Yesterday, the US attacked Venezuela and captured its president and his wife. This move has significant implications not only for Venezuela and its people, but it also stands to have…
So, over at "Alberta Prosperity Project" (APP), they have a "Fully Costed Fiscal Plan". Besides having a whole ton of wishful thinking in its numbers, it demonstrates that the APP…
Recent developments underscore that Canada’s contemporary white-nationalist ecosystem has moved beyond online radicalization and is now producing credible real-world risk, even when formal organizational membership is unclear. A public RCMP…
This checklist is designed to help readers understand how extremist violence rarely appears out of nowhere. Instead, it emerges through patterns of language that normalize grievance, erode democratic legitimacy, and…
The framework that follows is built on a simple but often misunderstood premise: most extremist movements are not disrupted by exposure alone. Public scrutiny can raise costs, but it can…
In a year-end interview, Premier Smith of Alberta complained that "judges aren't accountable", and elected politicians are. Like everything else that comes out of today's conservative politicians, this is 1…
We Are In A Constitutional CrisisLots of people are arguing that if the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) rules to restrict the Notwithstanding Clause (S33) or the Governor General dusts…
Last night, the UCP slammed down the Notwithstanding Clause to bolster its anti-transgender legislation.I'm not going to spend my time talking about my objections to Bill 9 and Bills 26,…
This is a departure from my usual discussions of politics, law, and current affairs - I want to delve into another area of interest for me - software engineering, and…
In Alberta recently the UCP government has written a number of laws which undermine the role of the courts as a check on power. There are several strategies that are…
Alberta plans to invoke its "Sovereign Alberta" legislation as part of "fighting back" against federal firearms legislation that bans firearms that are commonly seen as "military-style". As the first application…
So I was sitting in front of the fire last night and I got to thinking about the blog. I hadn't logged on for at least two years (aside from…
So, Danielle Smith was booed at the UCP annual convention last night. Why? Because she signed a deal with Ottawa. Nobody should be surprised by this - least of all…
Over at the Government of Alberta website, we have the government's propaganda piece trying to justify using S33 to stomp all over the rights of transgender Albertans, their parents, and…
Dear Premier Smith, It wasn't that long ago that you were standing at the podium telling us that Bills 26, 27, and 29 were so well crafted that you were…
After five amazing and relaxing nights in the Maldives, and some great meals I will review separately, it was back into the air for the next leg of my journey…
So, over at Macleans, we have an opinion writer who thinks the Notwithstanding Clause (S33) is a "Good Thing". The author largely is making the argument that "too much power…
As I prepare to venture to Montreal for a mini-vacation and a good steak frites, it occurs to me I have fallen woefully behind in my food blogging. So to…
Danielle Smith wants to promote herself to monarch. She's discovered that she can magick your rights away at a whim with The Notwithstanding Clause (S33). Smith has in the last…
Over in The Wall Street Journal, author Colin Wright takes a victory lap declaring that transgender youth are in fact the result of "social contagion". As you might expect, he's…
