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When Ontario Trucker Csaba Vizi was eighteen in 1989, people in his native Romania rose up against decades of Communist dictatorship. A notable number of the protesters and supporters of the Freedom Convoy in 2022 hailed from Eastern European nations which had suffered under communist rule: "We know it when we see it," one supporter told Road Warrior News. Photo: Donna Laframboise
by Derek Sloan Csaba Vizi has never been featured in my posts before, but I met him last week, and knew his story had to get out! Csaba was arrested in a brutal fashion at the 2022 Freedom Convoy in
Read MoreDid drivers get Catfished by Uber? “Catfishing” is truly one of the most astonishing phenomena of the Internet Age. It’s defined as “the process of luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona.” While The concepts of lying and
Read MoreLegislating EV purchase “not realistic or possible” by Rebecca Schultz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas MLA for Calgary-Shaw The federal government must face the inevitable and abandon the unrealistic, ineffective and unwanted EV mandate before it kicks in next
Read Moreby Dan McTeague As president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, I’ve had the privilege of calling the public’s attention to ongoing energy-related public policy issues which drive up the cost of living in this country. In that same vein, I’d
Read More“Downtown Toronto view” is that everyone can drive an EV, with no plan for charging Canadians for Affordable Energy president Dan McTeague calls Net Zero “a fraud, and a hoax” in his latest video post. “Starting in just a few
Read MoreMy husband and I were dressed, ready to go out for a lovely evening of dinner and the theatre. Having been burgled in the past, we turned on a ‘night light’ and the TV on, then put the cat in
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In the mid-20th century, Detroit was an economic boomtown, a jewel in Capitalism's crown. Despite hard times, it still vibrates with entrepreneurial energy and is now rebuilding as other cities learn the brutal lessons of bad government. Image: Facebook
We’d all be driving F-150s Read “Canadian Fascism, Part 1,” here Read “On Canada Day, let’s face the ugly truth” here Fascism should more appropriately be called ‘Corporatism’ because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” –Benito Mussolini
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When all of Uber's various delivery fees are combined, it charges up to 70 per cent of the cost of a McDonald's meal for delivery alone. Image: Mr.whostheboss
Tech and Economics enthusiast Arun Maini revisits Cory Doctorow’s theory of “Enshittification” to explain why Uber has re-invented transportation categories like Taxi and Limo, and is squeezing both consumers and drivers for every possible dime. “Enshittification” is the term Doctorow
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Dan McTeague points out that internal combustion engines are more efficient and affordable than EVs. Image: YouTube
EVs are 5 per cent of auto sales, at most Dan McTeague wishes Canadians a great summer in his latest video: “Looks like all those carbon taxes we’ve been paying haven’t done anything to stop warm weather in the summer,
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