Journalists Missing The Picture
I woke up this morning to CBC's Jason Markusoff and The Toronto Star's Richard Warnica talking about Alberta separatism on the Front Burner podcast. As I listened to the discussion,…
Mark Carney
The Future of 24 Sussex Drive and the Canadian Prime Minister’s Residence
So Mark Carney has a plan, or an idea, but first we need a fund and donors and a contest to choose a design so it is not too late…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Hamilton Nolan writes about the inherent conflict between the politics of centrist inaction and the serious and urgent problems which require courageous and immediate…
Channelling Mackenzie King, Mark Carney strikes a pipeline deal with Alberta and British Columbia
Saving Canada and saving the planet? Not necessarily a pipeline, but a pipeline if necessary! Prime Minister Mark Carney appeared last night to have threaded the needle between Alberta and…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Gregg Gonsalves discusses the Trump regime's plan to politicize every single dollar of federal revenue and expenditure in the U.S., setting up a…
24 Sussex Drive – Time for Canada to show we are a Big Country
I touched a bit on Prime Minister Mark Carney's Davos speech in my post yesterday. Davos has made a lasting impact on the thinking of world leaders everywhere, per various…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Michael Sainato reports on the California referendum which will see struggling voters get the chance to have their say on taxing billionaires. And Jennifer…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- A.R. Moxon writes about the desperate need for a radical reshaping of both stories and substantive policy when even the most modest challenge…
Alberta’s role in Canada – why we need to tell better stories
Federalists need emotional arguments about improving Canada and Alberta Alberta’s separation referendum is only four months away, so longtime Daveberta Podcast contributor Adam Rozenhart joins Dave Cournoyer for part 2…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Gabriel Zucman discusses the dangers of an era of trillionaires, as well as the option available to rein in obscene wealth and power.…
Podcast: Why Canada needs Alberta and Alberta needs Canada
Part 1 in a Daveberta Podcast series about Alberta, Canada, and the stories we do and don’t tell each other Longtime Daveberta Podcast contributor Adam Rozenhart joins Dave Cournoyer for…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julian Spector writes that renewable power sources and battery storage are becoming ensconced as the best energy supply option for any government which…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Alistair Alexander discusses how AI has been turned into a multi-trillion-dollar collapse machine, while Benjamin Lopez Steven and Kate McKenna report on the Carney…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Ajit Niranian discusses Europe's unprecedented spring heat wave which is putting large number of lives at risk, while Neha Bhatt reports on the even…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Bill McGuire discusses what the next few decades figure to look like as what's currently considered extreme heat becomes all too normal. And Andrew…
Prime minister’s Wexit warning prompts western whinging by Calgary Conservative MP with ties to Oklahoma
When Prime Minister Mark Carney called Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s relentless campaign to ensure there’s some form of separation referendum on a provincial ballot next fall “a dangerous bluff” and…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Genevieve Guenther and Michael Mann offer a reminder that climate denial - from Donald Trump or anybody else - won't avert the consequences…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how some of the wealthiest men on the planet have supplicated themselves before Donald Trump in the hope of stifling both…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Judd Legum discusses how Donald Trump's corruption includes such blatant market manipulation as buying stocks then using speeches to promote the companies involved. -…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Samantha Hancox-Li discusses the need to ensure the rampant violence and corruption of the second Trump term is met with prosecutions, rather than another…