Prince Charles Makes Case For Fighting Climate Change to Donald Trump
Prince Charles Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom should be winding down by the time this article is posted. It has been an interesting spectacle to watch. The…
2019
The Kingsway Cases at the LPAT: An (Unrepresented) Party’s Observations, Part 10: Shenanigans
In my April 30, 2019 blogpost, “The Kingsway Cases at the LPAT: An (Unrepresented) Party’s Observations, Part 9: Going Through the Motions,” I updated readers on the KED cases at…
The Ontario Paradox
The post below was published as part of a longer article in Inroads: The Canadian Journal of Opinion in their new issue released this week. In it several contributors assess…
Great, Now They’ll Be Blaming Us For It.
US scientists maintain there’s a direct link between the decline of sea ice in the Canadian Arctic and worsening summer severe weather events across the southern US. The study draws…
Disrespect on a Solemn Day
This week is a very solemn time for Canadians from coast to coast to coast. This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Day-D landings and the movements that led…
Oh Dear, It’s "World Environment Day"
I’ve done several environment- related posts today: Stiglitz on the Green New Deal; the Global Footprint Network and Earth Overshoot Day, 2019; human consumption of microplastics; the magnificent Greta Thunberg;…
Overshoot Comes Early in 2019
The Global Footprint Network has announced that Earth Overshoot Day, 2019 will fall on July 29th. If you’re wondering if that’s the earliest ever be assured it is. Last year…
Be careful what you ask for, Mr. Trudeau
You just might get it. As far as I am aware, this has never happened before: Trudeau will be the first Prime Minister investigated by an international body, during an…
Stiglitz on Climate Crisis
Nobel laureate, Joe Stiglitz, is my kind of economist. The former World Bank chief economist has devoted a lot of his career to fighting the scourge of inequality, he even…
It Will F#@k You Up. Yes, It Will.
Living in the age of climate crisis will mess you up in ways you might not even imagine, not now anyway. A report by 27 national science academies (trust me,…
Will the Spirit of Greta Be With Us This October?
Britons are stirring and Greta Thunberg gets a lot of the credit. Public concern about the environment has soared to record levels in the UK since the visit of Greta…
Grassy Under the Bus
It was just last week that I wrote about a different take on the fall out of the moving of Jane Philpott out of the Indigenous Services portfolio way back…
I’m Sure There’s a Good Answer but What?
Okay, D-Day celebrations to commemorate the Normandy landings in 1944. The last tranche of veterans on hand for the 75th commemoration, bless them all. What I don’t get is the…
Would You Like Fries With That?
A whole new culinary tradition may be in store with news that humans eat plastic. A lot of plastic. On average, we eat at least 50,000 particles of microplastic per…
The True Cost of a Ford Government
It’s almost been a year since the election of the Ford Conservatives in Ontario, but for many it’s felt like so much longer. Part of that feeling is due to…
Donald Trump and the Baby Trump Balloon
When I was in Scotland last summer, I was thrilled to be able to witness Baby Trump rise the into the sky at a protest in an Edinburgh park.Trump wasn't…
Drivers Don’t Obey the Law as well as Bicyclists
Cyclists have somehow got a bad reputation of being lawless street users over the last century. This reputation is poorly earned since the rebels of the road aren’t on two…
He Smells After Three Days
The Brits have endured Donald Trump for the last four days. The upper echelons of British society have shown remarkable restraint. The Guardian reports that Prince Charles tried to engage…
No Intervention for Doug Ford.
Those people who are promoting an intervention for premier Doug Ford’s beer bonanza are missing a few clues. First of all, an intervention is normally conducted by people who give…
Weed is legal in Canada but it is almost impossible to find in approved outlets
Weed is legal in Canada but it is almost impossible to find, especially seeds. They are offered, legally, sort of. The kick in the ass is that Mr. Prime Minister…