EVs Outselling Stick Shift
Not surprising, people are buying more EV cars than manual transmission ones. But why is electric even an option in that poll? The question appears to be about transmissions and…
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Talking Ron MacLean, Prince Andrew & Alberta-Quebec Relations with Evan Solomon
This afternoon I had the chance to join Evan Solomon on “Ottawa Now” with Katlyn Harrison and Shane Mackenzie. Today we talked about Ron MacLean’s apology, the dumpster fire of…
Micro-mobility = Macro Results
Some ideas about rethinking public infrastructure and micro-mobility.
The Parliamentary Dance Begins
It’s been close to a month since Canadians elected a minority Parliament but really it was this week that we really started to see things go. All week we’ve seen…
Alberta should say no to own police.
We are hearing a lot of bad ideas from Alberta of late. When premier Kenney gets into a hissy-fit, he rails and rants a lot and he comes up with…
More Shifting in the Red Chamber
This week in Ottawa all attention has been focused on the various meetings the Prime Minister has been having with Opposition leaders and various provincial premiers before the December 5th…
We need a Government of National Unity: A prescription for Justin Trudeau, Alberta and the 43rd Parliament
In October of 1995, I was a student at York University. There was a buzz in the air because History was being made every day. By this time in my…
Earthgauge News – Nov. 12, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/19-11-12-egnews-forair.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at…
Planning the Return
Since the Federal Election took place close to a month ago (I know, it feels like it’s been longer, hasn’t it?) and Canadians elected a minority Parliament, many have been…
Talking the Firing of Don Cherry & Scheer’s Leadership Issues with Evan Solomon
This afternoon I had the chance to join Evan Solomon on “Ottawa Now” with Katlyn Harrison and Shane Mackenzie. Today we talked the firing of Don Cherry, the comments that…
Talking Remembrance Day, the future of NATO & Don Cherry 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 Remembrance Day, the future of NATO…
What You Need to Know – Quebec and NAFTA 2.0
The newest episode of “What You Need to Know” is recorded and now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Geoff Turner and I talk about the federal election results in…
Time for Reflection
We live in an interesting time, and not always for the best reasons. Let’s face it, 2019 has been a crazy year and 2020 doesn’t promise to be much better.…
The Shifting Red Chamber
As we start to go into our new reality of minority government in Canada, there are many things that many observers need to pay attention to in order to stay…
A Ten Year Old’s Angst-Ridden Journey Through The Nuclear Fall of 1983 (And Why The Day After Still Terrifies Me)
It happens to me every fall. The leaves change colour and fall, the trees take on an ominous look, and once again I am filled with an existential dread that…
Green Fade
Now that we have entered into November and with a couple of weeks before the Liberals name their new cabinet, the parties are starting to put the pieces back together.…
WEXIT: Assessing the Costs
Andrew Scheer, Jason Kenney, Scott Moe: Canada’s Three Wexiteers, all clamouring for something that they don’t own.
Behind Chile’s political crisis
More than one million people marched in Santiago on October 26 to protest the Government’s security response to Chile’s current political crisis and to demand structural economic reforms to reduce…
Strategic Considerations
With the 43rd General Election now a week in our collective rear view mirrors, many people are doing a lot of thinking about what happened during the campaign and what…
Talking the Return of the Ontario Legislature & Federal Leadership talk with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I had the chance to join Kristy Cameron on “Ottawa Now” on CFRA with Kate Harrison and Shane Mackenzie. We talked about the return of the Ontario Legislature, the…