Conspiracy Theory
Anyone with a functioning brain should immediately stop using the term conspiracy theory. It only shuts down debate and precludes intelligent, critical thought. There are facts, based in evidence, and…
Anyone with a functioning brain should immediately stop using the term conspiracy theory. It only shuts down debate and precludes intelligent, critical thought. There are facts, based in evidence, and…
What is to be done about the issue of freedom of speech, and the current, deeply ominous trend of the closing down of Western society, and the inevitably linked rise…
Tomorrow the eyes of political Canada are ready to be fixed on Ottawa, with the presentation of the first Federal Budget in over two years. With all the implications for…
While scrolling through the TV listings last week (I spent almost as much time looking for something to watch as actually watching), I came upon a new Ken Burns documentary…
The last few days have not been good for Ontario, especially Doug Ford. On the federal level, the Liberals have been labeled the ‘most anti-internet government in Canadian history’.
For many of us in Ontario, yesterday was a very intense day. Or at least the evening after 4 pm EST was. The counterproductive moves announced by the Ford Government…
It’s taken a while but finally Erin O’Toole has a climate change policy to present to the voters. The most intriguing bit is his acceptance of the need for a…
Nietzsche was either terribly misinterpreted, as my dearly departed scholar brother was adamant to say, or he was simply mad his entire life, and his philosophy was a philosophy of…
Omg he is citing the National Post! That’s a right wing newspaper! They say, pouring over their daily ingestion of the now truly extreme right wing, corporate oligarchy-driven mainstream “liberal”…
It is amazing to hear such a mish-mash from two intelligent and seemingly well-read individuals. I used to like them both, Steven Pinker and Stephen Fry, (video linked below) and…
It’s Friday, the weather is supposed to be nice this weekend and this should be a time that most of us de-stress, relax and try to put the stresses of…
Back in 2012, there was a problem: Provincial water too polluted, says research Back then, the SaskParty was promising to address climate change with a plan that included a 20%…
Home buyers make property choices based on municipal zoning and Official Community Plans. Provincially mandated OCPs are “a statement of objectives and policies that guide decisions on municipal and regional…
A recent survey by the Pew Research Center of the four major Western powers turned up some interesting if not altogether surprising results. The goal of the study was to…
It’s only been a few weeks since one of the biggest shoes to drop in Canadian politics finally came down. On March 25th, the Supreme Court upheld the Liberals Carbon…
Part 3: Rich Rebuilds is another really interesting vehicle repair channel. He’s got great embedded ads too.
We Canadians can be an interesting bunch and it surprises me sometimes how certain things ruffle our feathers more than others. My former colleague on the Hill Lauren Dobson-Hughes wrote…
EVs are not getting a free ride on the roads. A look through Saskatchewan budget documents shows clearly that the amounts spent annually to maintain highways far exceed what’s collected…
Having spent a decade on Parliament Hill, there are times when one might think that I’ve seen it all. Sure there are a lot of ugly things I’ve seen along…
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest on the third wave…