A fine result
Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. Over $600 million to change absolutely nothing. Over $100 million more than the 2019 election, primarily because of the cost of COVID protocols. All quite…
September 2021
It’s déjà vu all over again
Justin Trudeau during an election campaign stop in Montréal, October 17, 2019. Photo from Twitter. Two years of minority parliament and several weeks of rather bland campaigning later the election…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alexander Quon reports on Alexander Wong’s call for far more public health measures to alleviate COVID’s unmanageable strain on Saskatchewan’s health care…
How The CPC Snatched Defeat From The Jaws of Victory on September 20
Last night's election was an object lesson in how the CPC has failed as a party. Practically speaking, they failed horribly last night. On paper, they garnered more of the…
Justin Trudeau’s status quo election
Justin Trudeau speaks during a Liberal Party election night event in Montréal, Québec, in the early hours of Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Still image from YouTube/Yahoo News. According to the…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 21, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Personal injury lawyer Jeremy Diamond found guilty of professional misconduct after admitting to misleading ads via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
My latest: ten reasons on the morning after
What happened? Erin O’Toole looked like he was doing good. Justin Trudeau looked like he was doing badly. What went wrong? Well, as a public service, Yours Screwly put together…
Can the Greens Ever Come Back?
Whether she stays on or takes the honourable route and leaves, Green leader, Annamie Paul, may have dealt her party a lethal blow. Ms. Paul not only lost her third…
De-facto voter suppression came to Canada yesterday
Justin Trudeau visits his campaign office in Papineau, Montréal. Photo from Twitter. The story most are telling about Canada’s 44th federal election on September 20, 2021 is that it produced…
Looking Back
When he ran on Stephen Harper’s record, promising a new dawn, a Liberal renaissance, we gave him a majority. Sure it was a “false majority” but, hey, it would be…
This And That
Too tired to write after a night spent watching election returns, I opt for an easy way out today: the thoughts of others. H/t David Parkins H/t Theo Moudakis H/t…
The Election — Some Observations
There are still lots of mail-in ballots to be counted. But, as of this morning, we are almost exactly where we were when this all started. The Liberals gained three…
Battery Electric Freight Trains can Help Reduce Emissions
Trains are great for efficiently moving freight long distances and are used the world over. Many regions already have all electric rail systems, but in North America electric adoption hasn’t…
Pre-vote TV hit
The post Pre-vote TV hit first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Election Follies and Funnies #30: it’s over (almost)
Well, its all over except the shouting. As Gerry Butts pointed out on CBC, there may well be a few changes yet as the mail-in ballots and recounts get finished…
That’s it for Global’s West Block.
It always impressed me the excellent job Tom Clark did with the West Block show on Global Television. Tom always had a leg up with me because I respected his…
The Dumbest Line Of The Evening
The election that no one wanted, Justin Trudeau excepted, ended predictably. The award for the dumbest line of the evening has to go to perpetual bridesmaid, Erin O’Toole, who claimed…
Deja boo
I said Trudeau would get a minority when it looked like he’d get a majority. Never changed my view. Not shocked. But I remain disgusted that $610 million was spent…
Don’t Stay Up Tonight
If the predictions are right and this election turns out to be a nail-biter, save those nails for tomorrow. Elections Canada says the 1.2 million mail-in votes it received won’t…
Remarks on Interactivity
I wrote this in response to an inquiry. I am bringing the constructs and principles of Information Systems (IS) with those of Connectivism since the previous studies rarely consider the…