Not on time, not on budget
Since actual payments are almost 3x the contractual obligation, it looks like the Sea to Sky Highway improvement project will eventually cost $1.5 billion. And remember, the province financed one…
2019
Where’s the crisis austerity is supposed to fix? Not necessarily in the numbers the government’s consultant crunched
In the decade between 2008 and last year, the number of civil servants in Alberta on a per capita basis fell by 5 per cent. In the same period, Alberta’s…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Huddled cats.
Sept. 17:: These recent days are the most dangerous we have ever seen.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ndp-quebec-platform-1.5284356 What Singh is offering Quebec is a major step to separation. In effect, it offers Quebec control over immigration, and the right to treat anglo-Quebeckers as non-citizens.For a start,…
Will the Coast Give Justin the Rough Ride he Deserves?
Bad news for Justin. Bad news for Andy. A new survey shows the environment is the most important issue for Vancouver voters. It’s also a close second concern for Vancouver…
Communist Era Authoritarianism Never Really Left Illiberal States of Eastern Europe
It wasn’t that long ago – December, 1991 – when the Soviet Union collapsed and, with it, the Warsaw Pact that once anchored the Soviets’ hold over Eastern Europe. One…
Tim Flannery Admits Failure – Why That Should Bother You When Next You Vote
Cassandra. That’s the mantle to be worn by anyone who regularly circulates the latest information from climate science. Chronicling a planetary-scale, slow-motion train wreck is not a cheerful pursuit. It…
Will Maxime Bernier’s Debate Dates Help Finish Off The Cons?
Well it's definitely not as good as the original Wizard of Oz. How could it be with Maxime Bernier playing the scarecrow?And screaming all day long about how he wants…
We may have a livable planet, or we may have unlimited growth. We cannot have both.
Photo by Vincent Yu/AP I could tell you that the global population in 1955, the year my father was born, was 2.7 billion people. I could tell you that that…
Climate in Crisis
If you really want a detailed assessment of anything, print is always your best source. For example, today’s Star details the horrendous changes taking place in the Arctic thanks to…
Andrew Scheer’s Ugly Toilet Bowl Moment
I have to admit I'm stunned. I honestly thought that Andrew Scheer had hit rock bottom when he refused to apologize for comparing LGBT Canadians to dogs.And exposed his naked…
Failures at Launch
We are onto Day 7 of the 43rd General Election and the parties are all spread out around the country trying to win over peoples votes. A big piece of…
Butterflies are Back Thanks to Small Gardens
If you planted native species in your garden then you deserve a pat on the shoulder. Your efforts have helped the butterflies return from dangerously low population levels. In Toronto…
Locked And Loaded
Donald Trump says his country is “locked and loaded” for a confrontation with Iran. Before he wanders into the desert again, Andrew Bacevich writes that Trump would do well to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ann Pettifor discusses how a Green New Deal will pay for itself while making use of readily available sources of financing. And…
It’s Tory Tax Tuck Time.
We hardly got through the first week of the federal election before the conservatives brought out their usual election chestnut. It is time to promise lower taxes. It would hardly…
In other news, Liberals have stopped linking Andrew Scheer to Faith Goldy
What a tangled web we weave. https://t.co/JspEEdXnMq #cdnpoli #elxn43 pic.twitter.com/IBGANwveUp — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 17, 2019
Is This Why Washington is Fingering Iran for Saudi Oil Depot Attack?
This is the “Beast of Kandahar.” It is Lockheed Martin’s super stealth RQ-170 drone. It was ‘top secret’ until it wasn’t. In 2011, the CIA had one operating over Iran…