposed expansion of motorsport track
Originally Published by the Victoria Times Colonist The Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit in the Cowichan Valley. Photograph By TIMES COLONIST A company’s desire to expand a motorsport facility in…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tom Rand and Mike Andrade point out that the Alberta tar sands wouldn’t be sustainable economically even if people ignored their environmental…
Go Ahead and Make Your Kids Work
Raising kids is hard, raising them to be above-average productive members of society is even harder. Indeed, one of those hard things about raising kids is hearing endless advice on…
The Morning After: TVA Debate
Last night we saw the first of two debates in French, with the “Face à Face” Debate on TVA, a format that has proved to be successful and very popular…
Defeating Scheer By Taking Out Ford
In this election, Justin Trudeau is fighting Andrew Scheer by taking aim at Doug Ford. Martin Regg Cohn writes: The point is to draw a direct line between an unpopular…
“NEVER BE ASHAMED”: WHY I DECIDED NOT TO DELETE MY OLD INTERNET POSTS
Edward Snowden September 21 2019, 2:00 a.m. While working for the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden helped build a system to enable the United States government to capture all phone…
Who won and lost the French-language debate
Who won? The separatist guy, Yves-Francois Blanchet. He was calm, he was cool and he was collected. He totally dominated. Who lost? Justin Trudeau. He needed to remind everyone that…
Doug Ford: The man who isn’t here.
We hear that premier Doug Ford is low bridging this federal election. It is at the begging of his friend Andrew Scheer. Conservative leader Scheer did not want to be…
Partisan signs in the Alberta Legislature Building’s windows? No rules, no problem!
Who knew? It turns out anyone can stick up anything they like in the windows of the stately and historic Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton and they won’t be breaking…
"We need a carbon tax"—oil company CEO
MEG Energy Corp. is a Canadian oil company focused on in situ tar sands production. Its CEO, Derek Evans, claims the company intends to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The…
The Real Skinny On Joe and Hunter Biden
Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani can’t stand witch hunts except when it’s their own doing. At the moment they’ve been caught pressuring the Ukrainians to dish up dirt on Hunter…
Meanwhile, In Russian News
As we enter the second half in what may be the dreariest federal election campaign in many, many decades, a bit of Russian news to perk up your day. A…