Covid Journal, December 3, 2020
Alberta. Sheesh. What a mess. And Conservatives continue to pretend they know what they’re doing …
December 2020
Lifting singles out of poverty in canada
I’ve written a report for the Institute for Research on Public Policy about social assistance—specifically, about social assistance for employable single adults without dependants. A ‘top 10’ overview of the…
#TBT: the Hot Nasties, 1977
TBT: super-old shot of Hot Nasties Nuclear Age Kinsella and Ras Pierre Schenk in Calgary in 1977 or so. We don’t heat our practice space, maaaaan!
Space, the UCP’s final frontier — taking catastrophe where no Alberta government has gone before!
Space, the final frontier … they even think Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party Government are an interstellar disaster at Starfleet Command! Well, in fairness to the Alberta premier…
John Horgan’s Ride in the Premier’s Chair
Premier John Horgan has earned respect and support from BC voters putting him at the top of the hill for Canadian premiers. His leadership with the Covid-19 via Health Minister…
The news from site C just gets worse and worse, dangerous-er and dangerous-er
Oh, dear, Premier Horgan, The news from site C just gets worse and worse, dangerous-er and dangerous-er. I’m forwarding these two pieces just so you know we know, as the…
An Open Letter To Our Premier On The Site C Dam
CANCEL SITE C, THEN INJECT SOLAR ENERGY INT0 HYDRO’S GRID AS A VACCINE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Peter Nix Mr. Horgan,do you want your legacy to be the political leader…
Juxtaposition
The Saskatchewan Party government’s public health expectations for the mid-pandemic jet set willing to shell out for private testing: “It’s been challenging to provide timely results for asymptomatic travelers, especially…
If your government denied you clean water, what would you do?
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller drinks water at a press conference today. Which thousands of the Indigenous people he claims to serve still cannot do.
Our 2020 Intl Day of People With Disabilities Agenda: No More Poverty!
The disability community in Canada has a long history of being fractured. Disability groups have traditionally competed for scarce resources – that’s just the way things were. Jockeying for limited…
Talking Federal Election Speculation & COVID Vaccine Distribution with Rob Snow
Today I joined Rob Snow on 1310 News’ “The Rob Snow Show” along with Kate Harrison for the “Political Fix” panel. We talked about if we should be speculating about…
Wait… Canada had slavery?
“Fugitive Slaves Flee from Maryland to Delaware by Way of the Underground Railroad, 1850–51,” engraving by John Osler for William Still’s The Underground Rail Road: A Record Of Facts, Authentic…
Look in the mirror, Alberta
Once upon a time, there was a comic strip called Pogo, which was famous for its detailed comic strip art and its sly commentary on contemporary life. From Pogo came…
Good News From Web Summit Lisbon Day 1
Web Summit is a conference run in Lisbon about the future of the planet, technology,and business at large. I’m attending it remotely as best I can. The first day isn’t…
The price of negligence
In case there was any doubt that COVID testing serves as the ultimate microcosm of the Saskatchewan Party’s mismanagement of health care, we’ve seen the endgame released today. Remember that…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Steven Lewis writes about the Sask Party government’s catastrophic refusal to act on the evidence that Saskatchewan needs to sharply curb the spread…
The COVID-19 vaccine and its discontents
The global race for a COVID-19 vaccine is nearing an end, with more than 200 treatments either developed or in the works. Despite massive levels of public funding to support…
Three Big Ones
COVID has proved the durability of three big ideas from three different men. John Boyko writes: 19th-century German political philosopher Karl Marx argued that we either own the means through…
Looking mean and meaning it.
That was dumb. Watching finance minister Chrystia Freeland deliver her financial update was more of a tribute to my interest in politics than any immediate need to hear her deliver…
My latest in the Sun: the pandemic “process”
A process. That’s what the Deputy Prime Minister calls you getting the vaccine that will keep you from getting sick, or maybe even dying. “A process.” Chrystia Freeland, who is…