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…
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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…
Earthgauge News – January 8, 2020
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/egnews2020-01-08.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at…
Convening Commentary
As we start into 2020 every federal party is in a different spot. While the Liberals get ready to govern with their new minority and fewer MPs, the Greens and…
What U-Haul Can Tell Us About Housing Affordability
Having worked on Parliament Hill, one of the cool things about working in that environment is that sometimes you meet people you might never have or get exposed to cool…
We Don’t Deserve This Planet: Australia Edition
Leaders of Australia commit to double down on poor economic policy amidst raging fires on that continent, proving yet again that the human race doesn’t deserve Earth.
The Game Changer
As this first full week of 2020 has unfolded, we’ve seen a lot going on all around the World. But at home, we’ve seen more and more names come out…
They can help you write right.
You cannot be sure here, just who is the problem? It is all about a program called My Analytics from Microsoft and another program called Grammarly. Both programs are intrusive…
It’s Very Sad That Two Countries Hold the Future of The World In Their Hands
To the US and Iran from the rest of the world: Thank you for starting World War III, you jackasses!
Skipping into the Race
Yesterday we saw the first person announce that they were going to take the leap into the Conservative Leadership race, with little known Bryan Brulotte stepping forward. It was a…
Talking the Middle East, Chrystia Freeland & Conservative Leadership Race 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 Geoff Norquay. We talked about events of the past week in…
First Out of the Blue Gate
This week promises to be a busy one in Canadian politics, especially in regard to the Conservatives leadership race. With only a matter of days to decide if candidates are…
10 to Watch in 2020
2020 is a few days old and as this new year and decade start, there’s a lot to look ahead to in Canadian politics, including people who will have a…
10 Days, 3,000 Signatures and $300,000
Timing, what a thing it can be. It was just yesterday afternoon that I wrote an admittedly long-winded piece on leadership races, their rules and how I thought they should…
The Rules of the Race
As I mentioned in yesterdays piece, over the Holidays there have been some interesting discussions happening out there in our politics, with interesting debates being sparked again. One of those…