Category: Climate Change

It’s Time to Junk the Senate.

Re the Fraser Institute’s suggestion that we suspend enforcement of the Canada Health Act, is it not quite amazing that anyone still takes these Neanderthals seriously?  Yes, I can understand the troglodytes in their caves at the National Post giving them prominence, but anyone else??? *     *     *     *     * Amazing! 40% of Americans say [...]

Friday November 26th, 2010 in Climate Change, Corporations, Electoral Reform, Health Care, Poverty, Right-Wing Think Tanks, The Senate, US Deficit/Economy, US Politics | 2 Comments »

Dropping the Ball

  Long ago the Harper Government made it clear it had no intention of passing any new significant legislation relating to global warming until Washington had done the same.  Now that Congress has made it clear that it intends to do zero on the subject, where exactly does that leave the rabid anti environmentalists in [...]

Sunday August 8th, 2010 in Climate Change, Immigration, OECD Comparisons, Poverty, Taxation, The Economy, US Politics | Comments Off

Canada’s Tax Cheats, Brazil’s Amazing Achievement, Guns, Ethanol…

  It’s hard to accept the Harper government’s recent decision to go easy on Canadian tax cheats who have sent their money abroad to avoid paying income tax in Canada.  Mind you, it’s a typical Harper government move.  Know many middle-income or poor people who have secret bank accounts in Switzerland, the Cayman Islands or [...]

Saturday July 17th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Guns, Income Disparity, Tax Havens, Taxation, US Politics | Comments Off