The Platform Web
“Platforms are more like shopping malls than town squares — public to an extent, but ultimately managed according to private interests.” Taylor Owen in an article titled Why Platform Governance?…
2019
Is This Finally The End Of Andrew Scheer?
It was without a doubt the worst day in Andrew Scheer's political career. A day that should seal his fate as Con leader.It ended with Scheer travelling to Quebec to…
Coming Apart at the Seams?
The Tories are a “big tent” party, especially for social conservsatives, the gang who call the shots in Redneckistan. They had one of their own running the show during the…
A New Term – "Climate Procrastination"
A decade ago, our hopes of a climate emergency “soft landing” depended on slashing greenhouse gas emissions by just over three per cent per year, every year. Only we didn’t…
Does Kayleigh Rogers seem like an honest person to you?
She’s a CBC reporter. She wrote to me in October, when the black dog was biting pretty hard. I saw it as a nice note. Human to human. At this…
Dirt Houses are Good for the Planet
Inefficiently constructed housing is a problem for the planet and people. Poor insulation, intensive manufacturing process, and costs all have long term impacts on energy usage and people’s budgets. There…
The Existential Debate on the Right
We’ve got a bit more than a month left in 2019 and as Canadian politicos start to ramp up for the return of the House of Commons and the starting…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joseph Stiglitz writes about the dangers of measuring economic and social progress solely in terms of GDP: It is clear that something…
Learning On The Job
Doug Ford has made a big U Turn. Tom Walkom writes that Ford began his term in office by going to war with Ottawa: He launched an all-out war against…
Liberals think they won?
There seems to be a new definition of winning. There was a lengthy Insight article in the Toronto Star last weekend on how the liberals think they won the last…
Community Energy and Emissions Plan Sets Sudbury on Course for Transformative Change
What will be called one of the most important and visionary plans to guide change in the City of Greater Sudbury received preliminary approval from Council earlier this month. The…
Community Energy and Emissions Plan Sets Sudbury on Course for Transformative Change
What will be called one of the most important and visionary plans to guide change in the City of Greater Sudbury received preliminary approval from Council earlier this month. The…
Community Energy and Emissions Plan Sets Sudbury on Course for Transformative Change
What will be called one of the most important and visionary plans to guide change in the City of Greater Sudbury received preliminary approval from Council earlier this month. The…
Could Jason Kenney Sell Alberta To The Americans?
When I see Jason Kenney wearing an oil pimp hoodie to a Grey Cup game, to try to score cheap political points.And ignoring all the boos.Or when I see him…
Alberta union leaders summoned to provocative weekend ‘consultation’ by Kenney Government
Alberta union leaders have been summoned to a “labour relations consultation” next weekend in Edmonton at which they will be informed how Premier Jason Kenney’s government plans to “protect workers…
Evangelicals and Their Populist Prophets
Christian evangelicals are having good innings in the political sphere these days. First, their man Donald Trump becomes president of the U.S.; then another of their populist heroes, Jair Bolsonaro,…
City releases draft 2020 budget ahead of December 3 special Council meeting
November 25 2019 The City of Vancouver has published its Draft 2020 Budget and Five-Year Financial Plan, to be considered by City Council at a special Council meeting on December…
Justin’s Pipeline Stasi Are Still At It.
The Crown corporation that owns the Trans Mountain Pipeline is running an intelligence operation against pipeline opponents. That’s right. The government is spying on Canadians who have committed no crimes.…
Just In Time for Christmas
I thought he was shallow but cardboard shallow? Just in time for Christmas, Wayfair is offering a life size cut out of our prime minister, Justin Trudeau. The best part…
Nestle Confesses to Buying Fish Caught by Slaves.
I know, I know, another Nestle outrage. Cat food made from fish harvested by slave labour in Thailand. Only this story is a little bit different. This time, the Swiss…