Ouch
The best attack ads are the ones where the target willingly participates. https://t.co/tKa4dgLVWk — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 4, 2020
August 2020
Whatever happened to conservatives?
It’s hard to believe these days, but in many nations, conservative political parties were once actually the defenders of the nation’s interests, of the greater good, of the public, and…
Kissing the Mighty Athabasca Goodbye
Ottawa and Alberta have hatched a plan to cut monitoring of Canada’s massive Love Canal, the Athabasca Tar Sands. The deal says no fieldwork is to be done on the…
Breaking Faith
If there’s one fundamental duty upon elected officials that rises above all others it is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the public. Covid 19 has shown that our…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Vaughn Palmer discusses how British Columbia’s Site C megaproject had gone awry long before the coronavirus pandemic hit. And CBC News reports…
Too Quick On The Draw
Newly-released bodycam footage of the arrest of George Floyd reveals he was in a blind panic when officers drew guns on him. His revelation that he had been shot in…
Canada’s Trump
Jason Kenney, Linda McQuaig writes, is the closest thing we have to Donald Trump, He says he’s a man of the people. But his policies clearly favour corporations over people:…
Trudeau government remains silent on corruption and repression in Haiti
Police station in Cité Soleil, located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti. Photo by James Emery/Flickr. One way to evaluate the seriousness of the Trudeau government’s stated objectives in…
Platitudes or new plan? Education minister schedules news conference this morning on back-to-school plan
With the clock ticking down to a “near normal” mid-pandemic school reopening next month for three quarters of a million Alberta students, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange plans to provide an…
James Lovelock – The Old Git Greets His Second Century
James Lovelock has now logged a full century on this Earth. He just turned 101. And, while his opinions of Gaia, Earth, can ebb and flow, even the pandemic doesn’t…
Forestry doesn’t pay the bills, folks
Originally published by Focus on Victoria Over the past 10 years, it cost British Columbians $365 million per year, on average, to allow forest companies to log publicly-owned forests. Most…
I read obits. They are important.
This one is really important. RIP, David.
Shopping carts, masks, and morality
The shopping cart theory — or rather the S.C. hypothesis, since it really isn’t a theory in the proper scientific sense — is a test of our humanity, or so…
Low tech, high tech
These are just a few thoughts that came to mind, after researching the tiny home and camper van trends, but they have very broad implications, for just about everything. This…
Paul George, Co-Founder of the B.C. Green Party and Co-Founder of the Wilderness Committee, Awarded Order of British Columbia
MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUGUST 3, 2020 VANCOUVER, B.C. – Paul George, co-founder of North America’s first Green Party, the Green Party of B.C., and co-founder of…
After Fauci, Trump Has New Whipping Boy, Dr. Deborah Birx.
As half of the White House covid-19 tag team, Dr. Deobrah Birx, flew under the radar while Dr. Anthony Fauci was the lightning rod for Trump and his administration. When…
On ongoing failings
Andrew Leach has pointed out how Alberta’s economy has been the worst in the country since Jason Kenney took power. But it’s also worth noting which provinces have seen similar…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Christopher Cheung examines the privilege involved in being able to stay home during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. And Kate Allen, Jennifer…
Happy B.C. Day
Or whatever you call it in your province – happy, happy. I began my day with a news story that put me in a cheery state of mind. Sea otters…
The Fake Scandal and the Desperation Of Andrew Scheer
I knew the fake WE scandal wouldn't stand the test of time. I knew it would crumble like a sand castle, as the truth caught up with it. Starting with…