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.”
Governments that impose carbon taxes are now heavily incented to increase their revenues thereby allowing, encouraging, or at best permitting increases in carbon production.
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.
The Calgary Police Service Communications Group deserves a huge shout out for audacity. They released a press release saying that they needed more officers. They gave us the obvious reason an apparent rise in violent crimes and break-ins. Now I…
An old law professor of mine said you can’t suck and blow at the same time. Turns out you can. The councillors that so strenuously object to Uber have many arguments that, on their face, sound compelling. People do not…
The young child cried out, “The emperor has no clothes”. Only then did the emperor realize what he had to do – get dressed. In the late 1970s when I moved to Alberta, I was a self-selecting economic/political migrant. I…
Ted shines in this article. We have the principal benefit from Mr. Lougheed’s reign, lets use the damn thing – the “notwithstanding clause” – and get the public service under control. So now is the time for Alberta to use…
This statement tells you a lot about our government and our culture and is provided by a good friend: Alberta Provincial Social Services (welfare) is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of money ever. Meanwhile, Alberta Parks,…
I would have thought that we had more than enough recorded experience to disabuse even the most stubborn of us that big government planning is effective or useful. But still we persist in applying this solution to all manner of…
I come to bury the Peace Bridge, not to praise it. The statistics around the Peace Bridge, otherwise known as Farrell’s Folly, are legend. The construction overruns, the time overruns–the initial crossing of over $25 million versus a fraction of…