Governments that impose carbon taxes are now heavily incented to increase their revenues thereby allowing, encouraging, or at best permitting increases in carbon production.
Carbon Tax
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.
How is it going?
We have purchased a home in Victoria. I have spent the last months there. I am asked by some, “What are the differences that you have noticed?” The politics of the climate change fanatics are crazy; that is different. Calgarians…
Equality and privilege
Some animals are more important than others. BC ferries are a new experience for me. They are so egalitarian. So Canadian. You line up together, no one gets ahead of anyone else. You all board the ship together and get…
Alberta exceptionalism
The most distressing thing about the Trudeau purchase of the TransMountain Pipeline is the appearance that Alberta is now on the same footing as Quebec with its Bombardier subsidies and Ontario with its auto bailout. Notley is right, as she…
Do we need regulation?
Who wants regulation of alcohol counselors and alcohol treatment facilities? Who cares? Whose interests are served? Ralph Klein, our beloved premier, often asked in Cabinet meetings, “Who wants this law and why?” What a brilliant question. Who wants regulation of…
Ottawa Jargon
At a conference in Ottawa recently I observed that the people who make up our National Government, politicians and public servants, have developed a new revealing jargon. Issues are called Files, meetings are called Tables. Ideas and conversations are not…
Statue of Sir John A MacDonald
By removing the statue of Sir John A. Victoria is guilty of many sins. The worst is looking silly.
Climate Change
If, on hearing my views in support of oil and gas as a modern miracle fuel, and understanding my admiration for the companies that have build the oil sands, and listening to the virtues of economic growth you assert that…
Notwithstanding Clause
Except for the fact that they are serious, the proposition that Doug Ford’s use of the notwithstanding clause is somehow a violation of the “rule of law“ would be genuinely hilarious. It is a section of the Canadian constitution. It…