Age of McIver? Higgins’s Era? Nenshi’s Legacy?
Most Calgarians are certain that come October 18th, 2010, the city will be electing a mayor that will stay on at least for the next decade. Unless we have some…
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Officer Bubbles vs. YouTube
Constable Adam Josephs: Officer “Bubbles”. Among all the evil that happened during the G20 protests and the ridiculous police crackdown – among all the illegal arrests, harassment, beatings and everything…
One final look at the ward races
Ward 1: Chris Harper’s momentum has been slowly chipped away by surging campaigns of Ric Lockhart and Bill Scott. However, with time ticking, it seems like the 3 will be…
What’s in a Name?
The negative tone of much contemporary politics in Canada, and even more the case in the United States, is an issue of concern to people from all sides of any…
Do we have to prove that we can break Barb Higgins?
As a former mayoral candidate in some election in some city, Thursday was a very interesting day for me to watch, and a very long day for mayoral candidate Barb…
As it turns out, my first and only car was a Ford
This will probably be the only thing I write about Toronto’s municipal elections in this space. We in this city are currently contemplating a race in which we’ve got the…
VoteCalgary forum tests candidates’ knowledge
I was invited to the VoteCalgary aldermanic forum on Wednesday and heard all the aldermanic candidates given their 90 seconds on various questions that were important to the CHBA and…
Christopher Hitchens on Dealing with Mortality
I found this piece enormously powerful, and thought it was worth sharing. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/09/hitchens-201009
Thanksgiving reading
Hope you’re all stuffed with Turkey and whatnot. I had a lovely weekend with friends, family and all. Then I sat down to read an article (via Yglesias, of course)…
Raiders of the Lost Ark = Pointless
Seriously. Think about it. All Indy had to do was let that Belloq dude take the medallion. He would have found the ark, opened it, and killed himself and all…
One Toronto, Now: An Election is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Only when humans are again permitted to build authentic urbanism — those cities, towns, and villages that nurture us by their comforts and delights — will we cease the despoiling…
No Thanksgiving for migrant workers
No Thanksgiving for migrant workersby David Goutor and Chris Ramsaroop, from The Toronto Star, October 8, 2010. (Link via B.B.) While Thanksgiving means a feast with family and friends for…
Cannon fodder
Quite an uproar over the “cannon fodder” video. It involves a fictional mother of a Canadian soldier lamenting that she might not have had children if she had known that…
Calgary’s Municipal Election, version 2010
As the Municipal Election begins to loom here in Calgary I have regularly been asked for my thoughts on the race for Mayor. Having repeated them so many times I…
Ward 8 Interview with John Mar
John Mar is a born and raised Calgarian. His family has mining operations in Northern Ontario, and he was an RCMP. He was also the former president of the Scarborough…
Ward 4 Interview with Sean Chu
Sean Chu immigrated to Canada in 1985 after three years of military service in Taiwan. He worked for his family’s pizza joint before becoming a police officer. He decided to…
Ward 4 Interview with Brad Northcott
Brad Northcott grew up in Huntington Hills and when to John A. MacDonald and John G. Diefenbaker schools before they were junior and senior highs respectively. He has raised all…
Ward 4 Interview with Jon Wong
Jon Wong was born and raised in Calgary and in ward 4. He went to the University of Western Ontario and received a B.A. in political science and governmental affairs…
The Toronto Sun is now officially a propaganda sheet.
During the 1984 federal election campaign, the Globe and Mail ran a photo of Liberal leader John Turner speaking to the Empire Club or some such group. The picture was…
Ward 4 Interview with Carol Poon
Carol Poon was born in Calgary at the Holy Cross Hospital. She lived in Chinatown until she was 7 and moved to North Haven, which was then still on the…