Is it just me, or are Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney suddenly acting like a couple of kids from rival high schools who’ve noticed they…
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Assorted content to end your week.- Oliver Milman and Damian Carrington report on Climate Action Tracker's recognition that we're headed toward 2.6 degrees of global warming without major policy changes…
Whether your answer is "yes" or '"no" to the title question will likely depend upon your political sensibilities, values, and capacity for discernment. The following ad, from a group called…
Prime Minister Carney announced another group of Major Projects today - here's a gift link to the Globe and Mail Project Map page. And here's what the CBC At Issue…
Army reservists during routine training. Photo courtesy Canadian Armed Forces. Talk of war is in the air—at least among senior defence officials. Brigadier-General Brendan Cook, the Royal Canadi...
This video illustrates how AI is used to spread disinformation. YouTube (Google), Facebook, TikTok, and other social media sites facilitate the publication of falsehoods. It’s all about generating money from…
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…
I believe in free markets—in their place. That place is when they best serve the... The post The “oil” sands—an artificial market first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Prem Sikka discusses how any prospect of meaningful change for the better depends on prying power out of the hands of the wealthiest…
Please see my letter to the editor in today’s Globe and Mail, in which I take issue with political scientist David Moscrop’s defence of the act of floor-crossing: Cross out…
We are living through a quiet revolution in thought. As humans learn to think with machines rather than through them, the process of meaning-making itself is changing. The boundary between…
"Over the past 40 years, many health-care systems that were once publicly owned or financed have moved towards privatising their services, primarily through outsourcing to the private sector. But what…
Today I saw several stories about people - mostly politicians - shooting themselves in the foot by doing something stupid and then wondering why they were limping. Enjoy! Poilievre He…
There’s no question Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen will make Alberta’s highways deadlier with his plan to raise speed limits in several locations. He’s already made them more dangerous with his…
There are contradicting views and explanations of what dopamine is and does and how much we can intentionally affect it. However, the commonly heard notions of scrolling for dopamine hits,…
HALIFAX – In Ottawa, the political centre of all things, Chris d’Entremont is a super big deal. In Nova Scotia, the province from which d’Entremont hails? Not so much, bud.…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Daniel Drache and Marc Froese offer a reminder that we know all too well what a Donald Trump "trade deal" looks like - making…
