A carbon tax on the filthy rich?
The very rich, F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, are different from you and me. Of course they are. They spend a lot more, pollute a…
Leo XIV—a new pope with some new/old ideas
So, an American pope. A first. Now both the world’s most powerful political leader and the world’s most powerful religious leader are both Yankees. Fortunately,…
Alberta opts for plutocratic elections
One of the first actions of the NDP when they were elected to govern Alberta in 2015 was to reform the province’s election rules. At…
Comments on the 45th
Canada’s 45th General Election is over and my reaction is mostly relief. A few short months ago, I was expecting our country would follow the…
Conservatives have a science problem
Conservatives are not at all comfortable with modern science. Our last Conservative government, the Harper regime, exemplified this distrust. It eliminated the long-form census, pulled…
Canada—a remarkable achievement
There is, if one is inclined to pessimism, ample opportunity to indulge these days. The political world alone offer a variety of depressing trends. Around…
Trump’s biggest threat
“The world is now seeing Trump’s America for exactly what it is becoming: a rogue state led by an impulsive strongman disconnected from the rule…
Avoiding a tariff while saving the climate
Justin Trudeau’s government introduced a carbon-pricing regime with two components: a levy on fuel paid by consumers (fondly known as the “carbon tax”) and an…
Mayors have their say
A group of 128 municipal politicians have written a letter to the leaders of the five main federal parties calling on them to address the climate…
“The West” as political myth
Preston Manning has, as he is wont to do, once again aroused the bogeyman of Western separation. He warns that "Voters, particularly in central and…
Yes, Trump really is crazy
According to the The Canadian Psychiatric Association there is narcissism, and then there is narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), a mental disorder or illness. The Diagnostic…
I’ll miss The Bay
Radishes and Gooseberries. That was how my classmates and I referred to the great explorers and traders Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard Chouart des Groseilliers when…