Canadian leaders ignore deadly risks
The science is clear. We must act today to address climate change. Goals for reduced emissions in 2030, 2040 or 2050 are simply inadequate. Yet politicians sitting on both sides…
2021
Another Covid Solution, Another Non-Plan
Nero fiddled while Rome burned; Jason Kenney hid while Albertan’s lives and livelihoods went up in smoke. Last Thursday Health minister Shandro and Drs Hinshaw and Yiu unveiled the government’s…
Let’s Get Real
The world we know today began in 1920. That’s when Britain and France began invasions of the Muslim countries of the middle east. A major force in that was the…
This week’s Sparky: enough.
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Here’s A Scary Thought: Let’s Keep Fossil Fuels In The Ground
WTF? What are you talking about?You heard me right. Let's keep them in the ground. The choice is clear. If we continue to extract and burn them, dumping huge amounts…
Here’s A Scary Thought: Let’s Keep Fossil Fuels In The Ground
WTF? What are you talking about? You heard me right. Let’s keep them in the ground. The choice is clear. If we continue to extract and burn them, dumping huge…
The last week: where things stand
State of the RaceIn the last few days the Liberals have begun inching upward in various polls, in particular in the Nanos daily tracking poll for the Globe and Mail…
The last week: where things stand
State of the RaceIn the last few days the Liberals have begun inching upward in various polls, in particular in the Nanos daily tracking poll for the Globe and Mail…
The last week: where things stand
State of the Race In the last few days the Liberals have begun inching upward in various polls, in particular in the Nanos daily tracking poll for the Globe and…
On narrow targets
At this stage of the federal election campaign, the seemingly wide range of outcomes is entirely an artifice of a first-part-the-post system with multiple parties contending for seats. Barring a…
The bloc québécois’ housing platform
With Canadians heading to the polls in a federal election this month, I’ve written a 600-word overview of the Bloc Québécois’ housing platform. It’s available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/ten-things-to-know-about-the-bloc-quebecois-housing-platform/
On concealed motivations
Martin Lukacs worked for years documenting and explaining the Libs’ concealed raison d’etre… Whenever discontent builds up, the Liberals have always been there to safely channel it, like a political…
KINSELLACAST 176: Lilley, Mraz on election heroes and zeroes
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Stop the Canada-US hybrid war against Venezuela!
The lack of any discussion of Canadian foreign policy during this election is shocking and shameful — almost as shameful as Canada’s foreign policy itself. Take the case of Venezuela.…
Our Scruffy, Run-Down Town
There’s a gravel trail that runs along the waterfront, north of the Shipyards development, that’s been blocked by barricades since the spring. It’s been that way at least six months,…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Jeremiah Rodriguez reports on the omission of Canadians with disabilities from much of the election campaign, while pointing out the priorities which…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Graham Thomson discusses how the UCP has put politics over public well-being in choosing to let COVID run rampant (while now seeking…
Canada’s in a housing crisis. It’s time for radical solutions
If we’re serious about tackling the housing crisis in this country, we need to have the guts and the honesty to point out the root of the problem in the…
from the archives: all over the world, i tell people where to go
On our recent trip to Oregon and California, I made a note every time someone asked me for directions. That may seem like an odd thing to track — unless…