Goofy Award Winner

Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat and Goofy Award – July 31st

Quote of the Week
Donald Trump nails the chief characteristic of modern politics – and it’s not good news for the country.

Shocking Stat
So where does all this deficit spending lead? The Parliamentary Budget Officer gives us the shocking destination.

Goody Award
Should call this one the Double Standard – subtitled: Never let an opportunity to virtue signal go waste even when the target’s a contrite teenager.

Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat and Goofy Award – July 24th

Quote of the Week 
Legendary Thomas Sowell weighs in on apologizing for sins of the past while refusing to take responsibility for our actions today. 

Shocking Stat of the Week 
Common refrain from business is that we can’t find workers. Wait til you hear how much one state pays workers Not to work. 

Goofy Award
Government is working with social media giants to censor opinions on COVID that they deem misleading but even ignoring the threat to free speech, the trouble is the authorities are not always right. 

Quote of the Week
Culture wars in education are gaining intensity but where did concepts like Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality come from.

Shocking Stat of the Week
Innovation is the buzziest of buzz words but it’s just the latest area where Canada’s ranking is falling.

Goofy Award
As Mark Steyn says – The enduring sheen of revolutionary chic so attractive to some elites is in forlorn contrast to the decrepitude of the real thing.

Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat and Goofy Award – July 10th

Quote of the Week
Make that “Political Quote of the Year” – an insiders look at the rot in Parliament and government.

Shocking Stat
The power of branding and virtue signaling manifests in trillions of dollars poured into ESG funds. But for what?

Goofy Award
Cheerleading for violence, lack of leadership and too lazy to read even recent history are features of the reaction to the resiential schools unmarked burial sites.

Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat and Goofy Award – July 3rd

Quote of the Week
Brilliant advice for students – and the rest of us – by 15 Harvard, Yale and Princeton professors summed up in just 3 words.

Shocking Stat
To borrow from JP Morgan – you can ignore the actions of the Communist Party of China – the problem is – they don’t ignore you – and it costs big money.

Goofy Award
Oh, those pesky “access to information” requests. When it comes to getting the vaccines -looks like the government’s been playing fast and lose with the truth.