Crocodile tears from Bell Canada.
The new owners of the Toronto Star should be ashamed. When reading an article on a business opinion page on the weekend, it became apparent that I was reading an…
Peter Lowry
Time to retire Mr. Olive.
Some of the basic skills you look for in reporters is their ability to research, to learn and to explain for readers. It is therefore with regret that we report…
The Trump of the West.
It is a long way from Mar-a-Lago Resort in Palm Springs, Florida to roof-top dining in Calgary, Alberta. Nor is former president Donald Trump likely to be confused with Alberta…
Doug Dares Deny Us.
The Ontario legislature is in session this beautiful weekend. Doug Ford and his conservative henchmen are attacking our right to free speech. They want to use the ‘Notwithstanding Clause’ of…
“The Road Not Taken.”
Ontario’s new democrats see victory only in their dreams. They are at the fork in the road of Robert Frost’s poem: The Road Not Taken. It is not a question…
Don’t Dare be Different.
You ask where bigotry and intolerance come from. It comes from being different. Does what you are wearing define you? Does your language speak for you? Does your religion demand…
Egerton Ryerson is mouldering.
Is it alright to debase and deface a statue? Are we all given the right to do thousands of dollars in damage to statues of people who are long dead?…
Trump in 2024?
You are not supposed to snicker when a Trump supporter tells you his hero is going to win the presidency in 2024. Nor are you supposed to sound surprised when…
“The evil that men do…
Chantal Hébert of the Toronto Star is no William Shakespeare. A good writer but sometimes a bit too Quebec-centred, I was annoyed at her column the other day questioning why…
Those Bastards at Bell.
Having once worked for Bell Canada, you find out very quickly why Bell is among the most hated of Canadian companies. It is the arrogance. Bell Canada shares its arrogant…
We’re Baaack!
The new look for Babel-on-the-Bay was not intended. Moving an 11-year-old website to a new server proved more difficult than expected. It took some very good computer professionals to get…
“Create your free account.”
Why would that message pop up on your computer? You know, and I know, there is no such thing as free! It little matters whether the message was from Microsoft,…
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…
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…
Teasing the Tiger.
Our prime minister must realize that U.S. President Joe Biden and his secretary of state might be no more adept at dealing with China than Canada. To ask the president…
More on language laws.
You never know where interesting comments will come from. A reader in British Columbia agreed with my comments recently on how to protect the French language. As a he is…
Locked Down, Locked In, Locked Out.
It was never said that being a prisoner in your home was so bad. It is not until you look across the breakfast table and realize that the person sitting…
Caution and concern in a pandemic.
I was laughing the other day when reading a suggestion that we should have a judicial review of our handling of the pandemic. The writer thought it would be helpful…
Brampton’s mayor is not Barrie’s best!
As outsiders, Barrie residents might not know as much about politics in Brampton but we sure know the mayor. In a straight trade for Brampton’s former mayor for Patrick Brown,…
What if Ontario protected English?
Trying to make sense of Quebec’s new language act, Bill 96, the other day, it raised the question of what would happen if this type of bill was enacted in…