The sad state of public policy thinking is on display in
Alberta.
The craving of our public figures to be seen taking advice
from a 16-year-old girl is astounding and distressing.
Approval seeking
Consequences
If Canadians forgive the many sins of Trudeau the Second, then we deserve the government that they choose.
Absenteeism
The Federal Government did not send lawyers to defend the Trans Mountain Pipeline at a recent Federal Court hearing. I suppose there are number of possible explanations.
Inclination to Slavery
Why does there seem to be an inclination to slavery in men? Not all men are inclined this way, but many, enough to make a difference; enough to dominate political cultures. I overstate the proposition to attract attention. We don’t…
Governmental Arrogance
Alberta passed the Alberta Land Stewardship Act. With this law, according to the announcements, the Alberta government, could manage all the land of Alberta, all the water in Alberta, and even the air over Alberta.
Regions and Race: Canada and the United States
If you hear an American politician talking, whatever the subject, whatever is being said, the sub-text is race and racism.
The best government
There is a political class in Canada known as the Laurentians.
Centred in the Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto triangle, they believe that we should defer to our betters. And our betters are the politicians and civil servants who spend our hard-earned tax dollars.
They Should be Arrested and Charged with Anthropic Pride
There is a billboard outside the National Art Gallery in Ottawa. At the entrance, the billboard advertises an exhibit entitled Anthropocene, the Age of Human Influence. The advertisement declares that “Mankind has affected the earth more than all the processes of nature.”
Antropomorphic Ego
They Should be Arrested and Charge with Anthropic Pride There is a billboard outside the National Art Gallery in Ottawa, at the entrance – the billboard advertises an exhibit entitled Anthropocene, the Age of Human Influence. The advertisement declares that “Mankind…
Great change
Can we turn the clock back on government intervention? Will the pendulum reverse direction and
recover to a mean?
I am beginning to fear not. There are more government takers than providers. The political
pendulum is weighted in the wrong direction with no apparent change of momentum
or direction reversal in the foreseeable future.