We Cannot Afford Climate Change We hear and read daily of the growing list of climate disasters. They destroy infrastructure and multiply the cost of new infrastructure. They drive up the cost of insurance. The health costs are huge and climbing from wild fire smoke and heat domes like those our friends in Europe andContinue reading “What We Cannot Afford is Climate Change”
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Have we lost Our Sense of Decency?
Our government is planning to unload the more than 400% over budget Trans Mountain Pipeline onto the shoulders of First Nations along the route. It wants to SELL it to them. Let’s be honest with ourselves: And that does not even touch on the enormous environmental impact of this pipeline on their children, grandchildren orContinue reading “Have we lost Our Sense of Decency? “
Israel and Palestinians – Where is there hope?
I write this as someone who has followed Holocaust denial, racism and Israeli/Palestinian relations for more than 30 years. Let me start by saying: Regrettably the Ontario NDP Caucus dismissed MPP Sarah Jama for her description of the resulting crisis and war. That said, Sarah Jama’s statements contain a great deal of truth. Two goodContinue reading “Israel and Palestinians – Where is there hope?”
Time to Play Hard Ball with Fossil Fuel Corporations
“The climate crisis is, in the main, a fossil fuel crisis.” Al Gore, NY Times, 18 July 2023 Earth just had the hottest day, week, and month in 120,000 years. Extreme heat is hitting Europe, the US South West (53C) and the US Mid-West, China (52C), much of the Middle East. Canada has already experiencedContinue reading “Time to Play Hard Ball with Fossil Fuel Corporations”
Space: The Distance Between Morality and Inflated Ego
We live in a world whose leaders, economic and political, clearly have lost their moral compass. Our political leaders talk with great excitement about mankind blasting off earth and settling on the moon and Mars and then the universe. Those engaged in space science for a living are awarded the automatic status of the excitedContinue reading “Space: The Distance Between Morality and Inflated Ego”
The War of the World
Our democratic governments have long been at war with our capitalist economy. One seeks to spread power as widely as possible with each person being equal, having the same rights, freedoms and access to being heard. The other concentrates wealth and power and grants rights and freedoms and access to power based on how muchContinue reading “The War of the World”
Climate Change Wealth and Power
There was a superb interview on Information Morning on CBC with Louise Comeau of the New Brunswick Conservation Council. It covered both what we are learning form the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and environmental groups like the Conservation Council about the magnitude of the climate change threat and initiatives we can take to avoidContinue reading “Climate Change Wealth and Power”
Inflation: The Pandemic, Big Oil and Billionaires
There was an interesting interview on inflation on the CBC morning show out of Halifax on March 18. A number of the ‘drivers’ of our current and perhaps future inflation were discussed: Wage demands; Supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic; The surge in the price of petroleum products as a result of Putin’s brutalContinue reading “Inflation: The Pandemic, Big Oil and Billionaires”
Reflections on the Pandemic
The pandemic has underlined fundamental problems with the basic nature of social economy of many countries including Canada. The polarizing impacts of the Trump presidency in the USA have spilled into Canada and around the world. It has become acceptable to a growing part of the population to spread misinformation, ignore science and deny reality. Continue reading “Reflections on the Pandemic”
Lessons from the Pandemic and the Trump Hangover
The Pandemic was an eye opener. Elders died by the thousands because essential workers in eldercare were paid so little they needed more than one job to eat and keep a roof over their heads. They had no sick leave and little or no protective clothing and equipment. When personal care workers fell ill theyContinue reading “Lessons from the Pandemic and the Trump Hangover”
Global Co-operation 