Wednesday-Night

The Invitation
WHEW! We escaped the threat of a July election in Québec by a hair (actually two votes), but now PLQ will have to decide the fate of Jean Charest. Virtually everything to be said about the unfortunate budget has been said by commentators, so we will drop the topic — for now.
One of our […]

23 May 2007
A very interesting evening last week, which was a continuation of the previous week’s discussion of nuclear energy, this time in the company of John Jonas and Peter Ferst, along with the Lightfoot family enterprise. Meanwhile, Diana was launching the Year of the Dolphin in Washington while making sure that Tony Blair […]

May 16, 2007
This week, in the absence of Diana, who will be in Washington with colleagues from the UN Convention on Migratory Species, the agenda is all David’s and there will be no controlling influence from the left end of the table. Be warned!
Following last Wednesday’s (#1314) in-depth exploration of Nobody’s Fuel, Douglas Lightfoot will […]

May 9, 2007
Douglas Lightfoot will be with us this Wednesday to discuss his newly-released video Nobody’s Fuel which carries the intriguing and controversial subtitle ‘Energy supply is more important than climate change’. He explains: “Climate change and global warming are very important issues… it is clear that most people have no idea how much energy […]

May 2, 2007
Although some might say “BE AFRAID, be VERY AFRAID” (Triskaidekaphobia) of this double-thirteen Wednesday, we prefer to think of 13 as a significant numeral and often one of good fortune. Thus we consider ourselves to be doubly blessed this week with the return of John & Holly Jonas from their sojourn in Australia.
As […]