Strike While the Fire’s Hot
Happy Labour Day! I’m sitting at a comfortable distance from Ontario school contract negotiations this time out, and I don’t know all the ins and outs of the various union…
September 2023
BC Hydro’s credibility gap
When BC Hydro said that growing demand required asset additions worth billions of dollars and contractual commitments of $50+ billion owed to independent power producers, should we have believed what…
On a Bicycle Built for Two.
Okay Toronto, how are you and your new mayor doing? Is she getting all those Torontonians out of their cars and onto bicycles? Has she had Dundas Street renamed? Is…
The Vulnerable will Fall by the Wayside
Fauci’s line to the BBC, “The vulnerable will fall by the wayside,” said while projecting that we’re unlikely to have another tsunami of cases of death as happened with Delta…
Say ‘No’ to Singh.
Federal new democratic party leader Jagmeet Singh wants the liberal government to come up with another one-time benefit payment of $500 for low-income families. This is the same as the…
Oversight? No! Undersight? Yes!
Lew Edwardson wrote the following as a comment on the post Lack of transparency at BC Hydro may conceal massive fraud. It deserves to be repeated in this separate post.…
Do kids have to sue for a sustainable future?
Much publicity was generated recently by a court case in Montana (Held v. State of Montana). A nonprofit called Our Children’s Trust, acting on behalf of 16 young Montanans, sued…
BC’s contractual obligations worth tens of billions of dollars
BC’s government seems determined to continue the present model for private power in the intended 2024 call for additional electricity. The difference in 2024 will be that large contracts for…
Saturday Photos: Hotline, a Very Good Novel Now Available in Audio and Ebook Formats
Head’s up: The Atwater Library and Computer Centre’s book discussion group–led by yours truly– will be talking about Dimitri Nasrallah’s Hotline at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 13. The book in…
Today’s tonic: “Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth”
Ontario Education Minister Stephen LecceToday's tonic: "Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth", by writer Emma Teitel. Let's imagine young Stephen Lecce…
Today’s tonic: “Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth”
Ontario Education Minister Stephen LecceToday's tonic: "Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth", by writer Emma Teitel. Let's imagine young Stephen Lecce…
Today’s tonic: “Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth”
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce Today’s tonic: “Stephen Lecce’s stance on gender identity in schools is a recipe for more homeless youth”, by writer Emma Teitel. Let’s imagine young Stephen…
My latest: bits and pieces, this and that
Almost-end-of-summer, long weekend political bits and pieces: ** Crickets. That’s what you will hear if you are waiting for a public inquiry into Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021…
Success with CR Boxes and CO2 Monitors in Classrooms!
About a year and a half ago, I presented to the local school board about the benefits of masks to filter air before it hits our lungs and of using…
Integrity be Damned.
Integrity is a catch word for accountability. The report of Ontario’s integrity commissioner does much more than impeach the honesty of the minister of municipal affairs and housing. It brings…
Proposed federal clean-electricity rules are ‘unaffordable blackout regulations’? … UCP environment minister floods the zone
“Unaffordable blackout regulations”? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). It wasn’t exactly a surprise that Alberta’s United Conservative Party started September by issuing a wildly misleading statement calling the…
Efficiency of BC Hydro dams slowly dropping – Site C may produce 1/4 less than promised
Site C was conceived when output per MW of capacity was higher than it has been in recent years. BC Hydro has regularly claimed that 1,100 MW capacity at Site…
Musical interlude
Jax Jones, Au/Ra – I Miss U