When I was a child, I was privileged in that I got to travel to Jamaica and Barbados to see my relatives. The trips were amazing; and, each time I…
If I were the Mayor of Calgary, an Alberta MLA who goes to Edmonton or a MP for a riding in Alberta, the thing that would terrify me the most…
It is rare for the Province of Alberta to feel the effects of a policy decision made by the German Federal Government. However, it is clear that over the next…
Tesla doesn’t make money building cars. They make a little money on energy generation. However, as Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times pointed out during our COVID summer,…
I believe that History matters. History matters because it teaches us how to be better. History provides us with the very best and worst lessons of what people are capable…
In 2018, the Toronto Paramedic Service (TPS) introduced 11 hybrid-electric ambulances into their fleet. Like many other North American cities, Toronto has been working on reducing its carbon footprint. The…
As a parent, I have three modes of anger. The first and most basic level of my parental anger can be described as me just being “mad”. This most basic…
When it comes to my politics, I am a pragmatist before anything else. While, I disagree with Michael Chong a lot, it is easy for me to say that his…
I come from a family that loves playing sports. So, being of Caribbean Heritage, I always heard one phrase: “don’t let the side down”. Now, to be honest, it is…
So, I am stuck in the house, like so many of us and I am starting to see unprecedented events; and only one thing goes through my mind: what does…
What would happen to an Oil Exporter when the world’s seventh largest economy decides that over the next fifteen years it will phase out gas powered cars? Any economist would…
When I started writing my blog, more than five years ago experts said that electric cars would only be competitive with gas cars in 2035 or 2040. At the time,…
In October of 1995, I was a student at York University. There was a buzz in the air because History was being made every day. By this time in my…
“McLaren is commited to having a 100% hybrid lineup by 2025 and has begun researching an all-electric auto despite concerns that clients might reject anything lacking the rumble of an…
In 1997, Apple was a company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. It was not Palm. It was not Research in Motion. While, Steve Jobs had returned to them…
For me, Jason Kenney’s victory is something new and novel to Alberta. Think about it this way, from 1935 to 2008, Alberta had always had a variety of conservative parties.…
Many good-willed environmentalists have made the argument that Alberta would be better if it left all of its bitumen in the ground. One of them replied to my last post.…
A few replies came in due to my last post and I was surprised by their disturbing tone and how some of them were laced with a sort of anger…
So, Jason Kenney is now Premier. A friend of mine, who was not fond of Premier Notley, asked me my opinion. Anyone who knows me knows one thing: Russell Scantlebury…
Rex Murphy’s poor argument about the Tragedy in Texas made me write this post
“In reality, failures in natural gas, coal and nuclear energy systems were responsible for nearly twice as many outages as frozen wind turbines and solar panels, the Electric Reliability Council…