Pipeline, DEI, carbon pricing, gas tax and more for the weekend

Wall Street Journal looks, wrongly, at Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline and its impacts. There’s a lot wrong in this video. Can you count the ways?

Weekend Watch: Mike Rowe and Victor Davis Hanson on what’s wrong with society, and there’s a lot Highly recommended.

Environment, energy ministers offer Jagmeet Singh a briefing on carbon pricing.  Oh sure, now they tell him about it.

Manitoba government extending gas tax holiday until end of the year Because of course it is. This is the problem with supposed gas tax holidays – you can’t end the holiday.

Indigenous equity ownership saw momentum in 2024, but still more work to do

Top swag of the show: Bravo Target Safety hands out aspirin keychains. With an 18mm culvert in the largest artery of my heart, I grabbed four. Hopefully I’ll never need them.

And just in case you were wondering, Alberta’s power was $0 for almost the entirety of Sept. 27. I’ll write about that next week if I have time.

 

 

 

Shocking No One

Blacklock’s- Gambling’s Up, Senators Told

Gambling addiction in Canada has worsened since Parliament legalized single event sports betting three years ago, researchers have told the Senate.

“Seven percent of Canadians met the criteria for problem gambling,” Matthew Young, researcher for the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, told the Senate transport and communications committee. “Rates of problem gambling are even higher among younger Canadians aged 18 to 34 reaching 15 percent,” added Young.

Climate Barbie 2.0

Blacklock’s- Gould Inflates Green Claims

Government House Leader Karina Gould yesterday claimed cabinet’s climate plan cut emissions by “the equivalent of 60 million cars.” Aides did not substantiate the claim. Emissions went up in the last official reporting period, and Canada has never had 60 million cars.

Gould did not identify any source for the claim.

The Department of Environment did not comment on Gould’s claim.

I, Napoleon

Sexually confused men are invading yet another women’s group. It’s perhaps their most absurd target yet: a group grounded in genetics, the Daughters of the American Revolution. Happily, members are channeling the rebellious spirit of their forebears and fighting back.

DAR bylaws have always been clear. It’s for the daughters—female descendants—of Revolutionary patriots. As a genealogical organization, DAR takes biological integrity so seriously that only biological descendants—i.e., not adopted family members—are eligible for membership.

A small group of the DAR’s leadership now appears to believe that men can be women. They even contend that such men have always been allowed in the DAR.

According to an internal FAQ document, members are expected to pretend that “transgender women” have always been eligible and that their inclusion took place “organically,” as if implicit in bylaws written before “transgenderism” was even thought to exist.

They’re not “sexually confused”. They’re predators.

Closing The Exits

The Israeli finance ministry has been musing recently about limiting cash transactions and possibly criminalizing the holding of gold and silver. As heavily indebted governments like Israel begin to fear a loss of confidence in their ability to service those debts, they will look at measures to prevent citizens from finding a way not to be their creditor. Historically, this would not be the first time that a government barred the financial exit doors in a monetary system.

Tracking Hurricane Helene

I’m carefully watching live coverage of this massive hurricane. Live webcams in Florida can be accessed here.

I have several friends in both the Tampa Bay Area and throughout South Carolina. Hoping everyone stays safe.

Update: Ryan Hall, the fellow on the linked YouTube channel, just said that the people in the Big Bend area of Florida, are about to experience the strongest storm that has been seen there in the last 100 years. Simultaneously, Hurricane John is hitting the west coast of México.

#Helene #John

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