Alberta’s premier claims it’ll probably reduce electricity costs; don’t count on that, though, says the Pembina Institute But what about that other Alberta Government announcement on Thursday? Thursday afternoon at…
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Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Hamilton Nolan writes about the inherent conflict between the politics of centrist inaction and the serious and urgent problems which require courageous and immediate…
‘This has been an unreasonable and opaque process from the beginning,’ musician and reluctant environmentalist says After learning that 35,000 signatures on Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition…
You probably think that the only thing destroying America is the authoritarianism it has embraced, led by an unhinged man and his cadre of opportunistic enablers. And you can be…
A few good cartoons: Catching up with the news In The Globe and Mail, columnist Andrew Coyne contrasts the American July 4 with the Canadian July 1: ...I’m old enough…
The following was published as a letter in Victoria’s Times Colonist newspaper Re: “B.C. premier visiting China to pitch LNG project as province’s ‘really big fish,’ ” June 27. While…
Democracy is in the doldrums these days. The Brits are going through prime ministers at... The post Are you satisfied with our democracy? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
This is mostly going to be me processing yesterday's announcements in Alberta and BC. I haven't quite worked out what I think of it all yet, and maybe by the…
When July 1 happens on a Wednesday, Canadians usually take the Thursday and Friday off too, so we engineer a five-day weekend to kick off the summer. This year, that…
Saving Canada and saving the planet? Not necessarily a pipeline, but a pipeline if necessary! Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared last night to have threaded the needle between Alberta and…
Thanks Carney! And this time he waited until the pancake was set before he flipped it - I think he's taken some lessons! Heads up, Stampeded -- PM Carney now…
This and that for your Canada Day reading.- George Monbiot points out that the determination by petropoliticians to deny climate change and the heat stress it causes is a threat…
This cartoon is an oldie but a goodie -- hope you are also enjoying just kicking back and swatting those annoying mosquitos!Brittlestar explains Canada Day to Americans: I feel like…
Government news release fails to mention the omission actually breaks the law, but there’s no penalty, so why worry? Happy Canada Day! The summer solstice has already come and gone.…
Slumbering cat.
Watching the following should give us all a deeper appreciation of our own country. I can't imagine any of our representatives speaking to the people with such contempt. This is…
