Something interesting is happening in Australia, and it’s to Alberta’s detriment
Since the war in Iran was initiated by the United States and Israel, Australia has paid more than twice as much as any other nation in additional diesel costs. In…
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Managing in a crisis: pre-budget musings
There is now an extensive literature on crisis politics and disaster capitalism that warns that, in times of crisis, normal politics get suspended, debate narrows and the public often accepts…
Crash Test Dummies Cancel Touring
It was pointed out to me that the Crash Test Dummies were to appear in Regina tonight at the Casino, but had cancelled the tour. A few weeks ago some…
Canada is at War with the USA
Make no mistake: Canada is at war with the USA, and our government tacitly acknowledged that last week. It might not be bullets and bombs, but right now Canada is…
Carney’s Trick No Treat
Why does Carney’s government love coal so much? Aside from breaking its promise to end thermal coal exports (that doesn’t include coke for steel manufacturing), it’s also poised to allow…
The last words (we hope) on the referen’dumb’
Hello, Alberta voters. On Monday, the nineteenth of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four, we, the citizens of the Province of Alberta, will go to…
A worthy laureate and a worthy court
The Norwegian Nobel committee has spoken and once again named a most worthy personage as... The post A worthy laureate and a worthy court first appeared on Views from the…
Doing the Job of Adults
“It feels ridiculous that I should have had to spend so much of my time fighting for this.” It’s a familiar feeling for me. Seeing a broken system, and not…
Do Liberals Know What They’re Doing?
And if they don’t know, does that give them any excuse for the harm they’re unleashing? I get it Liberal partisans, you want a united Canada. I do as well.…
Paul Wells interviews Bob Rae and Alex Himelfarb on their recent books on Canadian sovereignty, democracy and our place in the world
I am very grateful to Paul for reconnecting me with Bob Rae to discuss our respective books. Bob is great and so are the thinkers and writers he convened on…
Donald Trump Inspires Canada in Song
Many have tried but no one has succeeded as well as Donald Trump in uniting Canada to the extent that even Quebec separatists have become Canadian patriots, the only outliers…
We must not waste this burst of civic nationalism
Canadians need to be engaged, directly and through parliament, on the decisions we make on how we retaliate, which nation-building projects we choose and which investments we welcome or reject…
Whose Strategy is The End of the World? Conservatives
I’ve been writing clearly for over a dozen years about how governments, are failing to address the pollution causing the climate crisis. Usually the biggest culprits are Conservative/Republican governments, but…
Pieces Falling Into Place For Canada’s Air Force
I have suspected for some time that the decision around which direction Canada was going to go in terms of its next generation Air Force has been made, if not…
UCP Smith Remains a Traitor to Canada
The country’s latest separatist Premier, Smith, is more willing to cut BC off than the American President she’s friends with. “Former Alberta premier Alison Redford, speaking earlier on CBC News…
You’re Welcome America
The guttersnipe in the Oval Office posted a photo of a bald eagle beating up on a sick Canada Goose. The goose in that fight actually survived when the eagle…
Pro-Robot Government Survey to be Graded by Robot
I sent the government an email, because their survey is skewed anyway. AIConsultations-ConsultationsIA@ised-isde.gc.ca Dear Government of Canada: The threat from Generative AI and LLMs (Large Language Models) that have violated…
Our nations animals speak
Our nation’s symbols speak
Of Trade Deals, Foreign Interference, and Conservative Leadership In Canada
We talk a lot about "foreign interference" in Canadian politics, but we don't very often talk about the single biggest source of interference in Canada's political discourse: the United States.…
Americans don’t fully understand the extent of the changes that are happening up North
I have come to a slow realization: Americans really don’t get what is happening to their network of military allies. There are many signs. This realization has been reaffirmed in…