These are some of the stories from the “inside pages” that caught my eye during the week ending May 13: Corporate welfare – how much does the auto industry cost Canada? Surrogacy and the Ukraine Finns are Compassionate and TOUGH! The fall of crypto currencies Jobs and the Auto Industry Corporate welfare has its place. […]
We need urban green space! And yes, we have to preserve agricultural land and wilderness areas. The biggest road blocks to achieving these objectives: suburbanites demanding development freezes to halt densification. Densification results in more urban green space – not less. Also, it helps prevent urban sprawl to more distant municipalities that grow by re-zoning […]
This week ending May 6 has all been about Guy Lafleur. He is England’s Sir Bobby Charlton, Australia’s Don Bradman, Brazil’s Pele. His importance to Quebecers and, to a lesser degree, other Canadians, matches that of Maradona for Argentinians. Flair, dash, love of life. Anywhere they play ice hockey, Guy remains an icon. Sadly, he […]
Definition of the word “Woke”: verb – the past tense of the verb wake adjective – alert to injustice in society / aware and actively attentive to important facts and issues – especially those relating to race, social justice, and all forms of discrimination. I find the adjective “woke” to be very clumsy. It really […]
Among the things that I found interesting this week of April 18th: Eight Conservative Men Finland and the NATO conundrum The new home of the Seattle Kraken Shaved Heads Everywhere And I never did get to fossil fuels and strange trading partners, so I will start with that. Fossil Fuels and Alternative Suppliers Surprise! I […]
I enjoy exploring towns and cities and this year we spent a month in Paris and Strasbourg. Sadly, I always expect to see some level of homelessness. However, I wasn’t ready for the number of little encampments that I saw in France this year. Tents and cardboard shelters near the Louvre, in shopping arcades, just […]
I have fallen behind so some of this is not from the week of April 11th. Amongst the things that I found interesting: Official languages Fossil fuels and strange trading partners The western democracy bubble & the Ukraine Language Squabbles at ASEAN The Association of South East Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) has an aggregate population of […]
I have fallen behind so some of this is not from the week of April 4th. Amongst the things that I found interesting: Vietnamese investment in the United States US insistence that Putin and Russia be charged for war crimes in the Ukraine “Don’t Say Gay” laws The Good Country Index Sunflower oil shortage VinFast […]
We spent four weeks in France. We were in airports and train stations; on the Metro, buses, trains, airports, and airplanes! Restaurants and museums! No Covid-19! We get back to Canada and my wife, unknowingly, visits an infected family member! A few days later she has Covid, and two days later I test positive too. […]
Have you missed me? I have just finished a four-week trip to Paris and Strasbourg. I started to write this newsletter three or four days ago in Strasbourg. At the outset, I meant to discuss the disgusting invasion of Ukraine by the gangster, Vladimir Putin. But, for such a difficult topic I need to be […]
Good Bye LinkedIn! Good bye social media!
What caught my attention the Week of February 14 New Words (at least for me): Hellacious – very great, very bad, very overwhelming. Example: The pandemic was hellacious. Chris Selley, National Post of February 14 Selley addresses the need to manage and police protests with consistency. So, he calls out Justin Trudeau for attempting to […]