Memorabilia rediscovered
Long-time friends recently moved and mementos stored long ago were rediscovered. One photo was from our days at UBC. It showed a young but future Prime Minister of Canada.
2021
#Elxn44 Roundup
Assorted content from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Mitchell Thompson offers a reminder as to why voters can’t trust Justin Trudeau’s election promises based on both his party’s track record…
“Our Position Hasn’t Changed”
This election campaign has not been what some had hoped for, and many had expected. The Liberals were expecting a sleepy, boring election that would naturally end with their return…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Labour Day reading. – CBC News reports on Saskatchewan’s soaring rate of COVID-19 infections which (just barely) trails only Alberta among Canadian jurisdictions. James Keller discusses…
Hey Conservatives, you’ve got an Alberta problem
Conservative leader Erin O’Toole and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. Photo from Twitter. Federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is in a tight spot. On one hand, national polls have his party…
This week’s Sparky: if you don’t like the old policy, we’ll get you a new policy!
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Plenty of blame to share for current COVID crisis
A lot of stupid stuff has been written about the pandemic over the past year. (Year and a half? Two years? Seems like forever.) Here’s an example of one of…
Caring Families Need Help With Financial Planning – It’s Here
I absolutely love it when family caregivers turn their experience into a business opportunity after caring ends. And when they create a service that I know we caregivers really need,…
Review: The Ministry for the Future
Science fiction. Starts fifteen minutes into the future and extends for several decades, focusing on the climate crisis at a global scale. Begins with a powerful chapter describing in an…
Review: The Ministry for the Future
Science fiction. Starts fifteen minutes into the future and extends for several decades, focusing on the climate crisis at a global scale. Begins with a powerful chapter describing in an…
KINSELLACAST 175: Guns, Grits and Gaffes – with Lilley, Mraz, Kheiriddin
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labour day 2021: demand more. work less.
Lying Flat We’re told there is a labour shortage. Businesses can’t find workers. No one wants to work. Why the shortage exists and what should be done about it are…
Their Future is Non-Negotiable.
Generation Z. They’re said to number 68 million in the United States alone. Most of them are still too young to vote yet they’re as political as any earlier “gen.”…
Justin Made His Bed. Let Him Lie in It.
“A vote for the NDP is a vote for Erin O’Toole.” It’s the standard Liberal refrain. If you don’t vote Liberal, we’ll shoot this dog. A vote for the NDP…
Raven – Whistler, BC
Raven – Whistler, BC
Musings on Swearing and Vulgar Language
(Warning: I swear in this post… frequently. You can’t write about swearing without actually swearing a bit. Or a lot. Easily offended folks might want to look elsewhere.) I find…
Conservatives and Guns
The Conservatives were going to lift the Liberal ban on assault rifles. But now they’ve changed their minds. John Ibbitson writes: In a week that shook up the federal election…
What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast – #Elxn44 Week Three
The latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Geoff Turner, Neil Brodie and Alyson Fair is now out. In this episode…
My latest: Tories shoot themselves in the foot. Again.
Bang bang. Let’s get this out of the way because it’s apparently necessary. I’m a gun owner. I own guns. Took the course, passed, got a gun. Now own guns,…
Promises, Promises.
It was while plowing through the major parties’ promises in this election that I realized it was a waste of time. It is not just the wasted promises of those…