Talking Ontario’s COVID Re-Opening Plan with Kristy Cameron
On Friday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Lucas Meyer for a rare Friday “Political Heat” panel. We talked the release of Ontario’s…
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what i’m reading: the skin we’re in by desmond cole
Alternative title: It Happens in Canada, Too. Desmond Cole’s book, The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power may be a difficult book for white Canadians to…
A Political Animal
Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy is a political animal — a totally political animal. Michelle Cottle writes: Last week, he set heads shaking by announcing his opposition to the bill…
Musings on Shakespearean Apocrypha
When the First Folio was published in 1623, it had 36 of the Bard’s plays, listed in three categories: histories, tragedies, and comedies (it didn’t include his longer poems, or…
Teachers give Education Minister Adriana LaGrange a 99% non-confidence vote – but it’s Jason Kenney who’s driving the school bus
Ninety-nine per cent of the delegates to the Alberta Teachers Association’s virtual annual representative assembly voted Sunday to affirm a motion of non-confidence in Education Minister Adriana LaGrange. There’s no…
The ignorance of the royals.
The one point that the Netflix series The Crown showed early and clearly was the terrible ignorance of English royalty. It is the lack of street smarts, the inability to…
Wherein We Learn That Cryptocurrency Is About to Repeat History
According to this article, Cryptocurrency market volatility is because they are “free”. The upshot of the argument being made here is that because the “worth” of a cryptocurrency is entirely…
Happy Victoria Day
It’s Victoria Day tomorrow. Ms Soapbox is taking a break this weekend to celebrate the occasion with her family. So far I’ve visited with those in our bubble, ordered in…
I’m STILL confused …
So-o-o-o-o … what’s new? Well, the Stanley Cup playoffs have begun, so there’s that. I’m very excited, up until the Edmonton Oilers are eliminated which. After that, my interest in…
Developers Bite Back at ICBL
‘The town created its own emergency’: Collingwood developer says project on hold due to water capacity issues. So reads the headline on a story on Simcoe.com. I laughed and laughed at…
SHIFTING FROM "YOU" TO "US" IN CAREGIVING
There might be a good reason that nurses ask patients, “How are WE doing today?” The caregiving relationship is one that consists of two people who are ‘in it’ together.…
No Longer A World Leader
There was a time — not long ago — Britain was a world leader in international aid. Simon Rawnsley writes: It was at a meeting of the rich democracies’ club…
Racism Is A Victoria Problem
Politics Racism is a Victoria problem: report Seventy per cent of respondents reported feeling ‘isolated, lonely and unsafe in Victoria’ as a direct result of racism By Brishti…
And he’s Pierre’s son?
Screw you Justin, and the horse you rode in on. You have lost all rights to the name Trudeau. You have belittled and betrayed your father. You have denounced Pierre…
Not a good time.
Forgive me as I begin this blog. I’m overwhelmed by events in this world. As well, I have a computer which is destroying me, giving me extreme methods of operation…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Murray Mandryk discusses how COVID-19 has highlighted and exacerbated existing inequality in Saskatchewan. And Aaron Wherry points out that Canada shouldn’t treat its…
Musings on Housework
Susan lugged the laundry hampers down to the lavandería we often used in Zihuatanejo when we vacationed there; a small shop on the sidestreet where laundresses would weigh the hampers,…