Dec 10 2021 — Jamie Carroll — National Newswatch — Despite years of debate and gallons of ink, while the world has developed a near consensus on the need to mitigate climate change, what we don’t seem to be talking about is how we adapt to the increasingly severe weather it is too late to stop. Let’s start with something fundamental to the climate debate: […]
Jul 28 2020 — Jamie Carroll — National Newswatch — Despite inevitable suggestions to the contrary, this post is not about crapping on any particular staffer or politician. Like so many Posts here, the idea for this originated from a Tweet and the subsequent feedback. But, to be specific, no, I’m not here to complain about Gerry and/or Katie. Rather, the objective here is to […]
May 7 2020 — Jamie Carroll — National Newswatch — The Government of Canada’s CERB program has been a monumental feat: from inception to design to construction to execution, it was done by civil servants, politicians and political staff at lightening speed and with tremendous success. It has been a literal lifesaver for hundreds of thousands of Canadians. It has allowed them to pay rent, […]
Feb 13 2020 — Jamie Carroll — Look it: climate action is important. Indigenous reconciliation is important. Free speech and the right to protest are important. But none of them mean anything without democracy and the rule of law. Which brings us to the protests against the Coastal Gas Link (CGL) pipeline, notionally being conducted on behalf of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation.
Oct 1 2019 — Jamie Carroll — Dear Dr. Suzuki – I just don’t get it. We’ve met several times. I’ve been in and around the environmental/climate movement in Canada and internationally for about 15 years. Like you, I have considered Stephane Dion, Elizabeth May, Gerry Butts, Joyce Murray and even Justin Trudeau to be good friends at different times. Those folks […]
Apr 22 2019 — Jamie Carroll — National Newswatch — Justin Trudeau has been given a golden opportunity and we’re about to see if he has the killer instinct necessary to seize it. Alberta just turfed out the NDP and elected Jason Kenney. While I can think of a dozen reasons why that was a terrible plan, the fact that it should almost certainly spell […]
Apr 12 2018 — Jamie Carroll — Calgary Herald — Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came west. He came to Alberta to see the folks at Suncor pulling this country’s most important resource out of the ground. And he came to British Columbia to see not just the place where that resource desperately needs to go, but to meet the people who seem so […]
May 1 2015 — Jamie Carroll — National Post — I am a monarchist — one who believes in the value Canadians derive from their relationship with the Crown. So upon hearing that the recent federal budget included an increase in the annual allocation to the National Honours System — one of the most direct and tangible connections between the Queen and her people — […]
Jan 28 2014 — Jamie Carroll — National Post — It seems reasonable to assert that the Senate of Canada has gotten more attention from Canada’s political class — not to mention ordinary Canadians — in the past six months than it has in the preceding 60 years. And yet, even with all this scrutiny, it seems equally reasonable to believe that vacancies in the […]
Sep 13 2013 — Jamie Carroll — iPolitics — Canadian lefties — even some within the ranks of the Liberal party — have over the years made considerable hay with their supporters by engaging in good, old-fashioned America-bashing. Imperialists. Warmongers. Myopic hypocrites. And they don’t even have decent health care! But in recent days, Canadians across the political spectrum have witnessed the full spectacle […]