Stephen Harper and the Secrets of the Con Regime
He runs the most shadowy government in Canadian history. Where everything is either a secret or a talking point.He likes to muzzle the truth. Or bury it. Like his shameless…
climate change
Carbon numbers keep rising, despite UN climate deals
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at COP 20 in Lima The carbon emission numbers are disquieting. Despite the 2009 pledge of multiple nations to reduce the release of their greenhouse…
Harper Exposed Once More
Those of us who follow politics closely and with a critical eye have long seen through the myth his handlers have perpetuated that Stephen Harper is a wise and reliable…
On unjust cause
Shorter Peter Kent, Stephen Harper Talking Point Dispenser Level Infinity: The Dear Leader fired me for making some effort to do a job with the work “environment” in the title,…
Lima Accord For Climate Action Approved
Citizens’ Climate Lobby report from COP20: Lima Accord for Climate Action Approved By Joe Robertson At 1:22 am, on December 14, 2014, the Closing Plenary session of the 20th Conference…
What Would You Tell Stephen Harper If He Tried to Shake Your Hand?
It's a horrible thought, and it could only happen in a nightmare.But what if you were wandering through a deathly dreamscape, and suddenly there was Stephen Harper, offering to shake…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
On this third Sunday of Advent, an Apache Blessing:
Alberta Government Begins to Sunset Oil Production
Edmonton’s Eastgate: What are those cylinders in the background? This week, as an early Christmas present to the province, the world and future generations, the Alberta government has begun the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Aditya Chakrabortty contrasts the myth of the free market against the reality that massive amounts of public money and other privileges are shoveled…
Waking The Frog
Tom Rand talks about “Waking the Frog” at Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada’s Carbon Fee Prosperity conference in Ottawa on Nov. 23rd, 2014. Mr. Rand is a Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Speaker,…
Where Some Truth Resides
A friend of mine sent me the following. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did: Prime Minister Harper took an aerial tour of the proposed pipeline route…
Harper’s “crazy” Comments
So, @PMHarper, if oil/gas regulations don’t work at $65 a barrel, at what price are they “uncrazy”? $80? $100? — David Akin (@davidakin) December 9, 2014 Here’s an impressive takedown…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Scott Clark and Peter DeVries remind us that any fiscal problems Canada has faced under the Cons have been entirely of Stephen Harper’s…
Video: Coalition challenges NEB to consider the climate impacts of the proposed Energy East Pipeline
Map of Proposed Energy East Pipeline route. Source: National Energy Board Energy East Pipelines, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada Oil Pipelines (Canada), has applied to build the Energy…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The OECD reports on the relationship between equality and growth, and concludes that rising inequality is as toxic for economic development as…
Climate Change 101
“Caught between the impossible and the unthinkable, we must do the impossible.” David Roberts is staff writer at Grist.org. In this “Climate Change is Simple” TEDx Talk, he describes the…
Who Needs Water Anyway?
A delusional remark in a CBC article: “Canada, which has long been criticized for being heavily dependent on shipping natural resources to the rest of the world.” Our Prime Minister,…
Saskatchewan’s Biggest Net Loss
How did Postmedia manage to let this Hanley column sneak into its pages? Mandryk got his shots in at Cenovus and Wall already too. SaskWind has provided a breath of…
Why Are Capitalists So Lazy?
Entrepreneurialism, innovation, competition, insight, optimization, excellence? These are the self-satisfying hallmarks of our jackboot triumphal capitalism. But what’s with the laziest of the lazy capitalists? You know, the ones who…
Excuses, excuses
Shorter Leona Aglukkaq: It’s absolutely essential that we align our greenhouse gas emissions policies with the U.S. if that means delaying regulations which could limit pollution from the tar sands.…