Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ryan Meili discusses how we should define Canada as a country through an ethic of care - rather than through opposition to any foreign…
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how one of the top priorities of the second Donald Trump administration is to trash public health in the U.S. And…
On team cancers
Shorter Scott Moe:Of course I'm on Team Canada! I just don't intend to contribute to it, and instead plan to interfere with its every move, and want to make clear…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Damian Carrington reports on Antonio Guterres' latest warning about the dangers of perpetuating our fossil fuel addiction - even as Donald Trump and…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Kathy Sheridan discusses why it's well past time to ensure billionaires pay their fair share of taxes, while Graeme Wearden and Heather Stewart report…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Krugman discusses the importance of calling out misinformation rather than downplaying or legitimizing it - especially when it's being sprayed around by…
On litmus tests
Plenty of Canadian political figures seem to have reacted to the announcement that we won't face tariffs just yet with a sigh a relief, and an apparent view that we…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Julia Kollewe reports on Oxfam's latest data on inequality showing that the wealth of billionaires grey by over two trillion dollars in 2024, with…
What Is She Thinking?
Last November Danielle Smith said she wasn’t worried about tariffs on oil and gas products (at that time Trump was threatening a 10 to 20% tariff on Canadian goods). Last…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ed Hawkins offers a visual indication of the unprecedented global warming experienced in 2024 - as well as the paths forward depending on whether…
On humanitarian concerns
Jagmeet Singh has taken comfortably to the task to dealing with the economic aspects of the new Trump administration - both in pressing other leaders on their determination to respond…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Eric Holthaus warns that the escalation of temperatures in 2024 threatens to lay the groundwork for much worse to come. And Virgina Iglesias…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- John Vaillant discusses how California's wildfires are just the most prominent recent example of how we're getting burned by relying on fossil fuels, while…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Rebecca Solnit writes about the many warnings and precedents which foretold California's current wildfires - and the importance of recognizing the cost of…
On immediacy
It didn't take long for the opportunities I'd mused about to emerge in Canadian politics. But while the Libs haven't yet decided on a structure for their leadership campaign, we…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jeremy Appel reports on a new study showing that Alberta has both avoided developing the capacity to manage tailings pond spills, and misinformed…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Owen Schalk writes that there's no need for Canadian leaders to be doormats for the Trump administration. And A.R. Moxon offers some lessons as…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Andrew Nikiforuk writes that Canada is currently failing to carry out any energy transition, as any expanded use of renewables is only being added…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your new year.- Michael Mann and Peter Hotez write about the combined threat posed by climate change, pandemics and an anti-science message which makes it far…