Talking the Federal Budget & Doug Ford with Rob Snow
Yesterday I joined Rob Snow on CityNews Ottawa radio’s “The Rob Snow Show” along with Andrew Brander for the “Political Fix” panel. We talked the about Monday’s Federal Budget, what…
2021
Province plans random checks at ferry terminals for non-essential travel
Province plans random checks at ferry terminals for non-essential travel Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist People who live in the Island Health region should not be travelling for recreation…
Canadian Banks Conspicuous by Their Absence
Yesterday, banks from around the world launched a global banking coalition for net zero emissions. The only financial institution from Canada to sign on was VanCity Credit Union. Canada’s Big…
Why India Matters
The prime minister assures us that there’s no need to halt flights from India to Canada due to the risk of spreading Covid-19. Mr. Trudeau says his government has all…
“Fair Press”
Maxime Bernier’s lawyer wants a judge to order me to stop sharing documents like this: pic.twitter.com/Bzx1rcnaAA — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 22, 2021
Justin Trudeau’s Road To A Super Majority
A few days ago I predicted that Justin Trudeau's Liberals could be heading for a massive majority. Although my prediction was based on a number of sources, many of those…
North Cowichan investigates ‘poaching’ of trees at Stoney Hill
Valuable cedars cut and removed By Larry Pynn North Cowichan is investigating the removal of trees — including two valuable cedars — in the Municipal Forest Reserve…
Inputs and outputs
There’s rightly been plenty of pushback against the Cons’ sad excuse for a climate change plan. But it’s worth highlighting that there’s one way in which the principle behind it…
Hard Numbers on Climate Crisis
The fossil energy industry relies on political collaborators to thwart meaningful action on greenhouse gas emissions. These Carbon Quislings routinely warn that the sky will fall without fossil fuels and,…
Canada, China, and our common futures
Retired judge and former Vancouver city councillor Bill Yee came under devastating criticism for comments he reportedly made about Xinjiang in northwestern China. Photo courtesy the Chinese Canadian Museum. The…
Nobel Laureates Call For a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
101 Nobel laureates have signed an open letter demanding an urgent switch to renewable energy, not just in the affluent nations, but in every country. The signatories are experts in…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Max Fawcett discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inability of simplistic right-wing populism to respond to any complex problem. And…
Canada Will Cut GHG Emissions by Oodles Vows PM!
Compared to their peers, the Brits have achieved fairly good results in cutting their greenhouse gas emissions. They not only promised – everyone does that – but they delivered. On…
Long-awaited ‘reforms’ fail to address realities of environmental injustice
Athabasca oil sands. Photo by Kris Krug. Last week, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson announced long-awaited reforms to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), one of Canada’s…
“It Came Out of Nowhere”
Over the past week I’ve had a fair share to say about the performance of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government, as the COVID situation in Ontario has spiraled…
Yuval Harari: Bleak Is Back!
Yuval Harari is a shallow thinking dogmatic materialist who swallows whole and uncritically the dominant pseudo-scientific paradigm of mechanistic materialist dualism, which of course is an extremely bleak view of…
The Folly Of Killing Sick Days
Doctors have been pleading with the Ontario government to legislate paid sick days. Apparently, Doug Ford — now that he is self-isolating — is considering the policy. Martin Regg Cohn…
When Did I Become My Parents?
When Did I Become My Parents? When did I stop listening to new music, and change the dial to something familiar: oldies, classic rock; comfortable tunes? When did I stop…
We’ve Improved Urban Life During the Pandemic, Let’s Keep it up!
During the the last century urban planners in North America built cities for cars instead of people. The 21st century is literally paying the costs of their misjudgement. Efforts to…
Question of the day
Why are we knowingly importing COVID-19 variants into our airports from abroad? Why? I simply do not get it. Even for @JustinTrudeau‘s regime, it is madness on an epic scale.…