Protests, blockades and other forms of civil disobedience are growing in popularity in Canada; and the federal government depended on a blunt instrument – the Emergencies Act (the “EA”) as the way […]
What I Have Learned About Governments’ Thought Control
A Memorable Event from my Childhood In 1948, at the age of 6, I started school in Soviet controlled Hungary, where my family had lived for generations. Every morning our teacher showed […]
Reply to Leslie MacMillan
On November 5, 2023, Leslie MacMillan wrote a comment on Patrick Hunt’s guest post, of the same date, here. Leslie’s comment is set out under the first heading, below. Because his comment […]
There is Random Correlation Between CO2 and Global Warming: or How to Save $10 Trillion Per Year! A guest Post by Patrick Hunt
All of us will remember the warning that correlation doesn’t prove causation. On the other hand, the absence of correlation does prove the absence of causation. Patrick Hunt has kindly agreed to […]
The Supreme Court of Canada Finds Part of the Federal Impact Assessment Act Unconstitutional. So What?
Introduction The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision holding that parts of the federal Impact Assessment Act are ‘unconstitutional’ caused cheering in several provincial capitals and in the media. However, there is […]
Media Training for Jordan Peterson? Really?
Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario, 2023 ONSC 4685, Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court. This blog post provides my analysis of the College’s order to Dr. Jordan Peterson to take […]
Global Warming Issues and the IPCC: A guest Post by Ken Wilson, P. Eng. (Ret).
Ken Wilson has kindly provided my readers with the excellent summary, below, of his fuller examination of the global warming issues raised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The full […]
Harvard, UNC and the US Supreme Court: The End of Affirmative Action?
Introduction If you thought the US Supreme Court’s abortion decision overturning Roe v. Wade was controversial, wait until you see the results of its June 29, 2023 decision on affirmative action in […]
China’s Interference in Canadian Elections
“Interference” in Canadian elections is a vague description of what happened in the 2021 federal election. It would better be described as “China Chose the Winner”. The Canadian intelligence agency CSIS reported […]
Canada’s Rising Carbon Tax and the Supreme Court
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) […]
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