Engineered For Today AND the Future For those of you following my recent deep dives, you know I’m a specs & spreadsheets kind of guy. I’ve spent 35 years in the IT trenches, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the shiny exterior of a product, whether Read more
I am currently on my ninth electric vehicle. I have seen the transition from experimental niche, like the amazing Cadillac ELR, to mainstream commodities like my Chevy Bolt, Teslas and current Mach-E. I was 1 of only 6 people in Canada who owned a Cadillac CT6 PHEV that was made Read more
AI Revolution? The promise of the AI Revolution was simple: robots would do the menial tasks, humans would do the thinking, and everyone would be home in time for dinner. But as we head into 2026, the data is telling a much darker story. Instead of a productivity windfall, we Read more
Let’s Do Some Common Sense Math The Middle East is currently a geopolitical powderkeg, and while the human cost is the lead story, the fiscal fallout for the Alberta Treasury is shifting from concerning to windfall. Alberta’s Budget 2026 was a defensive document, anchored by a conservative $60.50 WTI floor Read more
Cheap Canadian EV Hunting I’ve been crunching the numbers on the new federal Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (aka EVAP) that’s set to go live on February 16, and honestly, the market just got flipped on its head. The headline is simple: if it’s an import, you’ve got to stay under Read more
General Motors just dropped a happy bombshell on Ontario’s Niagara region, confirming that the St. Catharines Propulsion Plant will be the heart of its next-generation Gen 6 Small Block V8. This appears to be big win for Canadian manufacturing. But if you look under the hood of this deal, you’ll Read more
Do you like paying more than the guy in front of you for the same thing? Me either! The Price Tag Changes? When my oldest child started to work at Safeway she was told they had three different pricing models. This meant that our Safeway would sell products for a Read more
We have argued for years that while betting against Elon Musk is seldom wise, that he has made a critical error in his so called Full Self Driving program. There are nuances, but the key point is that camera based (so called “vision”) systems will always be insufficient for edge Read more
There’s a new tax in America, but no one is calling it that. It’s a tax that will cost every man, woman, and child in the United States thousands dollars each year. It’s a tax that will hit every family for thousands more. But because it has a different name, Read more
Does it make any sense to impose a tax on imports that will make all Americans worse off? Shouldn’t we learn from our success? We should ask ourselves a fundamental question: Is trade good? Which made us simply capitalism? Trade never occurs unless you want a product more than you Read more
People can argue that the US President’s recent attack on the Canadian economy by implementing 25% tariffs is strewn with misinformation and bad policy, or they can think it is wonderful American nationalism. We are not going to engage in that opinion discussion, but will outline the core tenants of Read more
I just finished reading Bill Gates’ excellent book titled How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. It is filled with logical, nonpartisan explanations about the real need for both urgent action to reduce climate change today and to prepare for the future with concrete climate change mitigation actions. However, one thread Read more
Have you ever wondered who is the biggest most successful auto manufacturer in the world or what region of the world makes the most cars? We regularly hear about Toyota, Volkswagen, GM, Ford, Stellantis, Hyundai and Tesla fighting it out for automotive supremacy but then we hear of companies like Read more
Like all everyone else, we are inundated with scammers trying to take advantage of us, most of which blow off. However, there is one scam that is so dastardly as to cause rational well adjusted people to commit suicide. Sextortion is the worst or worst scams. Sextortion happens when someone Read more