Only a Small Number of People Need to Change to Avert Climate Destruction
You’re not the problem! The problem is the 1%. Our global carbon footprint has risen dramatically since 1990, but only a few people are to blame for the worst of…
2022
What Happened To Shame?
We live in very strange times. Glen Pearson writes: Consider the craziness of it all. Donald Trump, out of office for two years, still believes his address is 1600 Pennsylvania…
Boo
Horrible monsters coming to your door and demanding things and threatening ruin if you don't comply: there's a reason why elections and Halloween take place in the same month, you…
Freeland Fails.
Before making her deputy prime minister and finance minister, did anyone check to see if Chrystia Freeland was really a liberal? She does not often talk like one. She sounds…
St. Albert city administration wants to cut $500,000 from public library – and add $480,000 for 2 new senior administrators
The City of St. Albert’s administration posted a proposed 2023 budget Monday that includes a brutal $500,000 single-year funding cut to the St. Albert Public Library. A typical scene before…
Unreasonable reasoning
If reason is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense?
Decision-based-evidence-making
David Fisman is a tenured professor in the University of Toronto’s Division of Epidemiology. On Twitter a day ago, Dr. Fisman accused British Columbia health officials of employing “decision-based-evidence-making.”he
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Contained cats.
Who should choose?
We have recently seen a number of government leaders assume power elected not by the people but by their parties only, and the results have been less than satisfying. The…
Why I’m voting for Robert-Falcon Ouellette (again)
Robert-Falcon Ouellette at an October 5, 2022 news conference in Winnipeg. Photo: Paul S. Graham I voted for Robert-Falcon Ouellette when he ran for mayor of Winnipeg in 2014. At…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Hussein Kadhem Al-Hakeim et al. examine the relationship between oxygen deprivation and severe long COVID symptoms. Crawford Kilian makes the case for…
About Canada’s Much-Vaunted Reputation On Human Rights
Despite our politicians’ proud proclamations, there is actually much less to them than meets the eye: Recommend this Post
Anjali Appadurai in her own words
Anjali Appadurai meets with supporters in Lakeside Park, Nelson, BC, August 30, 2022. Photo by Bill Metcalfe. Below is a full transcript of Anjali Appadurai’s response to the BC NDP…
So we don’t all lose
GUEST POST — If you read the climate science, climate breakdown is clearly a civilization if not humanity threatening emergency requiring urgent mitigation action. Reducing GHG emissions by at least…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 25, 2022
LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. couple sues Swoop Airlines, accuses staff of racial discrimination after being escorted off flight #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3za8MCY – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Eating on the road: Three trains, three lunches with VIA Rail
I took the train down to Scarborough a few weeks back in business, which is really the best way to travel by train. But pro-tip: the bar car usually opens…
My favorite clip from last night
Hear hear. pic.twitter.com/2eUkopPSiQ #onpoli #topoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 25, 2022
No Profile In Courage
The public inquiry into the convoy wants to talk to Doug Ford. But Ford isn’t talking. Althia Raj writes: Last Monday, the Ontario premier was asked why he wasn’t testifying…
Thank You for Your Support!
Thank you to everyone who endorsed my nomination papers, who donated to my campaign, who took a lawn sign, and, of course, who voted for me in this 2022 municipal…
On the World Stage.
Maybe we really do sometimes have the right actor in the right role. I was talking to a friend the other day about the war for the Ukraine. We began…