Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Crawford Kilian examines a few crucial questions as to what Canada needs to keep, throw away and modify based on the lessons learned…
Education
Covid Journal, July 24, 2020
With just a few weeks to go before kids are supposed to go back to school, it’s great to see that our government’s priority is gambling, booze and drugs.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Edward Xie and Danyaal Raza make the case for a basic services model to ensure people’s needs are met as we recover…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Shannon Daub. Alex Hemingway and Marc Lee examine the strong consensus among the B.C. public that the recovery from COVID-19 should build…
Education & Reading
I wrote these thoughts for the tiny home movement, which, although it is mainly arising out of economic injustice and sheer necessity, I think is still, nevertheless, a very positive,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Iglika Ivanova examines who has lost jobs to COVID-19, and who needs public support to be able to return to the workforce.…
Covid Journal, July 17, 2020
After 4 weeks of home-schooling my child, I’m a self-appointed expert on education. Since I’ve seen very little by way of ideas about how to make our schools safe and…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – German Lopez surveys the growing body of research showing how masks help to slow the spread of COVID-19. John Michael McGrath points…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Patrick Brethour, Caroline Alphonso and Dave McGinn write about the no-win situation facing parents being pushed back to work by governments who…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Macdonald notes that the federal government’s investments in the wake of COVID-19 have been necessary to keep intolerable burdens off of people…
Covid Journal, July 2, 2020
Another Canada Day, another opportunity to reflect on our past treatment of First Nations people in Canada. Vladamir Putin: ‘elected’ dictator for life in Russia.
Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Leslyn Lewis
Dr. Leslyn Lewis (Photo Credit: John Balca) The third survey reply I have today is from Dr. Leslyn Lewis. Truthfully, I received Dr. Lewis’ reply some time ago but it…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Meryam Haddad
Meryam Haddad The second reply I received today was from Ms. Meryam Haddad. Ms. Haddad’s response was very different from her opponent: “I personally do not believe in themonarchy and…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Dylan Perceval-Maxwell
Dylan Perceval-Maxwell The leadership survey(s) continue with me having three replies to share today. First up, Mr. Perceval- Maxwell sent an interesting reply. In response to what he thought of…
Creeping Fascism in Alberta
My headline today is a little misleading. There’s nothing “creeping” about the UCP government’s fascism – they’re practically steamrolling the province with it right now. However, in the last 24…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Annamie Paul
Annamie Paul I have received a response from Green Party leadership candidate Annamie Paul to the survey questions I sent out: “I am afraid that I do not have set…
GGconversations: The Difference Between Being Partisan And Being Political
Governor General Julie Payette has launched a video series where Her Excellency discusses different issues related to the current pandemic. It is always good to see Her Majesty’s representatives taking…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ian Hilton talks to several progressive economists about the opportunities for change as we manage and emerge from the coronavirus crisis. And…
Consultation About The Forest: We Don’t Take The Math Exam Before We Learn To Add And Subtract
The pivotal moment has come for each and every one of the hundreds of people who have been asking for an enlightened new way to caretake our Six Mountains…