Why Canadians Should Pay Attention to Fort Frances: An Update with a New Question
It was just on Tuesday that I wrote about the struggles that so many small rural and northern towns are facing in this day and age. In that piece, I…
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Ins and Outs: A Conservative Leadership Race Update
It’s only Wednesday but this week we’ve already seen some major news come from the Conservative Leadership race, as some big shoes start to drop and we get a better…
Green Race to the Bottom
At the start of 2020 a big focus of Canadian political observers has been leadership politics and the races that come from it. Naturally, most of that focus has been…
Trump Campaign Adviser Guilty of Possession of Child Porn
Another Trump associate found guilty of sex trafficking and child porn crimes. Why is Trump still in charge?
Science and Business: Imperfect Partners
Science is awesome. Profit motives and public policy that isn’t driven by science is not.
Why Canadians Should Pay Attention to Fort Frances
Canada is a big country, diverse in geography, people and economics. Some people live in big cities, others in small towns. Some of those people built cars, others taught, others…
Standing Up for the Foundation
A good education is the strong basis of a good future for people; that is a fact that is not in doubt. We have empirical evidence that proves it time…
Public Policy, Local Farming and Climate Change
Sustainable Foodscaping is that active management of your own property, generating food, independence and possibly even revenue all the while reducing your carbon footprint. Why aren’t more people doing this?…
On being royal refugees.
It was hardly just the Downton Abbey dowagers who were clucking over the American divorcée marrying into Brit royalty. Well, their predictions of trouble are in, fast and furious. Harry…
Talking the UIA Flight 752 Investigation, Pickering Nuclear Alert & Royal Exits with Kristy Cameron
This afternoon I had the chance to join Kristy Cameron on “Ottawa Now” with Katlyn Harrison and Shane Mackenzie. We talked about the investigation into the downing of UIA Flight…
Allegations & Evidence in London
Over the past decade and a half, I’ve been blessed to get to have some amazing experiences in politics and political campaigns. I’ve had the chance to learn a lot…
Public Transit and the Fallacy of Induced Demand
Municipal planners continue to propose massive overhauls to public transit to accommodate more buses, thinking this will solve congestion issues. It won’t. ‘Induced demand’ is a failed concept that simply…
Talking the Investigation of UIA Flight 752, Conservative Leadership Race & Pickering Nuclear Alert 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 talked about the Canadian investigation of UIA Flight…
Words of Pain
The past two weeks have been a hard time to pay attention to the news of the World, the politics of our country, and how events and situations have brought…
What a Waste
What a waste – companies being paid by the public may not be doing what they set out to do. This points to a bigger issue that we have to…
What Did I Miss?
Ms Soapbox just returned from a week in British Columbia. As you might expect, the residents of BC are more interested in their own issues than what ails the richest…
January 2020
I still can’t believe it’s 2020. This is the future. What’s it like? Well, there are supercomputers in our pockets, there’s the high chance of war in the Middle East,…
Interview with David Erb of Protect Our Winters Canada #POW
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/daviderb-pow.mp3 On the show this week, I spoke with David Erb, the Executive Director of Protect our Winters Canada. Dave has extensive management experience in the business and charitable sectors…
What You Need to Know – Canadian Tragedy in Tehran
“What You Need to Know” is back and the first episode of 2020 is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Geoff Turner, Neil Brodie and I talk about the…
John Crosbie – January 30, 1931 – January 9, 2020
In every country and region there are politicians and public figures who become such big figures that it becomes hard to think of that place without them coming up. In…