My Long Journey To Truth And Reconciliation
When I first arrived in Canada as a young boy, those I most wanted to meet were the country's indigenous people. For even in the misty heart of the Scottish…
September 2021
He is just beneath contempt.
On this day, of all days. Even for him, this is just so disgusting. Global News caught up with Justin Trudeau, who was vacationing in Tofino on Canada's first National…
Queen & Governor General’s Statements on the First National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
“I join with all Canadians on this first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to reflect on the painful history that Indigenous peoples endured in residential schools in Canada, and…
For a ‘Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty’
An ExxonMobil oil refinery, the second largest in the United States, is pictured on February 28, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Photo by Barry Lewis/InPictures. The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty…
A few words about words and phrases we should drop
One of the pleasures of writing a blog is that I can vent about trivial things that previously only my wife and sons had the privilege to hear. So this…
Teachers overwhelmingly reject Alberta’s draft K-6 curriculum, but that’s unlikely to change Jason Kenney’s mind
It won’t come as a shock to anyone in Alberta that the Kenney Government’s draft Kindergarten-to-Grade-6 curriculum is a dangerous and ideologically motivated dud, or that most professional teachers despise…
RESISTANCE TO TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY SHOWS JUST HOW FAR AWAY WE ARE FROM RECONCILING?
RESISTANCE TO TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY SHOWS JUST HOW FAR AWAY WE ARE FROM RECONCILING? By Eagleclaw Thom 22 hours ago On September 30, 2021, Canada is marking its…
NYC Delivery Workers Help Each Other
Delivery apps make ordering food easier and cheaper for consumers, but it costs the workers. By offloading the costs of actually delivering food onto labour the app companies like Uber…
It’s Depressing. I Get It.
The clans are on the move. They’re heading for Glasgow. Brace yourselves. You’re about to be COPped. Ordinarily I’d be posting a lot about the upcoming COP26 climate summit that…
Thursday Morning Truth and Reconciliation Day Links
A few links and reports for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. – Rose Lemay writes that reconciliation requires systemic change at the level of individual assumptions and awareness.…
Defiance Comes With A Cost
One of the things that riles me more than most is the absolute zeal with which the anti-vaxxers embrace their cause. Call it truculence, call it misplaced zeal, call it…
Another Council Facepalm Moment
In a story on CollingwoodToday, this week council again discussed their job-growth-and revenue-killing interim control bylaw (ICBL) that has stopped the town from issuing new home building permits for the…
The Boy’s Cheese
Things are pretty tough these days in Alberta. Dave Climenhaga writes: Brace yourselves, Alberta, for a hard circuit-breaker lockdown to rein in the province’s surging, out-of-control COVID-19 infection rate. We…
Nursing Home Abuse During Times of COVID-19
Photo: NPR COVID-19 has taken a terrible toll on Canadian long term care residents. Over 50% of
Greens: Wasn’t That a Party?
Alright, times up. The only answer to Canada’ green party is dissolution. The party has been tested and found wanting. It is a fractious and unruly group. It practices regicide…
Here’s how to learn more on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
6 ways to deepen your understanding of Indian residential school history By Carolyn Ali Orange shirts placed next to Vancouver’s Marine Drive honour Indigenous children sent to residential schools. Shirt…
Today’s news: Truth and Reconciliation
Excerpt from the poem Forgiving Our Fathers,from one of the best movies ever made, Smoke Signals. Residential School Survivor offers advice on how to honour National Day for Truth and…
The death graph
A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. It’s true for me anyway. Maybe it’s my engineering background, but charts, graphs, etc. often make a point much more effectively…
Bad Chemicals & Babel Fish: My Favourite Humorous Science Fiction Books
Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. This may be a controversial choice to top a list of humorous science fiction books, but I have… The post Bad Chemicals &…