wmtc: best of wmtc, 2011 edition

During the school term, I am frequently frustrated by not being able to blog. I have ideas for posts that never get written – unusual for me, and unpleasant. If this annual tradition of collecting my best posts from the past year serves no other purpose, it reminds me that

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Zorg Report: Sleepin’ Forzanis

Sportchek – a business going sideways, fast. A close friend was talking about getting some new shoes lately, and that made me think back on Sportchek, a business that used to be private, but that is now part of a public, shareholder-driven conglomerate, Forzani Group.  You may know Sportchek as

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Far and Wide: Cheater

There is an interesting tension underneath the robocall story, the debate about resonance, “legs”, staying power, inside, outside, how much impact this scandal is truly having with the general public. Everyone will look to the next batch of polls to denote the impact, others already pointing to specific avenues of

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wmtc: sunday, march 11: toronto rally for democracy

Yesterday the rallies kicked off in Vancouver. Next Sunday is Toronto’s turn. Demand a complete, public inquiry into election fraud in the 2011 election. Demand a by-elections! Toronto:Sunday, March 11, 201212:00 noonYonge-Dundas SquareOn Facebook Facebook pages for other cities where rallies have been confirmed:CalgaryMontrealOttawaSaskatoon As more cities have information, they’ll

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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Dear Alison…

When your bitumen belches carbon into the atmosphere, remember that Ontario is rapidly closing all its coal-burning power plants to reduce our pan-Canadian footprint for greenhouse gases. I don’t hear you thanking us for that. Alberta owns the resources under its soil. But if this were a truly functional federation,

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Terminology Matters

There is a saying “Tell me how you’ll measure me and I’ll tell you how I’ll behave” If so then we shouldn’t be surprised when political operatives working out of an office called the “War Room” engage in warlike tactics I much prefer this type of terminology

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