Well, here we are, in the strangely surreal place of watching the United States turn itself inside out. Trump is enacting swaths of the Project 2025 plan he disavowed throughout his election. He has shut down diversity programs, fired FBI…
Green Water and Ham
(Cross posted from Green Party Lac du Bonnet) Summer is upon us and all across the rivers and lakes of Manitoba people are out enjoying fresh air, sun, and water. Many Manitobans enthusiastically enjoy heading to the campsite or cottage…
Just Barely a Democracy – Patriarchy, Colonialism, and Power
First, some apologies to my Liberal friends. Well, maybe not apologies. More like an expression of compassion and understanding that you may not want to hear some harsh words about and from Jody Wilson-Raybauld. I can only imagine that some…
Books for Earth Day and Some Thoughts on Leadership
Having recently finished Life Without Plastics and Jody Wilson-Reybould’s Indian in the Cabinet (which I intend to write about shortly), it is time to open a new book. I’ve had Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate…
Life Without Plastic – the Book and some Ideas
I’ve just finished reading Life Without Plastic by Chantal Plamondon and Jay Sinha. I haven’t read a book that had such an emotional impact since reading the Truth and Reconciliation Report a number of years ago. By drawing a comparison…
Carbon Tax – “Ask the Facts”
Last week I posted a discussion about the Carbon Tax, the “Axe the Tax” movement, and the idea that we’re not asking the right questions. I’ve also been sharing Carbon Tax supportive posts on social media and, as a result,…
Carbon Tax – We’re Having the Wrong Conversations
With a federal Carbon Tax increase coming on 1 April, 2024, lots of people are talking about the tax itself. I think we’re having the wrong conversations. First, a disclaimer or two: Axe the Tax “Axe the Tax” has become…
An Update on Electoral Reform
Liberals readying to table electoral reform legislation read the CTV headlines on 21 March 2024. Our democracies didn’t happen by accident, and they won’t continue without effort Justin Trudeau, 21 March 2024 This bold announcement may have come as a…
CPC Saving us by Limiting Media Options
April 15, 2023Opinion Pierre Poilièvre this week continued his attack on the CBC by asking Twitter to list them as a government-funded media company. Outlets where the government provides some or all of the outlet’s funding and may have varying…
The Right to Grow
April 15, 2023Opinion This week the Supreme Court of Canada upheld Québec’s laws against home grown cannabis. Manitoba stands out as the only other province to prohibit home grown cannabis. This decision by the Supreme Court has probably put an…