I saw a bus billboard the other day. The sponsor was the Union of Public Employees for the Province. The message suggested that we all benefited from the work of Civil Servants.
Truth in Advertising
Relying on our betters, the road to perdition
I commented to a friend, “with the loosening of the virus restrictions, we are finally being treated like adults.”
Correctly sensing my disapproval of the lockdown rules, he replied, “Well, they have to aim for the lowest common denominator.” He continued, “Some people are just not going to govern themselves properly.”
Hope and Despair
I alternate between despair and hope. Despair because of public acceptance of government encroachments on our freedoms; we are slipping towards a new ‘Dark Age’ where we will be oppressed and subject to faceless government workers.
Fingers in the pie
I used to be a supporter of government funding for arts, media and culture. But the more I studied the history of Germany in the 30’s, the less enamored I became with state playing a role in these areas. It was a slippery slope then, and it is a slippery slope now.
Approval seeking
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.
Consequences
If Canadians forgive the many sins of Trudeau the Second, then we deserve the government that they choose.
“Yes, Minister,” here in Alberta?
I hope that the Calgary Regional Planning Board dies a quick and cost-saving death.
Five months, 150 days after assuming power, the Alberta NDP through the Minister of Municipal Affairs announced a comprehensive plan for regional planning in Alberta. The dipper caucus, with no prior experience in government and no announced policy position on regional planning, were somehow able to formulate a policy and strategic plan for regional planning for the Calgary Region. A plan that imposed itself on the municipal governments of Calgary and surrounding towns and hamlets.
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.”
Carbon Tax
Governments that impose carbon taxes are now heavily incented to increase their revenues thereby allowing, encouraging, or at best permitting increases in carbon production.
An open letter to Alberta voters
This letter is to anyone thinking of voting for Greg Clark in the next election.
I was dismayed to find out from a very good friend, that he was going to vote for Greg Clark.