Managing in a crisis: pre-budget musings
There is now an extensive literature on crisis politics and disaster capitalism that warns that, in times of crisis, normal politics get suspended, debate narrows and the public often accepts…
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What Deranged Dictator Trump Might Do Next
Now we’ve all had our little victory dances around the kitchen thanks to the USian voters’ rejection of MAGA and the Deranged Dictator Trump in the midterms — mostly rejected,…
Thank You, USian Voters
Canadians have been under a lot of stress these past few years from attacks, trade wars, accusations, lies, threats, and insults from the autocratic USian dictator Trump and his cabal…
Carney’s Trick No Treat
Why does Carney’s government love coal so much? Aside from breaking its promise to end thermal coal exports (that doesn’t include coke for steel manufacturing), it’s also poised to allow…
America’s most successful politician?
One might argue that the most successful American politician this century has been U.S. Supreme... The post America’s most successful politician? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
About that $130-million diversion
The question du jour in Alberta this week is why we were voting on an... The post About that $130-million diversion first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Fortescue is eschewing Diesel. Are they proving every Western Canadian Politician Wrong?
If you are Canadian and you have not heard about Fortescue, I would not be surprised. They are a publicly listed company that just came onto my radar. With that…
The last words (we hope) on the referen’dumb’
Hello, Alberta voters. On Monday, the nineteenth of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four, we, the citizens of the Province of Alberta, will go to…
Doing the Job of Adults
“It feels ridiculous that I should have had to spend so much of my time fighting for this.” It’s a familiar feeling for me. Seeing a broken system, and not…
Do Liberals Know What They’re Doing?
And if they don’t know, does that give them any excuse for the harm they’re unleashing? I get it Liberal partisans, you want a united Canada. I do as well.…
Team Nuclear = Team Go-broke
Curtis Wilken: “what do you propose man. Freezing to death in the winter. Wind and solar wont cut it during the winter. Would you prefer people freeze to death?” No,…
The world is moving away from Alberta’s exports; and Alberta’s Legislature is not paying attention
I think Alberta’s politicians have forgotten that they are being paid to keep our economy going. This means that they should be paying attention to other parts of the world.…
Paul Wells interviews Bob Rae and Alex Himelfarb on their recent books on Canadian sovereignty, democracy and our place in the world
I am very grateful to Paul for reconnecting me with Bob Rae to discuss our respective books. Bob is great and so are the thinkers and writers he convened on…
No, old folks don’t always vote Conservative
Old folks vote reliably Conservative, right? Well, they often do but not reliably. At least... The post No, old folks don’t always vote Conservative first appeared on Views from the…
We must not waste this burst of civic nationalism
Canadians need to be engaged, directly and through parliament, on the decisions we make on how we retaliate, which nation-building projects we choose and which investments we welcome or reject…
Yelling at NDP for Gravy Plane Complaint
There are SaskParty trolls yelling at NDP MLAs on their Facebook pages: Dwayne Dimen: “Janet Boylan Sharpe at what bitching. The NDP does never offer solutions.” Aleana Young: “Solution #1:…
Whose Strategy is The End of the World? Conservatives
I’ve been writing clearly for over a dozen years about how governments, are failing to address the pollution causing the climate crisis. Usually the biggest culprits are Conservative/Republican governments, but…
Respect From School Kids?
Schoolkids are famously respectful. Not! Here’s one person replying to #StateRadio CJME’s question about how schools are doing. Lorraine Scott:“I believe the first step for children to learn is to…
UCP Smith Remains a Traitor to Canada
The country’s latest separatist Premier, Smith, is more willing to cut BC off than the American President she’s friends with. “Former Alberta premier Alison Redford, speaking earlier on CBC News…
Pro-Robot Government Survey to be Graded by Robot
I sent the government an email, because their survey is skewed anyway. AIConsultations-ConsultationsIA@ised-isde.gc.ca Dear Government of Canada: The threat from Generative AI and LLMs (Large Language Models) that have violated…