As readers of my blog will know, I am no fan of the nuclear-armed, apartheid state of Israel. At the same time, I do recognize why many progressives around the world were admirers of the State of Israel in its early years, as its early Labour Zionist government had at least the appearance of being…
Author: Tim Louis
My New Year’s Predictions for 2023
Happy New Year to all of you! With the beginning of a brand-new year, let me offer you my New Year’s predictions for 2023. The war in Ukraine will come to an end not on the battlefield but instead at the negotiating table, which is where almost all wars are settled. There will be no…
Fusion Energy: Will it Avert Climate Collapse?
Will this stunning achievement avert the imminent climate collapse? On the morning of Tuesday, December 13th I turned on the CBC radio news as soon as I woke up, as I always do. The top news story brought me to immediate and complete consciousness while simultaneously putting an enormous smile on my face. Was it…
Libraries are not Profit Centres
Should our libraries be profit-making institutions? We would never agree to the installation of turnstiles on our places of worship. Likewise for the installation of meters in our public schools. Credit cards are not required to access our hospitals. Given all of the above, I say we should never permit politicians, not even Mayor Ken…
TransLink’s Climate Action Plan
On Wednesday November 30th I was one of a number of people invited to a virtual meeting at which TransLink revealed its Climate Action Plan. The meeting began with an inspiring and motivating speech by TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn. He was firing on all cylinders. He clearly gets it. Mr. Quinn stressed TransLink’s commitment to…
More “Hot Air” from COP27
COP27 is over, and I am devastated by the magnitude of its failure. If ever there was a need for decisive action by world leaders, it is now. That is because if we have not already passed the point of no return, we are perilously close. Yet COP27 produced no commitment to phase out oil…
Planet Earth Snatches Victory from the Jaws of Defeat in US Midterms
What great news for Planet Earth from south of the border! In the leadup to the U.S. midterm elections, all the pundits were predicting a Red Wave. (I have never quite understood why the Republicans are referred to as the red party.) The Red Wave was seen as so certain that the Republicans were drooling….