Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Marc Lee examines the folly of the B.C. Libs’ plan to slash the province’s PST rather than investing in any recovery. And…
October 2020
Daylight Savings Debacle
In these days of COVID it’s interesting to see what legislation different elected people decide to continue to pursue. There are always different kinds of hobby horse bills floating around,…
No time like the present
Shorter Scott Moe (with an uninformed boost from Murray Mandryk): An election is no time to assess the suitability of candidates for public office. Needless to say, we’ve heard a…
No Bobble Head
I have always enjoyed reading E.J. Dionne’s columns. Perhaps that’s because I feel a distant kinship with his French Canadian forebears. Dionne writes that Kamela Harris did a superb job…
It’s not about who won or lost.
Your choice of who won the American vice-presidential debate in Utah last night tells more about you than the antagonists. Supporters of either were not disappointed. We knew that vice-president…
It’s Good to Understand the First 5000 Years of Debt
How can we make sense of governments around the world taking on more debt during the COVID-19 pandemic when beforehand they were repulsed by the concept of going into debt?…
Virtual Insanity
In 2020 things seemed to have moved at the speed of light, making it so hard to keep up. Days have felt like hours, as big event after big event…
Canada’s military footprint in Africa is an extension of US imperialism
Nigerien troops stand in formation prior to the start of the opening ceremony of Flintlock 2018 in Niamey, Niger, April 11, 2018. United States Army Photo by Sgt. Heather Doppke/Flickr.…
The buzz on the VP debate, in tweets
Why should you watch #VPDebate? Because @KamalaHarris is highly likely to become president. That’s why. #Debates2020 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 8, 2020 I’ll give this much to @vp: @realDonaldTrump…
How much is Churchill Falls worth? #nlpoli
The public policy advantage of quantifying or estimating what the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador might get in revenue from Churchill Falls 21 years from now is that it takes…
How much is Churchill Falls worth? #nlpoli
The public policy advantage of quantifying or estimating what the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador might get in revenue from Churchill Falls 21 years from now is that it takes…
How much is Churchill Falls worth? #nlpoli
The public policy advantage of quantifying or estimating what the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador might get in revenue from Churchill Falls 21 years from now is that it takes…
If you want to know how an Alberta Provincial Police force would behave, read between the lines of yesterday’s announcement
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police may be no paragon of liberalism and progressive enforcement, but they’re apparently too liberal and progressive for the members of the so-called Fair Deal Panel…
The green wave swallows Exxon
I have read so many articles about banks and investment firms high-tailing it away from oil recently, I hardly pay attention when another crops up in the news. Nonetheless, I…
Peaceful Red Deer Anti-Racist March A Success; Far-Right Narrative At Odds With Reality
This past Sunday, Red Deer Against Racism and the Black and Indigenous Alliance Alberta (BIAA) held a march in the city of Red Deer, AB. In stark contrast to the…
Peaceful Red Deer Anti-Racist March A Success; Far-Right Narrative At Odds With Reality
This past Sunday, Red Deer Against Racism and the Black and Indigenous Alliance Alberta (BIAA) held a march in the city of Red Deer, AB. In stark contrast to the…