Author: Kate

And The Budget Will Balance Itself

Shiny Pony The Libranos 22 Comments

This is my shocked face: The deficit is pegged to rise to $26.6 billion for the current year — up from $14 billion last year, and up from the $19.8 billion projected in the spring budget.

And this is Lorrie Goldstein’s shocked face;

[D]uring the 2015 election campaign, Trudeau said that, along with his imaginary $1 billion surplus we were supposed to have this year, our debt-to-GDP ratio would be 27%, considered a healthy figure.
 
But Morneau’s economic statement now says it will be 31% this year and that five years from now, in 2024-2025, it will still be higher at 29.1%.
 
And these numbers don’t factor in the cost of Liberal campaign promises in this year’s election.
 
Then again, there’s no surprise to any of this.

Y2Kyoto: Dear Dr. Judith

Climate Cult Y2Kyoto 50 Comments

Via WUWT;

“I genuinely have the fear that climate change is going to kill me and all my family, I’m not even kidding it’s all I have thought about for the last 9 months every second of the day. It’s making my sick to my stomach, I’m not eating or sleeping and I’m getting panic attacks daily. It’s currently 1 am and I can’t sleep as I’m petrified.”

Stop it.

Chinada

Chinada 81 Comments

No, if Canada accepts this it’s because of the Chinese money flowing to members of the Liberal Party of Canada.

It’s Probably Nothing

It's Probably Nothing Religion Of Submission 23 Comments

Zerohedge;

The latest unrest is spreading across India like wildfire after the Modi government passed a new law that grants citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from three Muslim-majority countries but doesn’t give Muslim migrants from those countries citizenship, reported Al Jazeera.
 
Called the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), the new measure was passed last week and grants citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, who have been persecuted for their faith.
 
Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, and Parsis from the three eligible countries will automatically be given citizenship if they have illegally entered the country.
 
So here’s where things get complicated.

h/t Adrian

Y2Kyoto: Greta Weeps

Y2Kyoto 30 Comments

Oh noes!

International climate talks that have gone on for two weeks have failed to reach an agreement on a key part of a deal that would help reduce global carbon emissions.
 
Delegates have postponed a decision on global carbon markets which put a price on the emission of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.

Oh, and this is very much related: Clean B.C. is quietly using coal and gas power from out of province.

Pollspotting

Frankenfools Green Police 12 Comments

Kevin Folta is a crop scientist fighting the good fight to protect and advance the ag science that actually feeds the world.

The problem is that we live in a time where malicious interests from inside and outside of the scientific community have targeted scientists, myself included. Universities run from controversy. They are forced into the sad decision of standing up for truth, versus backing down for pragmatic satisfaction of donors, politicians, and activists. Expedience demands that perception trump the mission, even at the cost of those we are charged to serve.
 
These realities have forced the university to retract me from public view. While silent, I am not out, and am planning the next move, the next chapter. The enemy is not the university or its leadership. The enemy is hunger and the threats to our farmers and environment, and the individuals that take an expert stand in fighting against science and scientists.

If you’d like to do him a small favour, go vote for his proposal. It’s currently at 177 votes.

The voting closes tomorrow.

Update: After checking the vote tallies on the other proposals, he appears to have a significant lead already. Maybe we shouldn’t slam it too hard or the count may look suspicious.

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