I actually made money on what has been misleadingly called the ‘carbon tax’. Specifically, I received more money in carbon pricing rebates than I paid in carbon pricing for energy purchases. This reflects, unsurprisingly, my values: I drive a hybrid car, I use a high-efficiency furnace, and I keep plastics in my home to a…
Responding to Doug Johnson. One of the main results of the relentless propaganda to which U.S.-based viewers are subject is the skewing of what is called the ‘Overton window’, that is, the understanding of what counts as ‘left’ and ‘right’ discourse. This skew is reflected in ‘The Media Bias Chart’. The idea that Forbes, ABC,…
I’m going to admit that Donald Trump’s treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy today made me angry. It seems apparent that Zelenskyy was intended to simply take whatever Trump was offering – which would have essentially been to sell out all Ukraine’s minerals – and be thankful for the opportunity. Or, maybe, it was intended that there…
LolaBeeAndMe writes, “This is me Standing on Guard, lots is happening right now, it’s hard to read the tea leaves sometimes and hoping for some insight from this sub on this Build Canada initiative. “Canadian Tech CEOs getting together to try and influence public perception and policy doesn’t feel right. I don’t want to be…
Here’s a lesson in statistics and manipulative media. Policy Options’s Eugene Lang takes a look at public service employment statistics and manages to get just about everything wrong by misrepresenting what the data actually says. His very first words are a fabrication: “Forty-three per cent. That is how much Canada’s ‘core’ federal public administration —…
Once again – the rising cost of housing has a lot more to do with private sector interference than it has to do with immigration. On the one hand, the housing available to Canadians is being reduced by speculators and would-be AirBnB hosts. “The Bank of Canada found that investors were responsible for 30 per…
How do you think a conservative administration will shape the future of Canada for the next 5-10 years? I’m getting ready for the recession now. Every time we have a Conservative government we have a made-in-Canada recession. There’s no reason to believe this time will be any different. Spending will go up, a lot, but…
All drawn from a Reddit thread. Here’s the setup. Calibre Magazine ran an article misleadingly titled ‘Total Spending On Long Gun Ban Will Exceed $100M This Fiscal Year‘. Misleading because the actual text of the government document references “to complete the collection and destruction of business owned assault style firearms and to establish a compensation…
Pierre Poilievre says he would defund the CBC. “I can’t wait to defund the CBC and sell off the headquarters for housing,” Poilievre posted on X this summer. I’d rate the CBC as neutral. As a left-winger I often find it too right-wing for my tastes – this is especially the case in news opinion…
In a click-bait headline, the Globe and Mail pronounces, A hard diversity quota for medical-school admissions is a terrible, counterproductive idea (link to paywalled article). All other things being equal, access to essential social services such as higher education should reflect the demographics of the wider society, within a reasonable margin of error. This is…