Jana Pruden #Minifie2020 Lecture
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Heating Homes
Canada has a huge house heating issue. We burn a lot of fossil gas to heat homes. There are solutions, but we’ll have to implement them faster than the market…
The Prerogative to be Tone Deaf
In 2019 we saw a lot of provincial elections come up, with big campaigns happening in a few provinces. But in 2020, it seems to be a lighter year for…
Talking Preparing for Covid-19 & the Wet’suwet’en Agreement with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked how people are preparing for Covid-19, to…
Talking Wet’suwet’en Deal, Conservatives on Indigenous Rights & CoronaVirus on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We had a good conversation about the draft deal…
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
This weekend brought some welcomed and good news from Smithers, British Columbia. After a few days of talks and negotiations between Canada, B.C. and the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs arrived at…
Demystifying Economics – Or, Rescuing Humanity From Death By Shared Delusion, Part One
To start with, it should be made clear that it is unwise, to say the least, to disparage mysticism. Mysticism, in the true sense, means to dive into, and deeply…
The Final Eight
With all the attention that’s rightfully been elsewhere in Canadian politics, less attention has been getting paid to the Conservative Leadership Race, beyond the random words of Peter MacKay and…
Ontario: Ford Recall
Time for a Ford recall. Sign the petition.
Magpie Brûlé Podcast: Wet’suwet’en Protests & Covid-19
The newest episode of the “Magpie Brûlé” Podcast is now up! In this episode, I talks about the week that was in the House of Commons, the latest on the…
Overplaying Your Hand
It’s late Friday afternoon and after sitting for a couple of weeks, the House of Commons is taking a weeklong break. That means that we’ve now see proximately six sitting…
#Cdnpolicast – Protests & Growing Concerns over CoronaVirus
The newest episode of “Cdnpolicast” is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Susan Smith, Neil Brodie and I talk about the developments this week in protests happening across the…
Conservative Veneer of Civility Eroding Everywhere
The very thin veneer of civility for Conservatives is quickly eroding, showing the world what they’re truly made of. Doug Ford’s privatization of welfare services and blocking reporters from talking…
What A Despicable Story
A depiction of environmental activist Greta Thunberg being raped shows that some people know no lows.
Viral Fads? Collective Escapism Through Displaced Fear?
I could be wrong, but every indicator to me so far is that the latest virus scare is vastly over-hyped, as they almost always are. Still it’s at 2,800…
Assorted Thoughts In The Age Of Collapse
Assorted Thoughts In The Age Of Collapse The “gig economy”, or the Uberization of the workforce: the right to be under-employed and in a precarious position no matter how…
Coronavirus: The latest in over-hyped threats & DANGERS
Read my essays, Danger and Delusion, and, Reality Check, on my blog and Twitter. Poverty, hunger, and obesity are vastly bigger killers than any infectious disease. Boost your immunity…
What Bull (Moose) Dung
Since the Ford Conservative came into power in Ontario close to two years ago, we’ve seen a steady series of ill-thought out and poorly executed policy plans and changes. We’ve…
The REAL Teck Resources Story Worth Noting
Something tells me that Teck Resources isn’t the villian we’re being made to believe if their ‘SunMine’ reclamation project in BC is taken into account.
Leadership from a Different End of the Rink
In this age of pitched battles over the impact of certain needed political policies, it’s interesting to see how various entities in society react. While it’s government that sets the…