Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes that it’s long past time for Jason Kenney to resign as utterly unfit for public office. The Globe and Mail’s…
September 2021
And the winner is….
This election campaign has left a sour taste in everyone's mouth. It was unnecessary and has let loose a wave of anti-social behaviour, particularly on the part of PPC adherents…
And the winner is….
This election campaign has left a sour taste in everyone's mouth. It was unnecessary and has let loose a wave of anti-social behaviour, particularly on the part of PPC adherents…
And the winner is….
This election campaign has left a sour taste in everyone’s mouth. It was unnecessary and has let loose a wave of anti-social behaviour, particularly on the part of PPC adherents…
#Elxn44 Roundup
News and notes from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Cam Fenton discusses how “strategic” votes for the Libs in the name of climate change figure to be anything but, while…
Scab Pickers. That’s All They Are.
I don’t know that it matters much who wins on Monday. The country will muddle along undefended, unprepared, neglected by Team Trudeau or Team O’Toole, grey suits stuffed with wet…
Someone Has To Go
When this election is over, Chantal Hebert writes, either Justin Trudeau or Erin O’Toole will have to go. In Trudeau’s case, the calculation is simple: Trudeau made the call that…
Left, Right, Left, Right. Drat! It hard to be consistent.
The post Left, Right, Left, Right. Drat! It hard to be consistent. first appeared on richardhughes.ca.
Dougie, Where Are You?
It’s amazing that the two most obnoxious conservative premiers in Canada could hide out so long. The news media probably know where they were but did not care. Jason Kenney…
Election Follies and Funnies #27: Endorsement-paloosa
First Trudeau gets two high-profile endorsements: Wishing my friend @JustinTrudeau the best in Canada’s upcoming election. Justin has been an effective leader and strong voice for democratic values, and I’m…
My latest: an open letter to Canadian women
Dear Female Voters: Yes. This is a guy writing an open letter to you on the weekend before the big vote. I’m a man, with all of a man’s (many,…
Irish author Sally Rooney tops Alberta independent booksellers’ fiction bestsellers list for week ended Sept. 12
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. The lists are compiled…
Musical interlude
Sigrid – Mirror
Bad, Bad News.
I hope this text does not get messed up as my last one did. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Long, long ago us humans appeared on earth. But we were very different from most…
A spendthrift public utility
There is much written here about BC Hydro and 17 years of flat demand for electricity by the utility’s residential, commercial and industrial customers. Despite that, in the first quarter…
How Jason Kenney Made Erin O’Toole Look Like A Loser
It must have seemed like a good idea to the Con porker Jason Kenney. He hasn't had many good ideas in his long and sordid career. So he must have…
Unnecessary risk to people and property in BC
The NDP government is blundering on with construction of the Site C hydro dam on unstable ground, despite availability of much lower-cost energy sources. It is the same government that…
Memorable tweetable
@erinotoole: likeable. @AnnamiePaul: admirable. @theJagmeetSingh: capable. @yfblanchet: excitable. @JustinTrudeau: contemptible. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 17, 2021 The post Memorable tweetable first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Wallis Snowdon reports on what critical-care triage caused by a combination of COVID-19 and mismanagement will mean in Alberta’s ICUs (at a time…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – D.T. Cochrane reviews the parties’ platforms and finds the NDP’s to be both the most progressive and the most fiscally responsible. And…