Wasting Years With Elizabeth May
I sent the following e-mail (in italics) to Elizabeth May on, or around, November 27, 2008–two years ago. I had been heavily involved in the Greens for two years and…
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Voting Green in Newmarket-Aurora
What a great little program to build animated videosOh and here’s the FB links mentioned in video, and here.
TVO’s The Agenda: Truth, Casualties, and War – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Videocast of my televised essay for TVOntario’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, on Canada’s role in Afghanistan: Our ability to successfully conclude the mission and effect an honourable departure is…
Levant on Fort Chip Health Concerns
Last night, Ezra Levant and Ben West of the Wilderness Committee debated the ethics of the Alberta Oilsands in front of a packed house in Vancouver. During the debate, as…
Seoul G20: Perplexing Conclusion, Clear Result
The conclusion of the most recent G20 summit in Seoul last Friday, hailed as a success for political reasons by attending politicians, was punctuated with the following agreed upon statement:…
iPad vs Playbook: You’ll Be Surprised.
Being an iPad user, this video caught my attention. Those who have tablet computers know browsing is, if not, then the most important element of owning one. In regard to…
Pine Riders
The cat is out of the bag – Saskatchewan MP’s are true pine riders. In the wake of the mighty potash decision, it has gone to light that thirteen of…
Latte Jack
Reading the grains at the bottom of our grande pumpkin spice latter foretells the possibilities – Canada needs more Starbucks. While my consumer preference tends to towards Bridgehead, ThreeHundredEight.com indicates…
Alberta Party policy convention – Aftermath
The Alberta Party is a young, relatively small and rapidly evolving organization. In Red Deer this weekend at their first policy convention following the merger of the old Alberta Party…
You are the city
The city of Calgary occupies 1.5 X 10E-4 % of the Earth’s surface. When we look at the universe as a whole, the Earth is insignificant. That makes our city…
Holy Mountain — Mohand the Jogger
I visit Montreal often. The city seems to have a special hold on me and I feel compelled to spend weeks on end there for no particular reason aside from…
Alberta Party Policy Convention – Part 1
I am in Red Deer this morning for the Alberta Party’s policy convention – my third weekend in a row out taking the pulse of Alberta’s political culture. While not…
Laying Down Arms
On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month: Laying Down ArmsBy Peter Linebaugh, from CounterPunch, November 11, 2010. On the 11th hour of the 11th day…
Reboot 3 – Now what?
I was only able to make time to attend the Reboot 3 gathering at the last minute, meaning that I was not prepared or engaged in the agenda-setting stage. I…
In Remembrance of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.– John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963), in a speech at the White House, 1962 I write this on the…
Daycare strike
The $7 a day home daycares in the Montreal area went on strike yesterday, including my son’s daycare. I was a little bit worried because I also had a French…
Why I’m Not Wearing a Poppy This Year
I used to be a schoolteacher, and every Remembrance Day, I would teach that we remember the brave people who fought for us, but also to remember the tragedies of…
Edmonton’s Racism Debate: Lacks Substance and Misses Point
The City of Edmonton has pulled controversial language from its Anti-Racism Campaign after public complaints over a statement on the the campaign’s website regarding “White Privilege.” For more background on…
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here!
The title of an academic paper: “Financial Economists, Financial Interests and Dark Corners of the Meltdown: It’s Time to set Ethical Standards for the Economics Profession” Yes, after almost 250…
An evening with Adriane Carr and Georges Laraque
The Newmarket-Aurora Federal Green Party Association is hosting an evening with Green Party Deputy leaders Adriane Carr and George Laraque, Nov 16 at the Wellington Gallery in Aurora, 7:00pm -10:00Come…