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#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election. – Alex Ballingall writes about the NDP’s task in translating the general popularity of Jagmeet Singh into votes and seats. And Gary Mason highlights…
New Zealand Gets a Blob
A “blob” in an area of unusual ocean heating, an oceanic heatwave. We’ve come to associate it with the North Pacific where it was first detected in 2013. Warmer conditions…
Afghanistan Reduced to Finger-Pointing
It’s the political equivalent of musical chairs. When the music stops someone has to pay. Justin Trudeau was prime minister when the Taliban rolled up Afghanistan’s central government so it’s…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – BBC News reports on the record COVID numbers arising in Scotland, while Josh Lynn and Carla Shynkaruk report on Charlie Clark’s call for…
Remembering Canada’s Greenest Prime Minister. Hint: He’s Not a Liberal.
We remember him as “Lyin’ Brian” to the extent he’s remembered at all but, for all his failings, Brian Mulroney was the greenest prime minister Canada ever had. I was…
Is There a Hail Mary in Your Future?
Guardian columnist Moira Donegan poses an important question, “what if it’s too late to save our planet without geoengineering?” What if? Donegan may be right. We may have allowed the…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – David Climenhaga offers a warning against Conservatives bearing gifts, both generally and in their plan for token representation on corporate boards. And…
How the Montreal Protocol Spared the World a Climate Catastrophe
In 1987 the nations of the world gathered in Montreal to reach a plan on salvaging the ozone layer. Little was it known that the Montreal Protocol also averted 2.5…
Not While They’re Holding Two Canadians Hostage.
A Chinese state-owned shipyard has been given an order to build a 1,000 passenger ferry for an unspecified Crown agency. Has Trudeau lost his mind? Has he forgotten about Michael…
When It Comes to the Climate Crises, What Is the Role of Democracy?
Is democracy a help or a hinderance in the fight to tame climate change? Kate Aronoff writes that authoritarians and technocrats don’t have the answers we need. …there’s a sort…
#Elxn44 Roundup
This and that from the federal election campaign. – Canadians for Tax Fairness sets out its platform for a fair and equitable tax system. And Katrina Vandenheuvel makes the case…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rhianna Schmunk reports on British Columbia’s application of a reinstated mask mandate. And Cameron MacLean reports on Manitoba’s plan for both mask and…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Tabled cats.
War in the Anthropocene
What if governments become so overwhelmed with the demands of disaster relief that they couldn’t contemplate military adventures, not even a Cold War? Author Michael Klare considers the West’s current…
#Elxn44 Roundup
Noteworthy news and opinions from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Kiavash Najafi discusses how the Libs are struggling for lack of any reasonable explanation as to why they’ve precipitated an…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Climenhaga discusses how Jason Kenney’s detachment from the reality of COVID is leading to disaster for Alberta. Marilou Gagnon and Damien…
#Elxn44 Roundup
News, notes and commentary from Canada’s federal election. – Heather Scoffield comments that there’s reason for hope in this election based on the options available to voters. Jaime Watt concludes…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Paul Krugman discusses the need for people who have been responsible about limiting the spread of COVID-19 to start speaking out and taking…
Could This Guy Become the Next Governor of California?
If this guy wants to be governor I can think of a few provinces in Afghanistan that might be a perfect fit. He’s Larry Elder, a rightwing open mouth radio…