Italy: Lurching to the right
Giorgia Meloni and the Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) party look set to win the upcoming Italian general election over a deeply divided centre-left coalition. Photo by Vox España/Wikimedia Commons.…
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Learning politics
A British television series broadcast in the 1980s may explain public administration better than any political science journal or textbook. This video clip from Yes Prime Minister could be about…
At the Funny Farm
Two days ago, Donald Trump claimed that he could declassify documents in his mind. Chris Walker writes: In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday, former President Donald…
An Experiment in Democracy.
OK, I am going to recant, briefly, here. I think they should have proportional voting in Quebec. I admit to the heresy that I am spouting but I think the…
Today’s News: It’s going to be a marathon, not a sprint
This marathon will be exhausting. Pierre Poilievre hasn’t even been Conservative leader for two weeks yet. By the time the 2025 election finally arrives, we’re all going to be as…
Latest four
Four most recent. pic.twitter.com/nMVAwH7ipF — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 23, 2022 Truck is for sale. Other three sold.
Alberta, a renewables leader?
OK, Alberta creates more greenhouse gasses than any other province. Let’s get that out of the way. We are, after all, the country’s major oil and gas producer—being the emissions…
New one: spotted on Highway 2
New one. Rainy days are productive. pic.twitter.com/TpMplKutla — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 22, 2022
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Evan Xu, Yan Xie and Ziyad Al-Aly study the long-term neurological effects of COVID-19, finding elevated risks of numerous kinds of neurological…
Brazil election: Has Lula already won or will Bolsonaro come up with surprises?
The upcoming Brazilian election is no doubt one of the most globally significant votes this year. Photo by SPA. The October 2 Brazilian presidential election campaign is now in its…
Vision builds on Greenest City; will restore Vancouver’s place as climate leader
News ReleaseSeptember 22, 2022 Increase climate ambition, expand safe cycling and urban forests, prioritize health and safety for citizens: Vision’s climate planxʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-W...
Vision builds on Greenest City; will restore Vancouver’s place as climate leader
News ReleaseSeptember 22, 2022 Increase climate ambition, expand safe cycling and urban forests, prioritize health and safety for citizens: Vision’s climate planxʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-W...
Vision builds on Greenest City; will restore Vancouver’s place as climate leader
News Release September 22, 2022 Increase climate ambition, expand safe cycling and urban forests, prioritize health and safety for citizens: Vision’s climate plan xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 22, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa wants to change the way Netflix, Google and Facebook deal with you: A strategy in three acts #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3DOW6EG – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Trevor Harrison, RIP
I met Trevor Harrison when I was brought in to advise the Ignatieff guys, more than a decade ago. Whenever I’d see Trevor – always with his trademarked smile and…
The Anti- Populist
Pierre Poilievre claims that he’s a populist. Actually, Linda McQuaig writes, he’s an anti-populist: Let’s face it: Pierre Poilievre is a dead-ringer for someone you’d meet at a private school…
Strike, strike, strike
“Strike, Strike, Strike.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The ruling oligarchs are terrified that, for tens of millions of people, the economic dislocation caused by inflation, stagnant wages, austerity, the pandemic…
France Pays People to Stop Driving and Start Riding
Car drivers take up way more road space than they need since the size of their vehicles are disproportionate to their usefulness. Smart countries aim to limit the number of…
Qgone
I keep thinking about how a man who got 74 million votes in 2020 has now openly embraced QAnon in 2022 – and how it has elicited such little shock…
Russia ups the ante in Ukraine
A monument in the shape of the letter “Z” is unveiled in Yekaterinburg. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. “War,” said the great Prussian strategist Carl von Clausewitz, “is an act of…