President Ronald Reagan explains the pitfalls of imposing tariffs on imports. At first glance, tariffs may seem like a patriotic move to protect American products and jobs. However, Reagan explains that this protection is short-lived and ultimately harmful. He outlines how high tariffs lead to domestic industries becoming complacent, stifling Read more…
Why oil is undervalued today. Famous oil and gas bull, Eric Nuttall from Ninepoint Partners, explains why oil prices are well below fair market value. 0:00 Why Oil Demand is Low0:25 Global Oil Inventories are At Their Lowest Levels In History1:55 OPEC Cuts3:00 Energy Investor Volatility4:02 Energy Stock Trading5:10 Oil Read more…
The Canadian federal government collects billions of dollars in a special carbon tax that has applied primarily to fuels used by consumers, although there is also a large emitter carbon tax as well. The idea is to raise the cost of something we don’t want, in this case carbon, and Read more…
In Alberta, Canada the United Conservative Party is running a leadership campaign to replace Jason Kenny. Whoever wins this UCP Leadership contest will be the next Premier of Alberta so it was a big deal today when the party announced a bizarre limitation: 6.3. All preliminary membership lists and the Read more…
It seems quite clear that in the next 25 years or so most modern societies like the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, and others will be approaching net zero carbon emissions. If you like it or hate that, it doesn’t make any difference that is the direction we are Read more…
A few days ago a biofuel refinery that will produce nearly 1 billion liters of biodiesel every year was announced as an expansion to the existing Co-Op refinery in Regina, Saskatchewan. Generation 1 Biofuels are Bad For The Environment By the year 2020 we thought biofuels had been largely dispensed Read more…
In this video we show our 2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus driving in extreme cold winter conditions and you will be shocked to see the amount of battery drain: This is Canadian winter driving of a Tesla Model 3. It is driving in very cold weather and the Read more…
How does al Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus with the factory All Season Tires handle during a Calgary blizzard? In this video we drive through the snow on icy roads speeding up, slowing down, cornering and even trying to do some donuts.
Publicly Alberta Bill 81 (2021) was proposed by the UCP Government to block foreign influences on Alberta elections and it has a pretty good veneer of legitimacy: However, like all such laws, the devil is in the details and Mr Madu forgot to mention some mighty nasty changes Bill 81 Read more…
If you live in Alberta or Quebec these are a particularly important questions. Quebec continues to receive tens of billions of dollars in transfer payments that are effectively paid for by Alberta, even though Alberta has been dealing with a crushing economic turn down in their primary industry, oil and Read more…
One month ago we noted that Chestermere had double the Alberta Provincial Average of active COVID19 cases. In recent days the signage at the end of town has jumped up twice and now reads CHESTERMERE HAS 150+ COVID CASES, so we decided to update our numbers and some of the Read more…
The City of Chestermere has a sign on Chestermere Boulevard indicating the City has “More Than 90 COVID Cases” and that got us to thinking about just how that ranks with the region. It is not good: CLICK TO EXPAND And that got us thinking about how we compare globally: Read more…
At PartisanIssues, we work hard to focus on facts and not opinion, and we avoid municipal issues like the plague. However, a week ago it was brought to our attention that the City of Chestermere passed a “PUBLIC CONDUCT AND CIVIL DISCOURSE POLICY” which we feel is important enough to Read more…
We have many video clips explaining how identity politics have been used to gain political advantage but we have not directly explained what identity politics are and why they are so dangerous to “Western” countries. What Is Identity Politics? Put simply, identity politics is the act of targeting groups for Read more…