Roundup: Looking for a magical, cost-free climate solution

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In the wake of the NDP’s insistence that they will have a different environmental plan than the current carbon levy, they and their defenders are getting trolled pretty hard by economists, chief among them Andrew Leach, because he knows exactly what these systems entail. And the NDP’s solution involves mostly magical thinking, that somehow, they can come up with a “corporations will have to pay” scheme that won’t pass along costs to consumers, which won’t exist, whereas the current system ensures everyone pays a price (something like 41 percent of emissions are from households), and that those who are most exposed get compensation for the burden (the rebates), which encourage further reductions to maximise the compensation. And that shouldn’t be that hard, but the government has consistently been shite about communicating these facts, because they can’t communicate their way out of a we paper bag.

Ukraine Dispatch

A municipal building in Kyiv was hit by fragments of a Russian drone overnight, while two were killed in Russian shelling in the Sumy region. There was an exchange for 49 POWs. President Zelenskyy says that the incursion into Kursk has blunted an ongoing Russian advance in the country’s east. In case it isn’t obvious, here’s an explainer on why Ukraine needs permission to fire Western weapons deep into Russian territory. Intelligence suggests that Russia is now producing long-range kamikaze drones with Chinese engines and parts. Thus far, 8,060 Iranian-developed drones have been launched over the course of the war.

Good reads:

  • Justin Trudeau announced a major loan to Telesat for satellites that will give rural and remote broadband,  and that Ukraine can strike into Russia with NATO arms.
  • Trudeau also took a swipe at Jagmeet Singh, and insisted that even if they lose the by-election on Monday in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, that he’s not going to quit.
  • Trudeau refuses to pre-emptively intervene in the looming Air Canada strike (because apparently nobody knows how the gods damned law works).
  • Here’s an exploration of arms exports to Israel, Canadians involved in broader supply chains, and why it’s not a cut-and-dried issue like some activists claim.
  • It looks like the military procured new cold-weather sleeping backs that are insufficient for Canadian climate.
  • Here’s a look at how Russians like to use racism and white grievance in media to help foment distrust and polarization, which suits their goals.
  • Liberal MPs say that their strategy for the next year is unclear after their major caucus retreat (but Katie Telford insists she has a plan).
  • Pierre Poilievre totally promises that he won’t push anti-union legislation if her forms government—really!
  • Some people insist that “Sellout Singh” is racist, because all Sikhs have and use the middle name “Singh.” (That’s a reach, guys).
  • Tim Houston is getting in on the dog-whistling about asylum seekers.
  • The Quebec government wants Amira Elghawaby to be fired because she had the temerity to suggest that universities hire more Muslim professors.
  • Paul Wells looks at the state of university funding across the country, and worries that it’s only going to get worse because of the current cultural mood.

Odds and ends:

For National Magazine, I preview what’s on the Order Paper as Parliament’s fall sitting gets underway.

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  1. Then there is the stupidity of Poilievre whose whole gambit is that Canadians are suffering because of the carbon levy and they are victims of the inflation the “carbon tax” is supposed to cause, because it doesn’t. Of course the Canadian stupids will all moan at the loss of their rebate cheques or tax breaks when Polly gets in if he does, along with every social program the Cons will cut along the way. Isn’t it wonderful how the voters will ascribe every thing to one person…Trudeau, but they all cash their cheques keep buying stuff on time via credit cards and pay the big financial institutions 21% interest, then spout poor mouths.

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