Lockheed Martin: A Bad Business Partner
Lockheed Martin has threatened to pull jobs if we don't proceed with the F-35 contract. I suggest we deal with bad business partners by pulling all of our business with…
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Oil’s Four Letter Word Defender
Brad Wall seems to only ever be speaking to oil executives about oil and gas. Does he understand anything else? Are there any examples of our Premier meeting recently with…
Ontario’s Bait & Switch Climate Action Plan, Part II
When you pull apart the Ontario Climate Change plan, there's very little to it except for new taxes, bigger costs and massive transfers to companies that don't them. I really…
Ontario ‘Bait and Switch’ Climate Plan
Ontario has finally set into action a plan to do its bit to reduce climate change. But wait … what they’re doing is creating more electricity consumers instead of gas…
SaskPower’s Power To Grow A Nose
SaskPower’s latest consultant on renewable energy might be Pinocchio. 8. In "researching how to incorporate more" #solar power, I wonder how publishing deceptive info-graphics was found to help #PowerToGrow? —…
Something Bold, Something Shrewd..And Tomorrow, Something New?
Cheri DiNovo an ‘unofficial’ candidate for federal NDP leadership ‘I’m running for principles, not for a position,’ DiNovo says, rejecting party’s $30K entry fee By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted:…
Wood Mountain: Population 21
When I was ten, my family picked up an exchange student from the Regina airport. It was Winter. As the South American boy rode with me on the van bench,…
Greek Leaks Expose IMF Chief Overruling Pro-Debt Relief IMF Negotiator
Filed under: Eurozone crisis, Southern Europe, Uncategorized Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, IMF
Stranded Assets, Saskatchewan Style
A report by a little known government entity says what I have been saying about pipelines stranding assets: Its overall conclusion, however, urges caution when it comes to long-term investments…
The Wildrose and PCs Weigh In On Medically Assisted Dying
We’ve seen a lot of fireworks in the Alberta Legislature but nothing can match the rhetoric and misinformation that characterized the response of the Wildrose (and to a lesser extent…
Stuff Still Happens, week 22: Muhammad Ali, when boxing mattered
The death on Friday of Muhammad Ali, described by the New York Times as a “titan of boxing and the 20th century” reminded me of a time when boxing mattered.…
Vote Reform Primer: Back to Basics.
The following is an up-dated version of the discussion on first-past-the-post voting in the Democracy Papers of 2007. We will be running a series of these primers over the next…
#RoboCon: Revisiting the 2008 Election Fraud
In light of this news from Elizabeth May, it may be worth re-reading these blog entries from 2012 and 2009. Duffy’s trial raised some damning information about the first infamous…
r > g in Vancouver
I’m finally coming back to full functioning from a concussion so there will be less silence here (I’m still writing a book though, a strong counter-tendency). Today, I just wanted…
Homecoming & Double Standards
Are small towns able to deal with Homecoming events that chew up property values and perpetuate double standards with enforcement and other costs?
Wake Up and Smell the Corruption, Canada…….
90 scientists and climate experts call on Trudeau to reject Pacific NorthWest LNG GORDON HOEKSTRA More from Gordon Hoekstra Published on: May 30, 2016 | Last Updated: May 30, 2016…
All health care workers matter
Nursing week is an annual opportunity to honour the dedication of nurses and acknowledge their contribution to the health care profession. But this year, the otherwise celebratory tone of the…
Dividing Up the Family Home
Ms Soapbox and her sister Elle are on Vancouver Island visiting the folks. (Elle is not her real name but she values her privacy and bites and throws things if…
Stuff Still Happens, week 21: Carbon taxes and classless acts
The Rachel Notley government unveiled its carbon levy tax scheme this week, and in classic government fashion it downplayed just how much it will cost the average Albertan. According to…
Growing Labor Protests Paralyzing France
Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis, Uncategorized Tagged: Austerity, France, General Strike, labour market reforms