Take two minutes, please and watch this video from Oil Sand Action: They speak for me, and unlike Prime Minister Justin Trudeau they do not speak out of both sides of their mouths, promising one thing in Edmonton and the opposite in Québec. This should be two minutes well spent ~ many people report feeling … Continue reading True, this
Month: July 2019
We don’t need a #%&$ palace, but …
OK, a person on social media made this comment about a week ago: I agree, up to a point ... it's a house and a lot of people will say that she's right: we don't need a billion-dollar palace ... but Canada, the country does need a place (not a palace) where the head of … Continue reading We don’t need a #%&$ palace, but …
War in the “grey zone”
I said, about 18 months ago, that "Western leaders like Presidents Marcon and Trump, Chancellor Merkel and Prime Ministers Abe, May, Rutte, Trudeau, Turnbull all see “war” as a binary choice ~ you’re either fighting or you’re not, while Putin and Xi see it as spectrum wherein actual armed conflict is only one of many, … Continue reading War in the “grey zone”
A thumb on the scales
I'm told that the old expression about putting one's thumb on the scales originated with dishonest merchants who tried to add a little weight to their sales by doing just that. It has become a synonym for corrupt practices, especially for corrupt political practices ... ... so I am not surprised when I saw this, … Continue reading A thumb on the scales
Two issues
John Ibbitson, writing in the Globe and Mail, touches on a couple of issues that always concern me: restoring correct relations, including free(er) trade with China and immigration policy, and he revisits his thesis, in his recent book (with Darell Bricker), Empty Planet, which says that global populations are declining, even collapsing, in China's case. "Canada’s … Continue reading Two issues
Turmoil at the top
I see, from a story on Global News, broken by Mercedes Stephenson, of Global and David Pugliese (Post Media), two journalists with very good sources inside DND and the Canadian Armed Forces, that "The second in command of Canada’s military Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk is resigning after he said Chief of the Defence Staff General Jonathan … Continue reading Turmoil at the top
Turmoil in the air
CBC News has published a Thomson-Reuters report which says that "Airbus SE and Boeing Co. may pull out of a bidding process to supply Canada with new fighter jets because they say the contest is unfairly tilted toward Lockheed Martin Corp, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation said on Monday ... [and] ... The … Continue reading Turmoil in the air
