Pierre Poilievre has said that if the Conservatives form the next federal government, it not would provide “a single taxpayer dollar” to supervised consumption sites (SCS) for addicts, calling them “drug dens.” Poilievre’s comments are a reflection of what you get when you address social problems with dogma rather than evidence. People don’t intend to…
On Reddit and the Star is was suggested that: Trudeau and Singh must look to France to avoid a Poilievre government In France, the lesson is that proportional representation is more democratic than first-past-the-post. In the recent election, the centrist Macron (similar to Trudeau) did not make any deals with the left wing parties. Rather,…
People are endlessly worried that AI will take jobs away from people. I don’t agree that jobs (librarians or others) are inherently good things. If I could do without a job, I would. What’s inherently good is the *income* we get from jobs. The ability to get the things we need and want to thrive…