Can the French language survive in Québec?
Bonjour mes chers lecteurs, greetings dear readers. This blog posting comes to you from a Tim Hortons in the north end of Quebec City, one with wifi access. I ordered…
February 2013
The Goal of Democracy is Marginalization
The most interesting thing I find out about debates concerning electoral reform is that they are often premised on the assumption that the goal of democracy is to eliminate marginalization.…
In Tuesday’s Sun: kill it now
What’s notable about Conservative Sen. Patrick Brazeau is that he isn’t all that notable. In fact, he’s just one of a long line of senators who have been associated with…
Documentary about Homophobia in Jamaica
Check out this trailer for An Abominable Crime, a documentary about the rampant (and often ignored) homophobia problem in Jamaica. The filmmakers are currently fundraising to help get this film…
Nicaragua: In The Flash Of This Moment
“In the flash of this moment / you’re the best of what we are / don’t let them stop you now / Nicaragua.” – Bruce Cockburn (1984) MANAGUA – Nearly…
Ratinzger quits
As suprising (not) as Joe Ratzinger’s resignation today as Pope Benedict XVI may have been, he did the right thing. The Catholic Church is so dysfunctional that it’ll take years…
Foggy Family Day
Thank you, B.C. government, for declaring a new stat holiday. We needed one in February and my family are fortunate enough that we all have a day off work and…
All BC Political Parties Need A Democratic Shakeup!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Let’s face it folks politics and governance in BC has become soiled by the top down control mechanisms and practices of all of BC’s political parties.…
CTV locates world’s oldest person
Early reports suggest she lives in Ontario. Exclusive footage at eleven!
When It Comes To The Unelected, Undemocrtic Senate … It’s Still ‘Liberal/Tory’ .. Same Old Story
Tories, Liberals unite in bid to salvage Senate’s tarnished reputation OTTAWA – Conservative and Liberal leaders in the much-maligned Senate are joining forces to salvage the upper chamber’s tarnished reputation.…
Movements, Emotions, and the Challenges of Writing About Them
Back in December, I wrote a piece beginning to think through how what we feel in our bodies — the feeling in our gut, our affect, our emotion — is…
Big day in Ontario
As Kathleen Wynne is sworn in as Ontario’s first female Premier and generally awesome individual: Meanwhile, Andrea Horwath miscalculated and inexplicably missed a big moment: Busy day in #tbay –…
Your new Ontario cabinet, and some facts and firsts
Excited to see the new cabinet sworn in today. In particular, I’m very happy to see Charles Sousa and Yasir Naqvi as Finance and Labour Minister respectively. I started this…
Achieving a Steady State Economy for Canada
What if the way forward isn’t? What if it’s time for us to turn around, to go back? James Lovelock said the future of mankind, if there is to be…
Sarah Anne Johnson – Arctic Wonderland
All is well as we approach the PostArctic era. Here are some images originally shot at the Arctic Circle in Norway by Canadian artist Sarah Anne Johnson. Taken from here.…
MP John Weston, Rafe Mair Debate Pipeline Risks, Environmental ‘Process’
MP John Weston’s office responds to Rafe Mair’s recent column on the Harper Government’s sham environmental “process”. “Regrettably, has adopted an extremist position, rejecting a Northern Pipeline in principle, no…
Your cell phone horror stories in their hands.
Check out this sneak peek of Canadians’ concerns that OpenMedia will take to the CRTC at the national cell phone rules hearing tomorrow at 8:30am ET (5:30am PT). read more
5618…Ottawa Is Sleaziest City In Canada
My buddy Milkman from BOB FM in Ottawa shared this tid bit via Ashley Madison, the cheater’s website. Milky ShowSWING CITY!JUST IN! OTTAWA TAKES THE LEAD FOR THE SECOND TIME…