Self-tutoring about US politics: the tutor contemplates Trump’s political ideology. When Trump is a player on the political stage, he sure gets headlines. (Of course, he’s not the only politician who’s made headlines lately….) The traditional definition of conservatism, simply …
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Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor continues about Nova Scotia’s positive budget result for 2023-2024. I mention in my July 29, 2024 post Nova Scotia’s surprise surplus of $144M for 2023-2024 compared with its forecast deficit of $279M. Good news, right? …
Self-tutoring about government involvement in business: the tutor mentions an example. Apparently, Quebec’s government is injecting $413 million into the Airbus A220 program; Quebec’s total contribution to the program might now be at around $2 billion. To put this in …
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Self-tutoring about political trends: the tutor mentions a referendum in Paris. An idea in Paris, but not only there, is to have higher parking rates for SUVs: in Paris, specifically, triple. The vehicles targeted are personal ones over 1.6 tonnes, …
Self-tutoring about everyday words: the tutor mentions “political.” Around 20 years ago, I heard a few boxing commentators talking about an amateur contest. One pointed out that it was very hard for an American to win a decision in that …
Self-tutoring about political ideologies and installations: the tutor looks at communism. I recall, around 15 years ago, talking with new arrivals to BC – they had been farmers in Alberta. Of course, I asked them what they thought of BC. …
Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor finds an opportunity to compliment Canada’s current leadership. I’ve been busy lately, so writing some rather short posts. However, when I have time, I look at the news before I write one, because so often …
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Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor mentions irony about a fossil fuels warning. While there seems unanimous sentiment that climate change is a problem that needs to be mitigated, how countries confront it is a little less clear. It might be …
Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor reflects on democracy. I’ve met numerous Americans since 2020. None is happy with the federal government down there. One starts to wonder who voted it in. The irony of democracies seems to be that people …
Self-tutoring about politics: the tutor reflects about Meloni’s victory. Leading the right-wing party Brothers of Italy, which she co-founded, Giorgia Meloni won the Italian election on Sunday, Sept 25, to become Italy’s first female Prime Minister. Being female, however, doesn’t …
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