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We shall read him on the beaches
We shall read him on the beaches

Six Churchill books (mostly) relevant to Canada for Christmas reading

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Mark MilkeDecember 19, 2021
Trumping prejudice: The triumph of Asian Americans
Trumping prejudice: The triumph of Asian Americans

Americans of Asian heritage, though they had every right to, never trapped themselves and their children in a grievance narrative.

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Mark MilkeDecember 9, 2021
The Swiss Solution
The Swiss Solution

The Swiss punch tunnels through mountains; so should British Columbia.

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Mark MilkeDecember 7, 2021
Victims of identities and arguments over privilege
Victims of identities and arguments over privilege

A young, white college student warned the audience against a black professional who faced severe racism and discrimination decades before.

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Mark MilkeDecember 5, 2021
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Enviro-activists knew what was meant
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Enviro-activists knew what was meant

The Allan report mistakenly focused on the contractual trees, not the forest of cash supporting anti-oil and gas advocacy.

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Mark MilkeNovember 30, 2021
Why are we asked to do as Hollywood says, not as Hollywood does?
Why are we asked to do as Hollywood says, not as Hollywood does?

Why we should read scientists and ignore celebrities.

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Mark MilkeNovember 9, 2021
Remembrance is about adding to the historical record, not cancelling it
Remembrance is about adding to the historical record, not cancelling it

The proper way to remember history is to add to it, rather than subtract from it as cancel culture too often does.

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Mark MilkeNovember 6, 2021
Renewables are making Europe energy-poor
Renewables are making Europe energy-poor

Existing policies were causing substantial energy poverty in Europe even before the price spike this autumn.

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Mark MilkeNovember 3, 2021
$53 billion to Ottawa – the oil and gas extraction sector’s contribution to federal finances
$53 billion to Ottawa – the oil and gas extraction sector’s contribution to federal finances

Revenues from Alberta oil and gas can end up in provinces that look down on the industry.

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Mark MilkeOctober 27, 2021
Canada is missing out on a $1.2 trillion European Union natural gas market
Canada is missing out on a $1.2 trillion European Union natural gas market

The Kremlin has been clear that European governments need to "play ball" if they want more natural gas.

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Mark MilkeOctober 21, 2021
Guess who didn’t want transfer payments? Wilfrid Laurier
Guess who didn’t want transfer payments? Wilfrid Laurier

Some inconvenient facts about equalization

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Mark MilkeOctober 16, 2021
Europe made its energy bed and now must sleep in it — shivering
Europe made its energy bed and now must sleep in it — shivering

Fossil fuels have been discouraged in favour of wind and solar but Europe will now import more energy from Russia.

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Mark MilkeOctober 13, 2021
What to celebrate this Thanksgiving: Friendship
What to celebrate this Thanksgiving: Friendship

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote of how “a friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”

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Mark MilkeOctober 9, 2021
Europe’s oil from tyrannies and autocracies: 3.1 trillion Euros worth since 2005
Europe’s oil from tyrannies and autocracies: 3.1 trillion Euros worth since 2005

As energy prices rise, Europe remains dependent on imported oil from repressive states.

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Mark MilkeOctober 7, 2021
Alberta pipelines are bad but foreign oil is fine?
Alberta pipelines are bad but foreign oil is fine?

Artificial barriers to Canada’s crude oil trade can have unintended consequences.

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Mark MilkeOctober 5, 2021
Five books to open up minds this fall
Five books to open up minds this fall

We are reaching peak closed-mindedness; here are five books to crack open thoughts.

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Mark MilkeOctober 4, 2021
Guess where Canada’s $488 billion in foreign oil came from?
Guess where Canada’s $488 billion in foreign oil came from?

The province with the most foreign oil imports is also the one with the pundits and politicians most often reflexively opposed to oil extraction and pipelines—Quebec.

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Mark MilkeSeptember 29, 2021
Why history matters: The “two Michaels” as a Canadian example
Why history matters: The “two Michaels” as a Canadian example

The message from China was clear: You’re getting them back in exchange for Meng, so pay attention.

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Mark MilkeSeptember 28, 2021
Oil and gas taxes pay for a lot of government spending
Oil and gas taxes pay for a lot of government spending

Real estate and construction together barely provided as much as the oil and gas industry.

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Mark MilkeSeptember 24, 2021
What our American neighbours (and Canadians) gain from oil and natural gas
What our American neighbours (and Canadians) gain from oil and natural gas

Let’s start with five million oil and gas jobs.

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Mark MilkeSeptember 24, 2021
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