CHARBONNEAU – Jason Kenney should be careful what he wishes for
ALBERTA PREMIER JASON KENNEY wants Canada’s equalization formula adjusted to be fairer to Albertans. When it comes to equalization payments to provinces, Albertans think [Continue]
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CHARBONNEAU – Five nations, one Arctic and some hot rhetoric
CANADA, THE U.S., RUSSIA, DENMARK AND NORWAY lay claim to parts of the Arctic. It’s not a trivial matter; 30 per cent of the world’s gas reserves, 13 per cent of oil [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – One time, sure, but it should be Standard Time, not DST
B.C. PREMIER JOHN HORGAN has a good idea in getting rid of the semi-annual upset of our biological rhythms by switching clocks back and forth. Horgan has a bad idea in [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – This isn’t your father’s minority government
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU’s minority government is not like his father’s. When Pierre Trudeau won minority government in 1972, he didn’t have the support of [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Artists struggle to make a living wage in Internet era
GONE ARE THE DAYS when the path to success was fairly direct for musicians. Graham Henderson, president of Music Canada recalls the way it used to be: “In 1999, if you’ve [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The odds of making it through the Northwest Passage
Columnist David Charbonneau is on board the Ocean Endeavour in the Northwest Passage. IF I WERE A BETTING MAN, I would bet that we’d make it through the fabled Northwest [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The migration of Canada’s Inuit to Greenland
I’M ABOARD THE OCEAN ENDEAVOUR, east of Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, approaching Lancaster Sound. We left Kangerlussuag, Greenland, ten days ago and we’re headed [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Climate change lessons from the Little Ice Age
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CHALLENGE our ability to survive and our world view. Business as usual will not be an option. Our survival skills are already being tested in Europe. In [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – The Bomb is back, big time
AS I WATCHED THE BOMB (Netflix), I couldn’t help but think of a line from Leonard Cohen: “I’m guided by the beauty of our weapons/First we take Manhattan, then we take [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Satellites make good neighbours, and Canada is one
A LOT OF fuss is being made of the Apollo 11 landing of a man on the moon one-half century ago but not so much about Canada’s launch of the Alouette 1 at the same time. [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – As Canada goes nuclear, we’d rather not think about it
CANADA IS THIRD IN THE WORLD in replacing fossil fuels with nuclear. France and Sweden have replaced almost all of their fossil-fuelled generated electricity with nuclear [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Closure of the Vavenby mill was so predictable
WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED the collapse of the B.C. forestry industry 15 years ago? Bob Simpson, that’s who. Back then the NDP MLA for Cariboo North was derided by the BC [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Unlock the potential of boredom
BOREDOM DOESN’T have to be a drag. Although everyone experiences boredom from time to time, defining it is hard. To complicate things, there are different kinds says [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – U.S. challenge of Northwest Passage is short-sighted
PRESIDENT TRUMP plans to send ships into our Northwest Passage without Canada’s permission. Why he would want to provoke Canada -America’s closest ally and trading [Continue]
