Incompetent and Obtuse
Assuming that Donald Trump loses the election, the people who work for him will soon be looking for employment. Jennifer Rubin writes that they might have trouble finding their next…
October 2020
A Team Cools the Planet by Sending Heat to Outer Space
Aaswath Raman, a material scientist at UCLA, has looked into the past to solve today’s problems. He has led a team that’s created an impressive device that uses radiative cooling…
Back to Montaigne
When I find myself in times of trouble, I go back to read Montaigne. Seeking words of wisdom, Read some more… (to the tune of Let It Be, with apologies…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 19, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 19, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Facing steep fines, Nova Scotians with COVID-19 tickets are trickling into court…
Big Messages Sent by Small Acts
It’s amazing how it can be the little things that can make some of the biggest impacts in our political life. That’s something that has proved to be true over…
Justin Trudeau did it wrong.
Thinking back to that lame throne speech that took so long and said so little, it is now clear that prime minister Justin Trudeau was wrong. He promised us a…
Why is the Israeli military still recruiting in Canada?
The Canadian Embassy in Tel Aviv hosted a party with Canadian “lone soldiers” in the Israel Defense Forces on January 16, 2020. Photo from the Embassy of Canada to Israel/Twitter.…
Come by Chance and the Politics of Inertia #nlpoli
Is *this* the real El Dorado?More than six months after they shut it down, the company that owns the Come by Chance oil refinery wants to sell it. And they…
Come by Chance and the Politics of Inertia #nlpoli
Is *this* the real El Dorado?More than six months after they shut it down, the company that owns the Come by Chance oil refinery wants to sell it. And they…
Come by Chance and the Politics of Inertia #nlpoli
More than six months after they shut it down, the company that owns the Come by Chance oil refinery wants to sell it. And they want provincial taxpayers to pay.…
Cowichan Chooses Our Next MLA-October 24th, 2020
This October 24th BC Election is a welcome opportunity for Cowichan Valley citizens to elect a proven community based candidate to represent our interests at the provincial legislature. BC NDP…
Sean Holman’s Whipped Is most relevant today.
WHIPPED The post Sean Holman’s Whipped Is most relevant today. first appeared on richardhughes.ca.
Alberta must learn to walk and chew gum at the same time, premier muses on the topic of energy and the environment
Jason Kenney may have missed it, but Lyndon Johnson’s famous comment about how certain people weren’t up to walking and chewing gum at the same time was an observation about…
UCP AGM 2020: Awards Night
The UCP AGM is such a bizarre event. Sure, there were the typical UCP policies to create an Alberta Pension Plan, collect Alberta taxes here in Alberta, replace the RCMP…
On national efforts
I’ve previously made my pitch as to why progressive people across Canada should pitch in to help support the Saskatchewan NDP’s cause in this month’s provincial election. But I’ll highlight…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Erica Alini reports on Canada’s K-shaped recovery on metrics including employment, debt and housing. And Bill Curry reports on polling showing that…
WESCAM controversy highlights double standards in Canadian arms controls
GA-ASI MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), manufactured by Burlington-based L3Harris WESCAM. Photo courtesy of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Double standards In a rare rapid response to concerns raised…