Welcome! Thanks for visiting, and for commenting. I’m grateful.

The New York Times has a good piece on Ignatieff which seems to suggest that the Liberal leader believes that he’s given Harper enough rope to hang himself, and there will be another election in the spring or summer. It sounds like there’s a method to his madness.

In any event, I’ve thought about what steps we can take as progressive Canadians to ensure that Iggy does the right thing. I’ll be announcing them here in a day or two. I suppose if the Harperites were defeated in two or three months, they wouldn’t have had the chance to waste too much money, and we’d have another shot at getting it right.

And John, thanks, as always… When I heard Ignatieff’s comments, I was like a bear with a wounded paw for two days!

Say it ain’t so! Your liberal leader is embracing the tar sands?

I’m not a close follower of Canadian politics, but has he too been glamored by the money and influence that oil “will” bring to Canada in a peak oil world? The cynic in me thinks there will be plenty of market for the stuff, no matter how dirty it is. Especially if it’s increasingly scarce and there’s still a lot of demand for it in developing economies in the short term. You may or may not find a buyer in the US or Europe, but I can imagine someone will be interested – and willing to pay the premium. It’s sad to see a liberal taking a short view on climate. If even your liberal leaders take this view, and can’t be pursuaded otherwise, who can you turn to? I take that back, it’s not sad, it’s a little depressing. I wish you all luck changing his mind. If he’s a smart man, maybe reason can eventually prevail.