Charteritis Charteritis (n., Canadian constitutional law): (1) A judicial affliction in Canadian courts marked by an excessive or inappropriate tendency to view cases through the lens of the Canadian Charter of Rights […]
The Climate Crisis: Today’s Noah’s Ark?
An Old Story is Still New In 2024, a member of the climate panic group “Last Generation Canada”, university student Étienne Eason, struggling with ecoanxiety, vandalized an Ottawa museum’s dinosaur replica. In […]
The Financial Post published my op-ed here
On the fatal flaws in the Mathur application to the court to compel Ontario to increase its decarbonization target. The court application assumes that there is a glass dome over the entire […]
Climate Change: Less Fear, More Facts
“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” – UN Secretary-General António Guterres, July 27, 2023 Introduction Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to make Canada […]
An important read about energy.
I strongly recommend that you read the entire article co-authored by Ronald Stein and John McBratney, engineers, published on the Friends of Science Blog. However, to encourage you, I have included some […]
June 20th is Vigilante Day in Canada
Once the election is over we can look ahead to what the new government should do – ASAP. June 20 is Vigilante Day in Canada. That’s when vigilantes – self appointed prosecutors […]
The Supreme Court Was Wrong on Climate Change
I have great respect for Canada’s Supreme Court, their long hours of work and the difficult decisions to make. Even if I might have decided a case differently, I usually find its […]
A Simplified Explanation of CO2 and the Greenhouse Gas Effect
Guest Post By Roger Palmer, P. Eng. (retired) As solar radiation heats the earth’s surface the earth itself becomes an emitter of infrared energy, radiating it back into space. The earth will slowly […]
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 […]