New column day
Here, making the case that Canadians should vote less based on perceptions of momentum (in terms of both policy and political positioning), and more based on where our parties and…
climate change
Podcast: Cutting through Canada’s election fog, where’s inequality, climate change and free trade?
http://rozworski.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Podcast151012-Elections-TPP.mp3 This week’s podcast is a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives double-header. The CCPA has been an invaluable resource for alternative economic and political analysis for decades and I always…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Edward Keenan writes that a lack of affordable child care is the crucial financial pressure facing families across the income spectrum. And…
Albertans support stronger climate change policies
A recent survey by EKOS Research Associates commissioned by the Pembina Institute reveals that Albertans’ attitudes about energy and climate change are more progressive than many think. For example, 50…
Say’s Law – Supply Creates Demand
“A well-known dictum of macroeconomics is Say’s Law: that supply creates demand.” I independently discovered this, I didn’t know it was called Say’s Law. Before I created the Pet Foil…
Canada Election 2015: Where do the parties stand on climate change?
With only a couple of weeks left in the Canadian federal election, voters are starting to ask fundamental questions about where the major parties stand on important issues like climate…
The Real Killer Will be Heat Stress
The death certificate may list kidney disease or heart failure but that could mask the real cause of death – heat stress. A New Zealand expert on the subject, Dr.…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ian Welsh writes that the Harper Cons have destroyed Canada’s historic economic balance by scrapping the parts of the manufacturing sector which…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Rosemary Barton discusses why it’s in Canada’s best interest on the global stage to work on building strong multilateral institutions (including the…
Mark Carney, Governor of Bank of England, on climate change lawsuits
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, and formerly Governor of the Bank of Canada, does know something about financial risk. And when he was…
Mark Carney Again Warns of Climate Change Induced Financial Collapse. Is Anyone Listening?
The former governor of the Bank of England said it. The current governor of the Bank of England is saying the same thing – to anyone who’ll listen. Mark Carney…
Economic Discussion of Climate Change Gets Real
We’ve already seen climate refugees and climate wars, yet the business world has been rather slow to react. Many businesses operate with the denial of the economic effects of climate…
Suzuki: Volkswagen cheated climate, people’s health
Photo: Ben Harrington / Flickr CC licence Volkswagen was caught cheating on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions tests by installing “defeat devices,” which allowed its diesel vehicles to pass nitrogen…
Taking credit where it’s not due
On the election’s climate file, Prime Minister Harper has claimed that his is the “first government in Canadian history that has actually been able to see a reduction in our…
One Family Grows 6,000 lbs of Food On Their City Lot
If these folks can produce this amount of food on a 4000 square foot lot 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, what’s stopping the rest of us? This is inspiring!…
Renew Your Spirit With a Love Song to the Earth
How awesome is this! The Love Song Project: “A song with the power to fight climate change and maybe even change the world.” Some of the biggest names in music…
Memo from Washington: The Pope’s Call for Climate Action
To start his US tour, the Pope stated that “climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation. When it comes to the care…
Liberal Big Tent May Be An Echo Chamber
Suzuki and Trudeau are both plain spoken people. They both strike me as straightforward. The difference is that Suzuki is much older and doesn’t appear to cater to anyone, while…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Yonatan Strauch and Thomas Homer-Dixon discuss how the Cons’ economic plans involve betting against our planet. And David Macdonald notes that the supposed…