Moving on...I talk a lot about how establishment/blob politics is all about managing decline, about scarcity - real or imagined - and how major parties and subsidy media accept that decline and scarcity as inevitable. 1/ I have been catching snippets of the Republican Convention and I have been struck by the fact the speakers seem to have trashed the whole climate change, net zero, sharing the scarcity fairly, script. 2/

CSIS delivered information on foreign election interference to the PMO/PM and there things get murky. Trudeau testified he didn't get, or at least didn't read the material. He may be lying but, no matter what, it speaks volumes about the current PMO. 1/ A properly run PMO recognizes that not every document sent for the PM's review needs to be read by the PM. There are a lot of documents and not a lot of time. So one of the functions of the PMO is to sort and set priorities. 2/

A Nanos poll indicates that Liberal support is less than 20% in all the tabs under 50. Apart from asking WTF is wrong with us old folks, this brings up some very good questions. 1/ I have three sons under 35, two in their early 20's. Smart, resourceful, able and hard working (except for the middle one at the moment but that's about to change. They are all social socialists in much the same way that I am a social Anglican. 2/

Seven premiers are calling on Ottawa to put a hold on the April 1 hike in the carbon tax which is smart politics. Will the Libs do it? I suspect they might simply because the carbon tax is increasingly unpopular and the hike will infuriate the public. 1/ Premier Smith of Alberta met with Trudeau this morning and came out saying that she saw JT as coming into alignment with Alberta's intention of reaching "net zero" by 2050. Smith has adopted the "net zero" language. Another win for the blob. 2/

By now most people have seen David Menzies of Rebel News get manhandled, arrested and handcuffed while trying to ask Twitch a question on a public street. Assorted lefties and Liberal apologists have chimed in with "but he's not a journalist, he's not the press." 1/ Canada now has two classes of jouralists: those who work for CRA certified news organizations and have memberships in the Parliamentary Press Gallery and those who do not. The Libs feel perfectly justified in ignoring all but the officially accredited. 2/

Dr. Ponesse emerged during the COVID hysteria as one of the strongest rights advocates in Canada. She thinks we need to start over with our institutions. I am not sure that will work. 1/

https://twitter.com/DrJuliePonesse/status/1741893963705881025

The institutions may well be "broken beyond repair" but they are not so broken as to cease to function, to suck up resources and to exercise authority and power. They may have lost the point but they retain their momentum. 2/

Looks like the Lich/Barber trial is turning into a Crown induced shitshow. Basically, from what I can make out, the Crown wants to rely upon evidence it has not previously disclosed to the defence. Which is very much not how it is done. 1/

https://twitter.com/TDF_Can/status/1700156953148715133

If the Crown neglected to disclose a single, minor, piece of evidence it would be improper but likely not fatal; but it appears that the Crown wants to get in reams of material which the defence was given no notice of or disclosure. 2/

ELECTION WATCH The odds are shortening on Trudeau calling a Fall election. Cabinet shuffle tomorrow, Ministers announcing they will not be running, Trudeau storming through the Liberal backyards of the nation. 1/ I expect Trudeau will use his usual tactic of running against something. Last time it was the unvaccinated. This time my bet is that he'll run against "Alberta and Big Oil", "American Tech Giants" and the unCanadian protestors showing up to heckle him. 2/

The cops screwed up, things were not improving and could, maybe have gotten worse, so it was reasonable to invoke the Emergencies Act.

Mr. Justice Rouleau was not even trying. 1/ Which, while disappointing, is not surprising. And no, not because he is Trudeau's relative by marriage or was once employed by the Liberal Party. Rather because any other conclusion would have required a belief in the rule of law. 2/

Tomorrow we get the report of the POEC and a lot of spin. Meanwhile, gas is $1.79 a litre, eggs are $6 a dozen, decent meat is $25 a kilo. Interest rates look to be rising again. People are being squeezed, hard. Does the report of the POEC even matter? 1/ For a lot of people the next federal election, still likely two years away, is going to come down to money. An effective inflation rate of over 10% means we are all 10% worse off than we were a year ago. That is an excellent reason to throw the bums out. 2/

Tomorrow we get the report of the POEC. TBH, I don't expect much. I doubt Mr. Justice Rouleau will determine if the use of the EA was or was not justified as that is properly a matter for the Courts to decide. 1/ What I do expect is a summary of the events and decisions which led to the invocation. Based on the evidence before him that summary is likely to take aim at the police - at all levels - for letting the protest "get out of hand". 2/

As we walk through the rubble of the collapsed COVID narrative it is worth taking a moment to think about what we'd like to replace it with. Yes, our elites see #DigitalID and 15 minute cities, what do we see? 1/ We learned a few things from the "stay at home" rules. One was that the good ladies of the shire can bake up a storm. Sure, TP was scarce at the beginning of the COVID madness, but yeast was more valuable than rubies. 2/

Imagine if we had done nothing in the face of COVID. Treated it as a rather nasty flu, used antibiotics for the pneumonia and then got on with our lives. No distancing, plexiglass, one way aisles, jabs if you wanted them but no compulsion. 1/ Would we have been better off? Well, there would be a lot fewer people killed by the loony vent and remdesivir protocols, and the midazolam kill shots given to the elderly. And, if @denisrancourt's study is right, we'd have 13 million not dead from the jabs. 2/

A fabulous day here by the Strait of Juan d'Fuca. A bit cold, but clear and barely any wind. A pure gift as we move from Winter to Spring. My bulbs are up. The garden is waking up. 1/ Sam is remarkably sanguine about the Ohio rail disaster thing. "It will all wash out and it isn't that toxic." Sam, my middle son, knows his chemistry and I hope he is right. From where I sit it looks like a major disaster. 2/

I rather like the idea of 15 minute cities. Most of what you need within 15 minutes walking, biking or using public transit. Cool. However, I don't think that is what our unelected, climate change ambitious, planners have in mind. They want 15 minute restrictions. 1/ Whole different animal. A well designed, relatively dense, built environment with shops and services well located is, frankly, where I live now. I don't walk as much as I should but could easily get most of that I need within 15 minutes. 2/

What I am seeing are people getting on with their lives. They are likely aware that there are respiratory viruses around but they are simply paying minimal attention. The spell is broken. Before COVID every year we had flu season. Which killed people. 2/ But most of us took flu season in our stride and hoped not to catch the damned thing. A minority took that year's flu shot which, at best, was a 50/50 proposition. I didn't. Catching the flu was unpleasant, not deadly. 3/

Much noise in Davos about "climate change" and what we need to do about it. For fun, let's assume that CO2 is the magic thermostat (it isn't), how can we reduce emissions? 1/ Solar and wind are lovely potential standby power sources. Add really big batteries which use a lot of difficult to obtain minerals and in some parts of the world you may have somewhat reliable power. 2/

Hibernation Day #477 | Had some fun on my junior resourse Substack jaycurrie.substack.com/...My pal at 321Gold.com linked an article and the stats went wild. Thanks Bob! 1/ Dull day on the COVID front. Evidence of the jabs actually building a pathway for COVID infection is mounting up. But we are not at the tipping point quite yet. The people who know, know, the rest are still taking legacy media seriously. That will collapse soon. 2/

Hibernation Day #476 | Productive day. Straightened out my bank on some share activity, wrote a SubStack about an Ecuadorian exploration company with great prospects jaycurrie.substack.com/p/lucky-in-ecu… 1/ Barely thought about COVID or the jabs at all. Were it not for doom scrolling on Twitter I would really have no idea that #CovidIsNotOver. Functionally, at the level of masks, it is over. And virtually no one is getting jabbed. 2/

More authorities are ceasing to report "Health Outcomes by Vaccination Status". BC took an early lead in this trend dropping that stat back in June/July 2022. The curves were not looking good for the jabbed. The trend has continued. 1/ What I find interesting is that the gov'ts and PHO officials are confident that they can pull statistical series with no consequences. So far they have been able to pull this off. Legacy media will not ask awkward questions and the opposition is neutered for some reason. 2/

Hibernation Day #474 | Weather not quite so nice. But with the help of my son Sam - who did 90% of today's work - knocked back the weeds on the driveway. Grab a pressure washer next weekend and that will be the end of the weeds. 1/ Did hockey Dad thing with Max and watched a really excellent, nail biter of a game. The boys are playing purely for the love of the game. It's no body checking but otherwise very, very physical. We won, barely. No masks. 2/