Join several of Canada’s leading heterodox and progressive economists for an introduction to theories, tools, and policy applications that go beyond the bounds of conventional free-market economics. This one-day course…
Love These Habs Now(apologies to Mon Rovîa) Do you hear the Bell Centre roar?Do you recall when you heard that beforeTimes ain't the same in the AtlanticGot a bunch of…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Nicholas Kristof rightly characterizes the Trump/Musk demolition of US foreign aid as reflecting the world's wealthiest and most powerful men attacking the world's…
The photo is a good 45 years old, but I love it. The woman is my mother and the little girls are my daughter and her cousin. Don't know what…
Despite what you may have heard, the appointment of Louise Arbour to the role of Governor General of Canada is a perfect political message in a time of turmoil.
First, good items about Canada Todd Maffin does a "heritage minute" about Heritage Minutes All of the Minutes are saved here: https://www.historicacanada.ca/productions/minutes This is my favourite: Heaven does exist and…
Danielle Smith, who is basically the public face of foreign interference in Canada, has been given a Canadian “Top Secret” security clearance, her press secretary said on Thursday. According to…
Habs win!So the series is tied as they head to Montreal for the next two games. When it got to 4-1, that was really the end for Buffalo View on…
(Sung to the tune of "Pink Pony Club") I know you wanted me to stay Mired in the Atlantic division, out of Bettman’s way And I heard Saint-Louis’s sage conseil…
Bob Moses - Leave Like This
The Sask Party and NDP have presented similar and disastrous plans for the electrical grid. There are details about what the Sask Party would have Sask Power do, in this…
At today’s exchange rate, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is worth roughly C$3.09 trillion — an extraordinary figure for a country with a population of about 5.6 million, very close to…
Doug Ford introduces a bonfire of burning money as THERME.
To want Canada to prosper during these tumultuous times is both noble and natural. Federal government leadership to forge that path is something we expect, given that our problems are…
Poilievre Put-downs I think I need to start a regular feature about the comments and cartoons I see on our opposition leader Pierre Poilievre. I must admit, I seldom actually…
While the BC NDP talks publicly about a comprehensive plan focused on clean energy, the government has in fact been focused on increasing fossil fuel production. This policy may be…
It has been a long long long time coming, but I believe now is the moment to start looking for a job. Nothing major, at least not to start with.…
Now that the metaphorical horse has departed the proverbial barn for pastures unknown, Alberta’s toothless elections agency says it’s slamming the barn door shut. At any rate, Elections Alberta officials…
On Tuesday, the Sask NDP lost one of their MLAs. She’s sitting as an independent MLA, after leader Carla Beck cracked the whip. Jennifer Bowes spoke out on Facebook with…
