Every period in history characterized by climate change has experienced massive specie loss. Millions of species have come and gone.
Democracies Under Threat: Governments are using the pandemic to increase their powers. Democracies are under threat.
Governments are using the pandemic to increase their powers. Democracies are under threat.
Thailand: Like so many developed nations of Europe, Thailand is experiencing long-term population decline.
Like so many developed nations of Europe, Thailand is experiencing long-term population decline with the typical pattern of low birthrates and low mortality, yet a reluctance to open its borders to people from the neighbouring countries of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Births and Deaths: 15% of small firms will disappear as a result of the Coronavirus. But they will all be replaced with new ventures.
15% of small firms will disappear as a result of the Coronavirus. But they will all be replaced with new ventures.
Public Finances: Central banks are printing money. They are even buying the debt of corporations.
Central banks are printing money. They are even buying the debt of corporations. Thank goodness those bankers aren’t politicians.
North Africa: It was educational to meet leaders of Mali, Niger, Benin and Chad at a world conference in Ottawa in 1981.
It was educational to meet leaders of Mali, Niger, Benin and Chad at a world conference in Ottawa in 1981. They had all been sponsored by the Government of Canada and were fluent in both French and English. What they had in common were societies living in poverty and with exploding populations.
Grandmothers
Grandmothers
Rare Earths: China’s control of rare earths holds the world at ransom. Time for a new Canada-US partnership.
China’s control of rare earths holds the world at ransom. Time for a new Canada-US partnership.
