The scorecard for cancelling and delaying pipelines in Canada:  record shipments by rail and truck = higher CO2 emissions.  Massive discount on Canadian oil = $15 billion loss for Cnd. economy and up to $4 billion loss for Alberta treasury this year  = less money for services like healthcare. And opponents call that winning.

Everytime there is a fiscal update there is a lot of ideological talk about tax fairness.  Despite what economists will tell you is fair, politicians always go for votes over the fair and responsible solutions.

Can you rationalize the money spent by the government on Canadian Media?  The government says that it’s to help keep media honest and curb fake news from surfacing widely in Canada.  But will it work?

The common refrain from the intellectually challenged on climate change is that there is a 97% consensus – but on what exactly because some of the most prominent climate change scientists have a major disagreement over the role of nuclear power vs renewables.