Green belt, tighten our belt: Contesting the Places to Grow Act
People living in vigorous cultures typically treasure those cultures and resist any threat to them. How and why can a people so totally discard a formerly vital culture that it…
November 2010
The Fighter Jet Farce
There's a lot of squawk from the right about the virtue of paying billions of dollars to have fighter jets constructed somewhere else. The argument seems to be a) Chretien…
Bill 17: De-democratizing healthcare
My time lately has been consumed by two grad courses, an active full-time job and home and family commitments. But one emergent and urgent issue has forced me to tend…
Arguing About Hate Crime
Once it had been explained to me, I found it pretty simple.When you single out a group of people as a target for hatred and violence, you assault a whole…
Arguing About Hate Crime
Once it had been explained to me, I found it pretty simple. When you single out a group of people as a target for hatred and violence, you assault a…
Arguing About Hate Crime
Once it had been explained to me, I found it pretty simple.When you single out a group of people as a target for hatred and violence, you assault a whole…
Arguing About Hate Crime
Once it had been explained to me, I found it pretty simple. When you single out a group of people as a target for hatred and violence, you assault a…
The drive north along Jane
I just read the Macleans story on the Rob Ford win (tucked at 7:30 pm I might add). I've seen the videos online, and I was as confused as everyone…
PC AGM Part 3 – Final thoughts
I should begin this post about the weekend’s PC party AGM in Calgary with a pair of disclaimers. I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of the…
PC AGM Part 3 – Final thoughts
I should begin this post about the weekend’s PC party AGM in Calgary with a pair of disclaimers. I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of the…
PC AGM Part 3 – Final thoughts
I should begin this post about the weekend’s PC party AGM in Calgary with a pair of disclaimers. I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of the…
PC AGM Part 3 – Final thoughts
I should begin this post about the weekend’s PC party AGM in Calgary with a pair of disclaimers. I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of the…
First Nations accountability story – now this is more like it.
In response to A toronto Star article criticizing chief's salaries - as if that were the only accountability issue in Indian Country I wrote: "Yet no one shames the Minister…
First Nations accountability story – now this is more like it.
In response to A toronto Star article criticizing chief’s salaries – as if that were the only accountability issue in Indian Country I wrote: “Yet no one shames the Minister…
First Nations accountability story – now this is more like it.
In response to A toronto Star article criticizing chief's salaries - as if that were the only accountability issue in Indian Country I wrote: "Yet no one shames the Minister…
First Nations accountability story – now this is more like it.
In response to A toronto Star article criticizing chief’s salaries – as if that were the only accountability issue in Indian Country I wrote: “Yet no one shames the Minister…
Who Destroyed Newspapers?
Who remembers those early mornings where you wake up with a cup of coffee, and a copy of the local newspaper! It’s amazing how things have changed. News now moves…