The Canadian Progressive: Canada and “Five Eyes” spying partners must respect...
The final communiqué issued by the “Five Eyes” surveillance alliance after a recent meeting in Ottawa suggests what might turn out to be a made-in-Canada global encryption backdoor. The post Canada and...
View ArticleThe Disaffected Lib: New Zealand Prepares to Receive Climate Change Refugees
Good news from a bad news story. New Zealand is proposing to issue climate refugee visas for Pacific islanders displaced from their homelands by sea level rise. In the low-lying and vulnerable Pacific...
View ArticleSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Queen Survived New Zealand Assasin
This is a wild tale of a misguided 17 year old kid who later killed himself after being in and out of jail.
View ArticleThings Are Good: New Zealand Bans New Offshore Drilling, Plans Fully...
While Canada continues to condemn the future to climatic destruction by supporting the tar sands, their common wealth partner has
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Luke Savage comments on Justin Trudeau’s phony war against inequality: His embrace of
View ArticleAlberta Politics: UCP Leader Jason Kenney drops hints of radical plans during...
A recent speech by Jason Kenney to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce indicates the Alberta Opposition leader intends to ram a radical program through the Legislature with minimal public consultation if...
View ArticlePolitical Potshots: When Saying Nothing Is Worse Than Saying The Wrong Thing
I have often wondered what is worse, failing while leading or failing to lead. In many ways it describes our current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the man who wants to be Prime Minister, Andrew...
View ArticleThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: In Aftermath of New Zealand Attack r/monarchism...
The tragedy that struck New Zealand on March 15th hasfocused many minds on the threat posed by radicalizedindividuals. The responses have varied as people try to cometo grip with how to prevent these...
View ArticleNotes on Democracy: Well-being as National Security
When the term “national security” crops up, our thoughts usually turn to things military. Indeed the dictionary on my Mac defines national security as “the safety of a nation against threats such as...
View ArticleThings Are Good: New Zealand is COVID-19 Free
After a very well managed shutdown of the country, New Zealand is free of COVID-19 and people are able to live as they did before. The country had a strict, vast, and quick reaction to COVID-19 showing...
View ArticleViews from the Beltline: Jacinda’s victory—a win for decency
It gives one a warm feeling to see a brilliant, compassionate, progressive political leader succeed in a world that often seems committed to elevating the worst of the lot. The Anglosphere, for...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: New Zealand eyes reopening borders a crack while Calgary...
After being declared COVID-19 free last June, New Zealand is ever-so-cautiously moving toward reopening its watery borders to some international travel. With Australia, that is. New Zealand Prime...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: What Jason Kenney calls the virus-versus-vaccine race is...
According to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s logic, Alberta’s doing a better job of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic than New Zealand. New Zealand, a country with a population roughly the same size...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Emma Jackson highlights why we shouldn’t treat carbon pricing as anything more than a tiny piece of a plan to avert a climate breakdown. Hadrian...
View ArticleTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Quitting Time: A PM’s...
Yesterday I learned that Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand who led her country for the past five years, resigned unexpectedly. In an emotional statement, she said, “I am human, politicians...
View ArticleDead Wild Roses: The Shameful Persecution of Posie Parker in New Zealand –...
The queer radical gender cult decided that violence was the answer to a woman trying to speak her mind. This is not the way issues and disputed are mediated in a civilized society. Transgender...
View ArticleDead Wild Roses: New Zealand & Australia – The Violence Against Women in the...
People need to rethink their positions on those claiming to be on the ‘right side of history’. The “Be Kind” transgender activists have proven repeatedly they are nothing of the sort.
View ArticleThings Are Good: Don’t Move to Paradise, Make a Paradise Instead
A man in New Zealand thinks it’s better to create your own piece of paradise than to move to a natural one and just taking it over. Back in 1987 Hugh Wilson moved to a neglected part of the country...
View ArticleThings Are Good: The Fence Tourists Love to See
Down in New Zealand there’s a fence that people go out of their way to see. This fence was the first of its kind and was built to keep invasive predators out while conserving native species. The fence...
View ArticleThings Are Good: Active Transportation 10x More Cost Effective Than Passive...
Want a better city but are limited by money? You should invest in active transportation first and foremost. Yet another study has shown that providing spaces for pedestrians and cyclists are a way...
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