Death spiral
Unless major changes occur at BC’s public utility—something the Horgan Government seems determined to avoid—the 60-year-old company’s death spiral will advance.
2020
Appointment of conservative economist Jack Mintz to head Jason Kenney’s latest economic panel is not a good augury for Alberta
Come into my office, Alberta, and sit down. I’m sorry to have to tell you that your prognosis is not good. I’m not talking about coronavirus. That will be painful,…
BREAKING NEWS-Wet’suwet’en Protestors Caused Crash Of Oil Prices
BUSINESS Experts scramble to figure out how global oil price crash the fault of Wet’suwet’en protestors Originally published by BEAVERTON by IAN MACINTYRE(@MRIANMACINTYRE) Photo Credit CALGARY — As oil prices…
An Italian physician’s story
Here. Read all of it.
Toronto Protest For Greece Draws Far-Right and Neo-Nazis
On March 8, 2020 AHEPA Toronto held a rally in support of Greece’s refusal to allow asylum-seekers through the Greek border. Their position, as indicated in an email campaign they’ve…
Talking Stock Markets Tumbling & Living Life in the Time of Covid-19 with Kristy Cameron
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about a very bad day on the…
Misinformation on the Record
2020 has been a very hard year so far and with everything that’s going on in the World, I think we can agree that we are dealing with some very…
C.D.C. to Seniors – "Horde Baby, Horde."
The US Center for Disease Control warns those over 60 should stock up on food and meds and avoid forays outside. People who are over 60 years old, as well…
The One-Choice Election
Vice President Joe Biden holds an event with voters in the gymnasium at McKinley Elementary School in Des Moines, where he addressed a number of issues including the recent escalation…
Closure
“Just break me into small parts Let go in small doses But spare some for spare parts You might make a dollar.” Great song on a great day. Ode to…
It’s time to meet the new generation of climate leaders
Thousands of people attended the climate strike rally on the lawn of the legislature in Victoria on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. Photo by Sharon Kravitz (Flickr). When I was in…
No, Say It Ain’t So. Not That!
It’s enough to make an Irishman’s heart break into wee pieces. No St. Paddy’s this year. No parades – not in Cork, not in Dublin. nowhere in the Republic. The…
Importing From China: A Virus? Or A Totalitarian Model Of Elite Control?
Someone prescient once said, “Those who would sacrifice a little freedom for a little security, deserve neither, and will lose both.” We would do well to remember those words now.…
Talking the Impact of COVID-19 & Jason Kenney’s Big Endorsement 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 Alise Mills. We spoke about about the growing impact of COVID-19…
the 2020-21 Alberta budget
I’ve written a ‘top 10’ overview of the 2020-21 Alberta budget, tabled on February 27. The link to the overview is here.
I’ll Bet Teck Isn’t Crying Now
If anything, Teck Resources should be breathing a sigh of relief that it chose not to proceed with its $20 billion Frontier mine project. While the usual suspects – Kenney,…
Not every coronavirus victim deserves sympathy
For historians, I will repeat my view: @realDonaldTrump won't be defeated by @JoeBiden alone – he will also be defeated by #coronavirus. It will lay bare his incompetence and dishonesty,…
History Rhymes All The Time
Three of the Conservative leadership candidates want a fall election. Susan Delacourt writes: Peter MacKay, seen as a front-runner, tossed it out in a fundraising letter: “Canadians have lost faith…
Congrats to new #OLP Leader Steven Del Duca
We already knew going into the Ontario Liberal Party Convention that Steven Del Duca had won a majority of delegates going into the Leadership Convention, and only needed superdelegate votes…