Shares of the week
Let's Go To The Moon
Canada inks deal with U.S. to send astronaut around the moon - This is great news for our country and should provide a much needed boost to the interest of STEM fields in Canadian youth to provide a foundation for a high-tech society and economy of the future.
An Atypical Sask Christmas
When you are celebrating Christmas at home without your extended family, remember that we are here today because of the Saskatchewan government’s flaccid response to the pandemic and their gamble of choosing an open economy over a short lockdown which was always going to fail. Here is a short video to recap:
Remember how we got here, folks from r/saskatchewan
The Commodification of Everything
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - Not that it wasn’t already glaringly obvious, now that the mainstream media is reporting on the ineffectiveness of trickle-down economics, maybe we can finally have a conversation about not only the ethics but also the necessity of wealth redistribution and well-funded public services for a healthy, functioning, democratic society, especially one battered by a global pandemic.
'Always emotional': Fewer small auctioneers as big prairie farms become the norm - The economic decline of rural Saskatchewan can partly be blamed on the corporatization of farming, a trend that continues with a rural-friendly Sask Party government.
Elder Care Should Not Be About Making Profits - The disaster that is private long-term care (LTC) is yet another cruel lesson we have learned from the push for fiscal conservatism and privatization that has been occurring in Canada since the 80s, championed by Tories and Liberals alike. The profiting from the “guaranteed consumer base” that are seniors, whether it’s from LTCs, pharmaceuticals, or other private health care providers, is a symptom of an extremely sick society. We need a different way.
Reactionaries Gone Wild
Erin O’Toole Claimed Residential School Architects Only Meant to ‘Provide Education’ to Indigenous Children - Do we need anymore evidence that Erin O’Toole and the Conservatives are trying to bring American-style politics to Canada? Instead of offering any kind of reasonable platform that would be relatable to Canadians, they are instead focused solely on how to win power above anything, this time using the tragedy of the residential school system as a tool in a culture war of the right vs the “stupid” left. O'Toole has since apologized but do we really believe he regrets what he was saying to other conservatives behind closed doors?
COVID-19 Deaths Are the Final Wexit - What could be learned from the failings of regional patriotism in Alberta? Will we realize that national unity gives people strength and power when facing significant crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic or climate change? Or will governments in provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec continue to weaken our country by continuing down their path of divisiveness?
Jason Kenney defends 'charter rights' of anti-maskers months after blasting Wet'suwet'en land defenders - When it comes to protests, conservatives like Jason Kenney do not actually care about the rule of law or safety or people’s lives. What they really care about is who is doing the protesting.
If only Scott Moe fought the coronavirus the way he battles the carbon tax - Scott Moe and his right-wing Sask Party has shown with their contrasting actions, or lack-there-of, when it comes to fighting carbon pricing and fighting COVID-19, that politics comes before any kind of moral responsibility to the people they are supposed to serve.