This article is scheduled to be published automatically on July 1. The writer for ARC will not be available that day because there are bbq hamburgers, beaver tails, and beers…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alan Freeman discusses the real costs of ideologically-driven deregulation: The idea that “the market” will root out bad actors in any industry and…
Oh, all the news media and politicians will talk about what a glorious country this is. And, I certainly think this is the best country in the world to live…
Today, on the occasion of Canada 150, we should be asking ourselves tough questions relating to the role of public policy in Canada’s ongoing efforts at reconciling with Indigenous people.…
Ever wonder what’s going on with Trump and this Russia business? Some think it’s all smoke and mirrors. Not Richard Clarke. America’s former counter-terrorism czar explained what the public is…
Most people who have lived in this country for any amount of time, I suspect, would agree that Canada is the best place in the world to be a citizen.…
I was just getting out of bed. Blue sky outside. I remembered today was the 150th anniversary of Confederation. Then this popped into my mind. The tune and all the…
Present view. Little flag on our swim dock. Hey, Canada Day. People always say their country is the best country in the world. Canadians, too. But I don’t know if…
We’re not quite there yet (the photo was taken a couple of years ago) but it looks like we’ll have a bumper year for raspberries and pears–if the squirrels aren’t…
I must admit I'm in a mood to party, I've got so many reasons to celebrate.The regatta season has begun. I've just graduated from more than two months of rehab…
Canadian mainstream media needs to put a sock in it and stop whining about getting public funds to stay afloat.
Our 150th birthday is not quite as ebullient as our 100th. Perhaps we were just more naive back then. The teepee on Parliament Hill reminds us that our history is…
Each year at this time, we do a little introspection. While Canada Day 2017 is as joyous as ever, we feel it is the impact of the American President that…
It’s Canada Day, this year dubbed Canada 150, with its own corporate brand and a carefully worded story of that number 150. We also have Canada 150+, which acknowledges that…
I'm really glad to see that British Columbia is finally going to get an NDP government.And that John Horgan is going to become the new premier of that province.After finally…
PHOTOS: British Columbia’s NDP Premier-Designate John Horgan with your blogger, not so very long ago. Below: Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley, a Vancouver take on a Canada Day flag, and…
In my last post I told you what I thought about Donald Trump's depraved assault on the two hosts of the Morning Joe show.And I said it only proves that…
