On Prosocial Cuing
Saving another thread from twitter, this time it’s a really short one from Dr. Lisa Iannattone: “I’m a little confused at the ‘making people feel bad about how their choices…
May 2023
The Midwifery of Premier Ford.
It sometimes appears that Ontario premier Ford has a long-held hate for Ontario cities. It reflects on his experiences as a councillor in Toronto during the final days of brother…
Copy editors checking facts? That’s thing of the past at Postmedia, apparently, as election column illustrates
This may surprise some readers, but back in the early 1970s, when your blogger was a callow youth working as a cub reporter for the Calgary Herald, newspapers did their…
To the Honourable Anthony Housefather
Hello! I just donated to your riding association, although I happen to live in the PM's riding. I wonder what he is thinking? I did this to reward your courage…
To the Honourable Anthony Housefather
Hello! I just donated to your riding association, although I happen to live in the PM's riding. I wonder what he is thinking? I did this to reward your courage…
To the Honourable Anthony Housefather
Hello! I just donated $250 to your riding association, although I happen to live in the PM’s riding. I wonder what he is thinking? I did this to reward your…
Trudeau’s future—past as prologue?
According to a recent Angus Reid study Prime Minister Trudeau’s approval rating while low is still better than most of his recent predecessors. It currently stands at 40 percent, not…
Kinsellart
Kinsellart, all in one place: https://t.co/jGTOHTzhVm. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 23, 2023
How Did We Get Here
Let me tell you a story about my early days working for the House of Commons in a non-partisan position serving all Members of Parliament and all Canadians. While we…
How Did We Get Here
Let me tell you a story about my early days working for the House of Commons in a non-partisan position serving all Members of Parliament and all Canadians. While we…
‘Decoupling’ from China means more Canadian exploitation of Latin America, Africa
A cobalt mine in central Africa. Image by Fairphone/Flickr. Last year, Ottawa announced its first-ever Critical Minerals Strategy, a program aimed at securing and expanding the access of Canadian companies…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Fiona Harvey reports on the World Meteorological Organization’s warnings that we’re more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees of global warming over…
Health and homelessness
I’m writing an open access textbook on homelessness, with a focus on high-income countries. Each chapter gets uploaded to my website as it is completed. The latest chapter, on health,…
Where The Sun No Longer Shines
That would be the so-called Sunshine State, Florida, under the heavy hand of its governor and apparent presidential aspirant, Ron DeSantis. Things are becoming so repressive there that a number…
The Debt Debacle
They’re having a fight these days in Washington about paying the nation’s bills. It’s not about new bills. It’s about paying the bills that have already been put on the…
Been there, done better
Which is why some of us don't feel the need to get involved in federal politicking anymore: after you've worked for the best, everyone else is a waste of time.…
We Don’t Have to Help it Fail
Another thread by Conor Browne, bio-risk consultant specializing in Covid-19 forecasting: Since Since January 2020, a substantial part of what I do has, quite simply, been trying to tell the…
No Debutante’s Ball in Alberta.
They both showed that they had been to that rodeo before. Both challenger Rachel Notley of the new democrats (NDP) and incumbent premier (briefly) Danielle Smith of the united conservatives…
Marginalized citizens gain protection
On May 19, Canada’s Supreme Court resolved an important defamation case with six of seven judges finding against former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld. Doing so, the court further defined…
Updating the Ukraine-Russia War: the F16s are coming
Over at Balloon Juice, national security expert Adam Silverman has written a piece about the war in Ukraine every single day since Russia started their unjust and illegal war. At…