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Canada’s Rising Carbon Tax and the Supreme Court

By Andrew Roman on April 1, 2023 • ( 12 Comments )

Note to readers: A somewhat different, shorter version of this post was published on March 31, 2022 by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) think tank. Your Rising Cost of Energy (and everything else) […]

Climate Porn: the Hottest Day on Record

By Andrew Roman on March 22, 2023 • ( 4 Comments )

Escape Your Bubble What you read on line about climate change is carefully targeted by social media algorithms and cookies to keep you in your ideological comfort zone. The TV news is […]

Electricity: Time to Flip the Switch!

By Andrew Roman on February 28, 2023 • ( 10 Comments )

We are probably all familiar with the story of the business that says “our work can be good, fast or cheap, pick any two”.  There is a somewhat similar idea for electricity […]

Fighting Climate Change: Is it Better to be Safe Than Sorry?

By Andrew Roman on February 27, 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

Safe or Sorry? Sometimes an idea that appeals strongly to our common sense will be seen as clearly wrong or empty if we examine it more closely. The idea that it is […]

Let’s Stop Pretending We Made Binding Commitments Under the Paris Agreement

By Andrew Roman on February 25, 2023 • ( 7 Comments )

Introduction It is past time for Canada to stop pretending that it has made binding Paris Agreement “commitments” that must be fulfilled regardless of what the other nations are doing. That implies […]

­­­The Real Dangers of Misinformation and Disinformation

By Andrew Roman on February 22, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

The real danger of misinformation and disinformation is much less from incorrect information than from the political misuse of these labels by governments and social media organizations to suppress opinions they dislike. […]

The Product is Panic

By Andrew Roman on February 18, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

Canada’s ‘Leave it in the Ground’ Energy Policy Recently, the heads of government of Germany and Japan each came, cap in hand, to beg Prime Minister Trudeau to supply them with Canadian […]

Slowing or Avoiding “The Long Goodbye” of Alzheimer’s

By Andrew Roman on December 6, 2022 • ( 6 Comments )

The memory loss and personality changes brought on by Alzheimer’s disease have been described as “the long goodbye” until death.  Alzheimer’s is an irreversible disease with no known cure. It slowly steals […]

Electricity Generation with 100% Renewables is a Fantasy

By Andrew Roman on December 3, 2022 • ( 15 Comments )

Renewables advocates have been claiming that solar and wind generation are now the least costly form of generation, and therefore, should replace all fossil fuel generation as quickly as possible.  Is this […]

Follow the Science or Follow Your Nose?

By Andrew Roman on November 4, 2022 • ( 7 Comments )

“Follow the science” has become a  mantra for politicians world-wide. Our leaders started to use it to defend their actions in fighting climate change, and when that seemed to stifle critics (denounced […]

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One of our most important freedoms is our freedom to choose our actions. But our actions depend upon our thoughts and feelings. If we allow our anger, fear and guilt to be manipulated by what we see  in the media we are less free.  This manipulation is often through emotionally laden words that trigger strong feelings.

There is so much in the media (especially social media) that impairs our ability to think critically about important issues. I want to encourage more analysis of facts and less emotional reaction by offering my explanation of the less than obvious issues as I see them. You may agree or disagree, but hopefully you will at least think about the issues rather than merely having strong feelings about them.

I don’t share my thoughts here to change the opinions of people who think differently. I share my thoughts to show people who already think like me that they’re not alone.

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I am a retired litigation lawyer with over 45 years of experience in  constitutional, environmental and energy law issues. I have appeared at all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada, and in every Canadian province. I have been invited as a guest lecturer at almost all of the law schools in Canada. I am also the author of over 100 legal articles and a law book, and have been an adjunct faculty member at four Canadian law schools.

Since retirement I have written numerous articles published in newspapers, think tank publications and law journals as well as this blog. I have also appeared in several TV and radio interviews, and testified as an expert witness before committees of the Canadian Senate and House of Commons.

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