Horgan’s LNG Fantasy
We hear a lot about Asian markets eager to buy Canadian LNG. That’s a lie. To extract, transmit, liquefy and ship Canadian methane to Asia requires a price of about…
February 2020
Jason Kenney and the Teck Frontier Fiasco
For months Jason Kenney has been strutting around like a puffed up mini Mussolini, bellowing "Trudeau gimme that mine, or else!!!!"And threatening that Alberta could separate if the Liberal government…
A Call to Civil Disobedience
When Christiana Figueres calls for civil disobedience, it’s about time we listened. Figueres served as executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016. She…
Talking Alberta Court Carbon Tax Decision & Wet’suwet’en Protests with Kristy Cameron
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked the breaking news on the Carbon Tax…
Wild Rose Denialism
Jason Kenney has sure got his dainties in a bunch over the decision by Teck Resources to back away from the Frontier bitumen mega-mine. To hear Kenney tell it, it’s…
Teck Withdraws the Frontier Application
Let’s try to have a sensible conversation about Teck, shall we? On Sunday, Feb 23, 2020 Teck Resources Ltd pulled its application for the Frontier oil sands project. The federal…
Jason Wins One – For Now. Alberta Court Rejects Ottawa’s Carbon Tax.
The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld Jason Kenney’s claim that the federal carbon tax is unconstitutional. It was a 4-1 decision. One judge called Ottawa’s carbon tax “a constitutional…
Newspaper Brags How Liberal City Has Become
The Seattle Times seems pretty happy at how liberal their namesake city is becoming. Seattle, by the way, has always been pretty liberal. It’s an easy place to visit. It’s…
Knowing this is coming, what do you do?
You do cheap publicity stunts, in a transparent bid to look somehow relevant, that’s what. “Dozens of electoral district associations affiliated with the People’s Party of Canada have been deregistered…
Bernie Sanders gives an honest answer – for the first time ever
Cooper: Do you have — a price tag for all of these things? Sanders: No, I don’t.
The Dishonourable Senator from Northwestern Ontario: An Official Hometown Shunning?
Last week I was happy to share with everyone here a great development from Northwestern Ontario regarding Senator Lynn Beyak and the calls for her to be removed. Last week…
Has Andrew Scheer Finally Finally Lost His Marbles?
As you may know, I have always been deeply concerned about Andrew Scheer's mental stability. His creepy smile, his religious extremism, his feverish obsession with Justin Trudeau, and his compulsive…
Can AI Discover a Vaccine for the Caronavirus?
It was wonderful news last week when MIT researchers announced they had used artificial intelligence to discover a powerful new antibiotic at a time when antibiotic-resistant diseases are proliferating. When…
And Now a Word from the World Health Organization, Unicef, the Lancet and a World of Kids
It’s time we admitted we’ve got them squarely in our crosshairs. They know it. So do we.
Talking Wet’suwet’en Protests, Teck Frontier & CoronaVirus on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
After a two week break, this morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We had a conversation…
Trudeau government deepens ties to repressive Kuwaiti monarchy
Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan meets with Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, December 2019. As parents often warn their children, real friends do not encourage stupid,…
The Dizzying Death Spiral of All Things Bitumen
There’ll be no new mega-mine in the Athabasca Tar Sands. Teck Resources will not be proceeding with the Frontier mine project that was supposed to produce 260,000 barrels of bitumen…
Things are shitty. But for Trudeau, they’re shittier.
Don't be snotty. And: no I don't. He did do well post-election. His dithering now, however – on barricades, coronavirus, 57 Canadians killed by Iran – has changed all that.…
What ever happened to dental therapy in Canada?
It might surprise many that one in three Canadians lacks dental insurance while nearly one-fifth of Canadians avoid the dentist each year due to financial constraints. Mainstream though is, if…
The Frontier Dilemma
There are some people in certain professions I’ve always had some empathy for, and one of those is sports reporters. The reason for that empathy is pretty simple and straightforward;…