Joel Wood

@JoelWWood

Associate Professor . Environmental Economist. Big fan of the equimarginal principle.

Kamloops
joelwood.ca
Joined January 2011
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    23 hours ago

    All policy is climate policy, and all policy is economic policy. Here are the questions the new cabinet should be thinking about to create a stronger, cleaner economy.

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    34 minutes ago

    Hi Twitterverse! I'm on the academic 🧑‍🎓 for post-docs and assistant professorships in , , and . Here's why I might just be the right fit for you! 🧵

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    10 hours ago

    It’s been well-known ambulance waits had been worsening for months before BC’s tragic heat dome Now the unearthed proof was desperately trying to draw attn to what they consider a serious public safety issue

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    17 hours ago

    With today's cabinet shuffle, Canada has had 11 foreign ministers in 15 years—a revolving door doesn't serve Canada's international interests.

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    14 hours ago

    Poppy campaign in begins this week via

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  6. 15 hours ago

    “Ottawa is a world-class city” Counterpoint: 👇

    LRT should return to full service by mid-December, city says
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    18 hours ago

    Books deemed "inappropriate" by Canadian school boards include The Handmaid's Tale, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Lord of the Flies. Yeah, these Orwellian processes aren't troubling AT ALL...

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  8. 19 hours ago

    Do Albertans actually think they are more Canadian than people from other provinces? Like is that something people other than Jason Kenney actually say?

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  9. 19 hours ago

    What a comment to start negotiations with Ottawa on the equalization formula 🤣😂🤣

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    19 hours ago

    22% of eligible voters is a mandate to go eat a shoe.

    The results are in! A clear majority of Albertans have sent a powerful message to the rest of Canada on equalization. This strong democratic expression gives Alberta’s government a renewed mandate to pursue a fair deal for all Albertans.
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    22 hours ago

    kinda disappointed that Taleeb Noormohamed wasn't appointed as Trudeau's Minister of Housing, tbh.

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    20 hours ago

    “It’s parliament. Now I’m no linguist but even I know it comes from the word parler, to speak,” says de Jong. heckles de Jong, and de Jong yells “stop the presses a member of the government has spoken” and offers to give him the floor. D’eith goes quiet.

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    20 hours ago

    “That is despicable,” says Mike de Jong. “Not one of them had the temerity to stand in this house and provide any rationale, any argument, any opinion for why the proposal to send this to a committee was improper, unreasonable, unworthy of support."

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    20 hours ago

    The BCNDP has used it majority to reject Lib amendment to the FOI bill that would have paused bill and sent it to the legislature’s all-party committee studying FOI. Greens supported Lib amendment. NDP defeat it 50 votes to 29. Didn’t even speak against it, just voted it down.

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    21 hours ago

    The Bank of Canada will pare back its support for the economy tomorrow, paving the way for the start of interest rate increases next year amid inflation worries, reports

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  16. 23 hours ago

    I would hope so since we are the “dismal science” because we opposed slavery (I haven’t read the article, just the headline)

    Is economics destined to remain a dismal science? An interview with
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    24 hours ago

    It's me.

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    Oct 26

    Remember, Canada -could- be a 5G power house, but we turn over the spectrum to billionaire Toronto families whose last concern is getting services out to customers. They’d rather invest in reducing competition and fighting each other.

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    Oct 25

    Important correction from separate news story: “The owner of the Blue Grotto did tell us that they were checking for one vaccine only and not full vaccination for all of the attendees,” said Interior Health Medical Health Officer Dr. Carol Fenton.

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    Oct 25

    I've decided that my 2006 Volkswagen Jetta should appreciate 20% per year and ultimately fund my retirement. Petitioning my neighbourhood association right now to ban all new car sales lest they ruin the "character" of Canadian highways.

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