Define "Normal"
As I've explored issues from globalism to climate change, one aspect that stands out is our concept of "normal." What is normal?It's curious how quickly and resolutely we embrace ideas…
August 2016
First Nations Hand Eviction Notices to Fish Farms
Members of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation say salmon farms in their territory are destroying wild salmon runs and polluting clam beds and they must leave. On Thursday and Friday…
First Nations Hand Eviction Notices to Fish Farms
Members of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation say salmon farms in their territory are destroying wild salmon runs and polluting clam beds and they must leave. On Thursday and Friday…
Stuff Still Happens, week 33: Evan Dunfee, Olympic hero
Well, that was fun. The Rio Olympics are over (or close to it, depending on when you read this), and for Canada, they’ve been a smashing success. In the pool,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Paolo Giuliano and Antonio Spilimbergo study (PDF) how the economic conditions an individual's youth influence enduring values - and find that the experience…
A Lesson In Living
Do not go gentle into that good night.Rage, rage against the dying of the light.-Dylan ThomasAlthough I am of an earlier time musically, and cannot say that outside of about…
A Lesson In Living
Do not go gentle into that good night.Rage, rage against the dying of the light.-Dylan ThomasAlthough I am of an earlier time musically, and cannot say that outside of about…
A federal failure of FPTP.
It has been noted occasionally that first-past-the-post voting is not perfect. You get failures in the system such as has happened to the voters in the federal electoral district of…
No consultation with customers or neighbours
Did you know Collus-PowerStream serves thousands of customers in Stayner, Thornbury and Creemore? More than 4,000 residences, businesses, restaurants, stores, churches, municipal facilities and farms are on the Collus-PowerStream distribution…
Dear Hipsters
Dear musicians: I've worked in politics & music: don't give politicians all-access passes. They try & make the show all about them. Yours, W — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 21,…
The Trump Vote: the view from down here, the implications up there
On our journey Stateside, we did Trump sightings. Whenever we’d see a Trump bumper sticker, or billboard, or T-shirt, we’d point it out to each other. “There’s another one,” we’d…
Come celebrate the Big Leafed Maple – Tree of Life in a creative collaboration. *August 21st 10am – 3pm*
Public News Release Come celebrate the BIG Leafed Maple – Tree of Life in a creative collaboration. *August 21st* *10am – 3pm * Leanne Hodges, West Coast Wild Activist Artist,…
Gord Downie, the Tragically Hip, and the Canada I Love
It took me a few years to fall in love with the Tragically Hip. I always loved their name, I thought it was so cool or...um...so hip.And when I heard…
Irish PR-STV system
In my last post I promised to take a harder look at the Irish electoral system of Open List PR-STV which is, as I said before a combination of a…
Irish PR-STV system
In my last post I promised to take a harder look at the Irish electoral system of Open List PR-STV which is, as I said before a combination of a…
Irish PR-STV system
In my last post I promised to take a harder look at the Irish electoral system of Open List PR-STV which is, as I said before a combination of a…
Not Good Days
Jack Layton was a perpetual optimist. But Chantal Hebert believes he'd find it hard to be optimistic about his party's current state of affairs. Perhaps that's because the party under…
Not Good Days
Jack Layton was a perpetual optimist. But Chantal Hebert believes he'd find it hard to be optimistic about his party's current state of affairs. Perhaps that's because the party under…
Oh Look, It’s Prime Minister Showboat !!
I'm sorry, maybe it's just me. I'm a bit irked at how our prime minister, who seems to disappoint on the tough issues, never passes up a photo-op even when…
The ACP’s Latest Transphobic Screed
Well … I will give the American College of Pediatricians a little bit of credit. Their previous position paper on transgender children was astonishingly vacant of references to literature. They've…