Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Caroline Chen discusses why opening restaurants and other indoor venues which involve prolonged contact is the worst possible choice if one wants to…
Mark Carney
The Day of (Fiscal) Reckoning
Jason Kenney’s warning came just prior to the government’s economic update announcement. He said “when we get through all of this there will be a fiscal reckoning”. Reckoning. It has…
On conflicts of interest
Just a couple of weeks ago, there was a flurry of speculation – and disapprobation – about the possibility that Mark Carney might pursue a political career after having been…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ronan Burtenshaw discusses the British public’s strong support for a New Deal featuring higher wages and more fair tax contributions by the…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bruce Campbell writes that we have a needed opportunity to reimagine how our economy and society are organized, while Gregory Beatty rightly argues…
Uh oh! Those perfidious Swedes have clearly joined the anti-Alberta energy ‘misinformation campaign of defamation’!
Why, those perfidious Swedes! First they sent their sneaky little agent Greta Thunberg in a sailboat to Alberta’s shores to stir up our young people — and that’s no mean…
Justin Trudeau and the Mark Carney Farce
When Justin Trudeau took over the Liberal Party he got rid of a lot of dead wood. The good old boys who had turned the party into a private club.The…
Mark Carney Sounds Good to Me
Chantal Hebert writes that “Liberal insiders” are looking at Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau. Carney is due to finish his current gig as governor of the Bank of England…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Peter Gowan and Ryan Cooper write about the need for much more affordable social housing across the income spectrum. Rhys Kesselman responds to…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Dennis Pilon highlights how the stubborn defence of disproportional electoral systems can only be explained by a fear of voters’ preferences being…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Gary Bloch writes about the costs of poverty (and the small-minded attitude toward public supports which allows it to remain): We also…
NDP environmental policies: Who’re ya gonna believe? Mark Carney or Rick Strankman?
PHOTOS: Bank of England Governor and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley at yesterday’s brief news conference in the provincial Legislature Building. (CBC Photo) Below: Rick Strankman and Michael Bloomberg. Who’re ya…
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…
Notley should avoid getting dragged into oilsands election trap
When Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper claimed on the campaign trail last week that Alberta’s new government was “a disaster,” Premier Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Joe Ceci calmly and…
New column day
Here, expanding on this post as to how we should be criticizing the politicians who are wilfully misleading the public about the future of Canada’s oil industry – and not…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne writes that by finally recognizing the unfairness and ineffectiveness of Alberta’s regressive tax system, Jim Prentice may be starting a needed…