Canada’s climate behemoth
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre wears a hoodie with the logo of Oil Sands Strong, a pro-energy advocacy group. Photo from Facebook. After a summer of unprecedented heatwaves, catastrophic flooding,…
2022
What About the Code of Conduct?
I attended a two-hour seminar hosted by the town about Collingwood’s Code of Conduct last week. It was intended as an introduction to the policy for new candidates and a…
What To Do If Our Classrooms Aren’t Safe
I’m getting these types of questions over and over: What should I do if other students and the teachers won’t wear masks? What do I do if my child gets…
Weaponizing The Media
Most will have heard about the unpleasant contretemps between Global’s David Atkin and Pierre Poilievre when the latter announced he would not be taking any questions from the press at…
First Principles
Andrew Coyne tries to make the case for centrism: Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre are far from twins, or (so far as I know) space aliens. Yet they, and the…
In a Land of Make Believe.
It is surreal. We live in a time of floods and fire, when Mother Nature raises her ire. We fight nonsensical wars. And we are living in a fairy tale.…
Corruption of the Soul
Two very different stories this week, from different countries, and yet there is a connection at their core. Both the DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt and the Poilievre press conference freak-out…
Jason Kenney, working remotely by cellphone from London queue, tweets ostentatiously while waiting to bid farewell to Queen
“In queue for Queen, Premier Kenney signs order banning remote work option for civil servants.” University of Alberta political scientist Jared Wesley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). In fact, there was…
Woke schmoke
Under this definition, I’m woke. So is pretty much every family member and friend. What the fuck is wrong with being aware of injustice? Nothing. And if you do something…
On not Grasping for the Good
I’m taking a university course on Asian Wisdom, which I’m really enjoying. My prof told a story about Buddha that concludes that we should only tell others of a better…
It looks like we’re stuck with Chuck III
And so we say goodbye – a very, very long goodbye – to Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Canada and her other realms, Defender of…
Eating on the road: A smashburger in Muskoka
I’m always on the lookout for a good smashburger in my travels, and during my summer visit to Muskoka I was pointed to the Fare Food Co. It’s a food…
Step Right Up
Here in Ontario, things are moving at a fast pace – if you happen to be a senior in a hospitable but have been deemed medically fit for discharge. This…
Ugly Stuff
In recent days, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas have sent a bus load and a plane load of migrants to Washington and Martha’s Vineyard.…
Trumping Trump.
Our Canadian news media have been slow in comparing former American president Donald Trump and the new leader of Canada’s conservative party. Maybe the media thought it could never happen…
Today’s News: A mind is a terrible thing to lose
Britain appears to have lost its mind over the death of a 96-year-old woman The queen’s funeral is absurdly excessive at this point. — The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 16,…
Musical interlude
Bonobo – Rosewood
To Ontario In An Electric Vehicle
The following is a journal of a cross-Canada trip by electric vehicle this summer. I was going to add more photos, maybe I will someday. July 30th, 2022 – Left…