Lessons From the Pandemic
As we all know, when things shut down beginning in 2020 we had to adapt to working and learning from home. It was a hard time; a lot of people…
December 2020
Richard Gordon interviews Richard Fantin on Albertastan
Part two of our discussion on The Great Reset. Podcast:
You are a good (old) man, Charlie Brown
It is entirely fitting that Charlie Brown’s 70th birthday this year went almost totally unacknowledged. In another year, the 70th anniversary of the most successful comic strip of all time…
You are a good (old) man, Charlie Brown
It is entirely fitting that Charlie Brown’s 70th birthday this year went almost totally unacknowledged. In another year, the 70th anniversary of the most successful comic strip of all time…
From Winnipeg to Tokyo: Sports capitalism and the surveillance state
A police officer stands guard during a Winnipeg Jets game. Photo courtesy the Winnipeg Police Service/Facebook. About a year ago, the Downtown Safety Partnership, a “pilot project to improve safety…
Are any conservatives listening?
It is something of a wonder that Jason Kenney, premier of Alberta, Doug Ford, premier of Ontario, and Erin O’Toole, federal conservative leader, are members of the same political party.…
Those Government Wage Subsidies
At least 68 publicly traded Canadian companies have continued to pay out billions of dollars in dividends to their shareholders while receiving government assistance in the form of the Canada…
A Short Time
Doug Ford has worked hard to not show his true colours. But, in the midst of the pandemic, they’re showing through. Martin Regg Cohn writes: After two years in power,…
Denmark: No More Oil from the North Sea
The largest oil producer in the European Union has banned all new oil and gas exploration in their territory. Denmark follows France and New Zealand in the banning of new…
Talking the Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccines with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell. We talked about the delivery of COVID-19 Vaccines, the big news of the day…
COVID-19 measures put in place two weeks ago insufficient to reduce infections, Deena Hinshaw admits
Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw admitted yesterday that Alberta’s current response to soaring COVID-19 infection rates is “not likely to be sufficient to bring down our numbers.” Fielding…
Exceptional America and the Limitations of Joe Biden
America is exceptional. It has a society like no other. It has an economy that is an exception to the norm and, for its uniqueness, at times plays havoc on…
Trump thinks elections are only fair if his side wins—so does Canada’s foreign minister
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro addresses a crowd on the eve of the country’s parliamentary elections, December 5, 2020. Photo from Twitter. Since being elected in 2015, the Liberal government has…
Homelessness planning during covid
The Calgary Homeless Foundation has just released a 12-city scan of homelessness planning during COVID. It’s a national study (which I authored). My ‘top 10’ overview of the study can…
Stage left: Fighting precarity in the cultural industries
Marquee at The Anthem, a music venue in Washington, DC, that has ceased operations during the pandemic. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the performing arts across North America.…
Is Erin O’Toole Finally Going To Be Exposed As A Serial Liar?
I started pinning a Pinocchio nose on Erin O'Toole a few weeks ago because I was so angry at the way he lies all the time. And so frustrated that…
I’m Back, Sort Of
It’s been a while, six or seven weeks I guess. It was a culmination of factors – burn out, a dead computer, a glitch with Blogger, yada, yada, yada. The…
Pandemic prediction
From yesterday. I have no doubt that Canada will receive some vaccines soon. I equally have no doubt that it will be nowhere close to as many vaccines as our…
Talking COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution & Provincial Approaches to COVID on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Dennis Matthew. We discussed the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
Who’s Side Are You On?
It is very easy to not see the forest for the trees. In fact, it is nearly universal. For example, it took millenia before people broadly began to question whether…