Independent writing on Canada–U.S. relations, education and critical thinking, environmental history, personal finance and investing, risk and preparedness, privacy, automation policy, energy markets, and more — all in one place.
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An evidence-based Canadian strategy for responding to U.S. trade pressure, defending sovereignty, and pursuing a durable CUSMA agreement with the United States and Mexico.
Read the trade strategy →President Trump threatened to add the “cost” of Canadian wildfire smoke to existing tariffs. A point-by-point look at why the claim has no sound legal or policy basis — covering the U.S. Paris Agreement withdrawal, emissions records, cross-border pollution history, and the real causes of worsening wildfire seasons.
Read the response →A gentle, peace-minded look at Canadian and American strengths, why Canadians are often well regarded abroad, and how current U.S. policies can strain friendships with close allies.
Read the article →A sourced history of transboundary acid rain: how sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides damaged Canadian lakes and forests, affected respiratory health, and helped drive Canada–U.S. environmental co-operation.
Read the history →The Gordie Howe Bridge, tariffs, and the “51st state” rhetoric — a citizen's case for why Americans should tell Congress that fair treatment of Canada matters. Includes a ready-to-send letter and links to find your representative.
Read the letter →What would a full continental confederation of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico actually mean for healthcare, gun laws, taxation, and trade? A speculative, honest look at the benefits and the very real obstacles.
Read the thought experiment →New Since July 2026
A careful comparison of North American, European, and Asian education systems; the barriers to teaching sound decision-making; and a critical examination of the claims made in the video Why Are Americans So Bloody Stupid?
Read the critical-thinking article →A CFA/political-risk style briefing memo: the cost of the munitions being fired, a tactical scorecard on who's winning, world diesel and fuel prices, the collapse of bread affordability in Iran, and a scenario-weighted read on how long the war can run.
Read the briefing →An interactive, five-question tool: enter your age, time horizon, risk comfort, goal, and net worth, and get a general asset mix, Canada/US/International split, and TFSA/RRSP/FHSA/RESP account priority order.
Open the tool →A plain-language, step-by-step guide to building lasting wealth: cash buffers, paying down high-interest debt, low-cost index investing, and avoiding the shortcuts that derail wealth over time.
Read the guide →A practical family guide to protecting privacy from government overreach, criminal scams, and corporate tracking, with Canadian resources and household rules you can put in place today.
Read the guide →The scale of bank-related fraud in Canada, two real victim stories, and the reforms banks and government must adopt to protect Canadians from an escalating threat.
Read the report →An investigative look at the Canada–BC plan to buy 2,200 vacant condos for rent-to-own housing — who pays, why locals still can't afford the units, and whether receivership beats a bailout. Includes a ready-to-copy MP letter.
Read the investigation →Write Your Representative
A campaign guide urging Canadians to write their MP about job losses from automation, with a sample letter and step-by-step instructions.
Read →A case for bringing Canada's air passenger protections in line with the EU's stronger standard, with a sample letter to your MP.
Read →A sample private member's bill drafting an automation levy and worker impact fund — written as a model, not an actual bill before Parliament.
Read →Understanding and Planning for the Worst
A tedlee.ca adaptation of the federal 72-Hours guide: know the risks in your region, build a household plan, and pack a kit that gets you through the first three days — with fillable, printable planning sheets.
Read the guide →A field guide to Black Swans, Dragon Kings, Grey Rhinos, Minsky Moments, and other categories of catastrophic risk — with history and sources.
Read →The science behind the overdue Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, its tsunami and volcanic risks to Vancouver and Seattle, and how to prepare.
Read →Data Breaches and Identity Risk
Why handing over identity verification data carries real risk, with a rundown of major global data breaches.
Read →Case studies of real harm to Canadian and U.S. consumers following the Coinbase and AU10TIX identity-verification breaches.
Read →A case study of the April 2024 LockBit ransomware attack on London Drugs and its aftermath.
Read →A case study of the 2019 LifeLabs breach affecting 8.6 million customers, and what regulators found.
Read →Robots, AI, and the Future of Work
A side-by-side comparison of two proposed policy tools for taxing automation and funding worker retraining.
Read →The history and mechanics of robot-tax proposals, including a South Korean case study, plus pros and cons.
Read →How automation levies and ESG-driven buying habits could affect North American consumer prices and choices.
Read →A speculative fiction piece imagining Canada's economy and society reshaped by AI, UBI, and Bitcoin through 2050.
Read →Markets, Tariffs, and Oil
Munitions spend, a tactical scorecard, global diesel and fuel prices, Iran's bread-affordability collapse, and a scenario-weighted duration forecast.
Read →A teaching sheet comparing Canadian Western Canadian Select and Venezuelan Merey-16 heavy crude benchmarks.
Read →How the loss of Venezuelan heavy crude from global markets pushes up diesel prices and elevates Canadian WCS.
Read →How the tea taxes that sparked the American Revolution compare with today's U.S. tariff policy.
Read →Canadian Military History
The history of Vancouver's Japanese-Canadian veterans' Legion branch, founded by Sgt. Masumi Mitsui: its campaign for the vote, its 1942 suspension, and the reported 2026 effort to reinstate it. The page clearly distinguishes cited history from the unconfirmed current reinstatement report.
Read the history →A sourced account of Indigenous, Japanese-Canadian, Black, and other often-overlooked Canadians connected to the Battle of Hill 70 in August 1917, including Sgt. Masumi Mitsui and his Military Medal.
Read the history →Health, Society & Global Development
FOI-based data on patients who died while waiting for diagnostic imaging or surgery in B.C. and across Canada.
Read →Why enough food and water already exist globally, yet access fails — and what closes the gap.
Read →A companion piece laying out a five-pillar framework for turning global food and water supply into reliable local access.
Read →A media-literacy guide to recognizing when volume and outrage are drowning out accuracy — in politics, news, and social media.
Read →A light personality/marketing-persona breakdown of common archetypes among North American women.
Read →A companion personality/marketing-persona breakdown for men, with estimated population distribution.
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