Joe Oliver and the Wand Of Economic Bamboozlement
In the Financial Post we find Harper era cabinet creature Joe Oliver expounding on the future of the economy – and the evils of "progressivism". I'll give you a minute…
2023
FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMES
FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMESA sextant was an indispensable navigation tool in the early days of European ocean going discovery. Unlike Heisenberg's Theory of Uncertainty, a sextant could tell…
FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMES
FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMESA sextant was an indispensable navigation tool in the early days of European ocean-going discovery. Unlike Heisenberg's Theory of Uncertainty, a sextant could tell you…
ELECTIONS MATTER BECAUSE OF CHOICES AND CHANGES
ELECTIONS ARE TIMES TO TAKE ACTIONWe are rapidly approaching the May 29th Alberta General Election. Elections are those rare times when political power actually shifts from the elected to the…
ELECTIONS MATTER BECAUSE OF CHOICES AND CHANGES
ELECTIONS ARE TIMES TO TAKE ACTIONWe are rapidly approaching the May 29th Alberta General Election. Elections are those rare times when political power actually shifts from the elected to the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matthew Agius reports on the growing body of evidence indicating that long COVID may produce lifelong aftereffects. Henna Saeed reports on the…
ELECTIONS MATTER BECAUSE OF CHOICES AND CHANGES
ELECTIONS ARE TIMES TO TAKE ACTION We are rapidly approaching the May 29th Alberta General Election. Elections are those rare times when political power actually shifts from the elected to…
The role of the Brazilian military in the coup attempt
The far-right mob that invaded the federal building, Congress, and the Supreme Court and vandalized government buildings at Three Powers Plaza in Brasília on January 8, demanded a “military intervention”…
Let’s Talk About ‘Political Discrimination’
A few months ago, MP Garnett Genuis tabled a bill which would add protections to Canada’s human right legislation for “Political Belief”. Then, as the Ontario College of Psychologists moved…
Do They Have A Deal?
It’s been a tough slog. But Chantal Hebert writes that the federal government and the provinces appear to be near a ten-year deal on healthcare: By all indications, peace —…
Brave, important, responsible?
There was a short item in the Toronto Star yesterday about my old friend Hazel McCallion. I have known Hazel for more than 50 years and I think she just…
Funny stuff
First, a few recent cartoons: (Read more…) Next, here are some fascinating accounts to follow: Global distribution of flamingos pic.twitter.com/SfTDLzYfzV — Amazing Maps (@amazingmap) January 20, 2023 In 1992, around…
Postmedia closes 12 community newspapers in Alberta, vows ‘digital’ revenants will linger
The chronic but never quite fatal decline of Postmedia has to be slowest-motion trainwreck in Canadian history. The Herald Building as it appeared in 2019 – the newsroom was said…
Why this Albertan doesn’t want the feds to “butt out”
Our quasi-separatist premier insists that her infamous Alberta Sovereignty Act was all about forcing Ottawa to “butt out” of areas that constitutionally belong to Alberta. She has however been somewhat…
Negotiate Peace in Ukraine
Winnipeg, January 21, 2023: Members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg distributed literature in Winnipeg’s Osborne Village calling for an immediate ceasefire and negotiated peace agreement to end the Ukraine War. Following…
Spare me any more news about Spare
In my last blog, I offered up some suggestions to add to your reading list for 2023. Looking ahead, I can safely say that Spare, the tell-all, woe-is-me book by…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – William Anderson sets out a few of the most important realities about the Kraken COVID-19 variant and its place within the ongoing pandemic.…
El Salvador arrests anti-mining activists as transnational companies eye investment
Demonstrators protest the arrests of Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Antonio Pacheco and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega, who were detained in Cabañas in northern El…
Posted in obvious haste to distract UCP foes and appease party’s base, Manning panel survey asks only 1 question!
Other than geriatric former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, 80, Premier Danielle Smith’s “Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel” hasn’t even been appointed, or if it has the public hasn’t…