Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Umair Haque highlights how European and North American states have failed to control the coronavirus compared to other developed countries. And Ian Austen…
November 2020
A Myth Buster
For nearly fifty years now, we have been buying the myth that the private sector can do anything better than the government. The pandemic has exposed that myth for the…
Scotland First in World to Provide Free Sanitary Products
Monthly periods can be expensive and stigmatizing for women and girls, particularly when they cannot afford to buy the proper sanitary supplies. The ongoing costs associated with periods can be…
To eradicate misogyny, we must address online gender-based violence
Women’s March in Berlin, March 8, 2020. Photo by Raquel García/Unsplash. After her husband broke her rib, Ruby went to an emergency room and then directly to a shelter. The…
Whatever happened to Uncle Malcolm?
It can be awkward when you have relatives who support Donald Trump. They think of him as a cross between God and the great leader. He can do no wrong.…
Alberta dithers on, replacing pandemic half-measures with slightly tougher half-measures
Premier Jason Kenney finally resurfaced yesterday, looking healthy enough, to respond to Alberta’s surging COVID-19 infection rate with new half-measures not all that distinguishable from the old half-measures. Bars, restaurants…
BC is eliminating natural gas revenues
Beginning in Premier Gordon Campbell’s term as BC Premier, natural gas producers lobbied mightily for reductions in the public share of revenue derived from exploiting the natural resource. BC Liberals…
Donald Trump and the Canadian Trumpanzees
It took Donald Trump a long time to even hint that he was finally ready to admit he lost the election. He didn't dare. No doubt worried that if his…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats with companions.
BC Hydro’s dishonesty about demand growth costs us billions
Most people are educated by BC Hydro’s dishonest claims about demand growth. So, when they read a report that domestic sales have been flat for 15 years, they tend to…
No Jail for Jean-Marc Rouillan! by Ron Augustin
Jean-Marc Rouillan, one of the founding members of Action Directe in the 1980s, was sentenced to eight months of house arrest two years ago for “apology of terrorism”. This is…
Reflections on the Futures of Education
On the Futures This post is a series of short comments on the just-released document from the Canadian UNESCO chairs on the future of education. It consists of six short…
My latest in the Sun: pandemic politics for poltroons
Donald Trump: you’re fired. And Joe Biden didn’t fire you. The coronavirus did. By voting day, Nov. 3, nearly 60% of Americans disapproved — or strongly disapproved — of Trump’s…
The Polls, the Election Results and Trump
The most notable outcome of the 2020 U.S. election was that, as expected, Trump lost both the popular vote and the electoral college. However, the polls experienced significant errors, the…
The Polls, the Election Results and Trump
The most notable outcome of the 2020 U.S. election was that, as expected, Trump lost both the popular vote and the electoral college. However, the polls experienced significant errors, the…
The Polls, the Election Results and Trump
The most notable outcome of the 2020 U.S. election was that, as expected, Trump lost both the popular vote and the electoral college. However, the polls experienced significant errors, the…
Plague Update: Moe More Restaurant Dining
While skirting the household gathering limit, the Sask Premier was exposed to COVID-19 in PA. The irony of Scott Moe being exposed to covid at a restaurant days after encouraging…
Cases of COVID-19 have climbed on Vancouver Island in recent weeks
Hi Richard, Cases of COVID-19 have climbed on Vancouver Island in recent weeks, and so has the rate of testing. Many days, more than 1,000 new tests are performed here.…