Covid Journal, April 27, 2021
Doug Ford: crying to the public ain’t gonna bring about paid sick leave. Ignoring bills submitted to the Ontario partliament TWENTY ONE times won’t help either.
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Talking the Growing Emotional Strain of COVID-19 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 discussed the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations…
Getting Comfortable With Uncertainty
People everywhere are the same – people are people. We have far more in common than we have differences between us. And all the differences, or at least the great…
The Rise of the Maverick?
Ever since Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole released his “lose, lose, lose” carbon pricing plan, I’ve been watching the overall reaction from the conservative movement writ large. Some in the grassroots…
What if we all get Covid-19? Why vaccines are the cure to contagion
Historically, vaccines have arguably been one of the biggest success stories of the human race – and the story of Covid-19 will be no different. Despite this, there is a…
And the winner is … who cares?
The Academy Awards – Oscar to his friends – airs this Sunday. Are you excited? No? OK, mildly interested? No, not even that? Indifferent or openly hostile? Yeah, that sounds…
Bitter Sweet
Times of crisis, like we are living in right now, can bring out the best in people. We see that everyday with front line workers in the health sector, who…
The China dilemma—global warming or human rights?
If anything scares China’s formidable president, Xi Jinping, it’s probably democracy. The idea of the Chinese people choosing their own president must be nightmarish to the new emperor. His current…
Talking Doug Ford’s Apology with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for a rare Thursday “Political Heat” panel. We talked Doug Ford’s press conference and…
Talking the Federal Budget & Doug Ford with Rob Snow
Yesterday I joined Rob Snow on CityNews Ottawa radio’s “The Rob Snow Show” along with Andrew Brander for the “Political Fix” panel. We talked the about Monday’s Federal Budget, what…
“It Came Out of Nowhere”
Over the past week I’ve had a fair share to say about the performance of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government, as the COVID situation in Ontario has spiraled…
Yuval Harari: Bleak Is Back!
Yuval Harari is a shallow thinking dogmatic materialist who swallows whole and uncritically the dominant pseudo-scientific paradigm of mechanistic materialist dualism, which of course is an extremely bleak view of…
Talking the 2021 Federal Budget with Kristy Cameron
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 2021 Federal Budget, the big…
A Budget Two Years in the Waiting
Today was the day a couple new records in Canada political history were finally settled. David Akin of Global News pointed to these on his Twitter feed recently, that when…
The Plot, Still Completely Lost
This weekend was a very cathartic time for many of us in Ontario. Between Doug Ford’s flailing on Friday night, to the smoke pouring out of the Premier’s office on…
Talking Budget Day in Ottawa & the COVID Crisis in Ontario 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 Lisa Kirbie. We discussed today’s Federal Budget to be introduced in…
On Cynicism
John Lennon was a millionaire, though he talked about having no possessions; Thomas Jefferson had slaves; and Martin Luther King Jr. was a philanderer, true enough, but I think it…
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…
Freedom of Speech: What Is To Be Done?
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…
Coming Apart at the Seams at Queen’s Park?
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…