Charbonneau

CHARBONNEAU – Future generations will regard TMX as a curious monument

December 11, 2020 // 1 Comment

THE TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE may be redundant. If it remains empty, future generations will wonder why it was built. It’s a distinct possibility that the TMX pipeline, [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Shared delusions in Lee Creek and the U.S.

December 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT’S AMAZING WHEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE share the same delusion. You have to wonder how that’s possible. Look at what happened in Lee Creek. Police were called to the small [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Language and mood of second COVID-19 wave have changed

November 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

THIS SECOND WAVE of the pandemic feels quite different than the first. In the Spring, shoppers emptied store shelves of toilet paper –a curious indicator of what’s [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Face masks should be worn but not mandated

November 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

IT’S TEMPTING TO CHANGE BAD BEHAVIOUR through mandates. The reasoning is that citizens will stop doing bad things if they are told not to. The problem with mandates is [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Our PM has more power than a rational U.S. president

November 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

LET’S COMPARE THE POWERS of our prime minister and the U.S. president under the assumption that rational persons occupy the positions. Our P.M. has more powers than the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Raising taxes not the way out of debt created by COVID-19

November 6, 2020 // 1 Comment

The COVID-19 PANDEMIC has created a huge government debt. There are traditional ways of dealing with debt: by slashing spending, raising taxes, or a combination of both. [Continue]