https://youtube.com/watch?v=QVcqARdFNT4&si=XrPUfj7cvm0lsFKhEvery day I pedal to the top of the mountainTo counter the weight of being pulled down and downAnd at the top Jacques Cartier left a reminderOf the sacred spot…
I sent the government an email, because their survey is skewed anyway. AIConsultations-ConsultationsIA@ised-isde.gc.ca Dear Government of Canada: The threat from Generative AI and LLMs (Large Language Models) that have violated…
Well, actually it's not, but given the rising levels of absurdity currently circulating, I couldn't help but think of Monty Python. Here in Ontario we have Doug Ford (a faux…
What happened on Friday night demonstrates that Canada is saying "NO!" to Trump's Naked Man Doctrine. This doctrine is described by The Grim Historian Carlyn Beccia - I first talked…
A friend of mine is deeply engaged with his local government. He is, by his own admission, a royal pain in the ass to people at city hall. His theory…
Rochdale College governing council meeting, 1971. Photo by Alex MacDonald. The Long Sixties: Stories from the New Left Edited by Jim Harding Fernwood, 2026 “Bliss w...
Now that voters everywhere in North America are turning against Artificial Intelligence data centres hard and fast, what’s Alberta’s United Conservative Party going to do? They’ve spent two years planning…
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Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 24, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in…
We talk a lot about "foreign interference" in Canadian politics, but we don't very often talk about the single biggest source of interference in Canada's political discourse: the United States.…
This popped up in my feed today from an Aug 9 New York Times obituary, no doubt due to some smart algorithm searching. I hope
A vassal state is a nation that, while often appearing to be independent, has its sovereignty and decision-making powers significantly constrained and dictated by a more powerful state. Its ability…
I have heard from many Conservatives that under Pierre Poilievre we would have had a deal with the Americans, and they are most certainly right — having a Prime Minister…
Canada Strong Carney's speech and press conference Saturday morning: I saw no criticism anywhere about what Carney said or how he said it - clear, informative, straightforward, understandable. View on…
If a country had to pick a moment to strike back with targeted countervailing tariffs at the Trump Administration’s habitual bad-faith trade bargaining, surely it would be difficult to imagine…
Trump branded pencils
BC Hydro has released its annual report. Several realities stand out. Electricity demand from residential, commercial, and light industrial customers remains flat while power delivered to heavy industry has increased.…
A collection of London Ontario civic elections cartoons from previous years Candidate registrations are over. Some are already knocking.
Well, according to Wikipedia the Dog Days of Summer run from July 19 to Aug.11, so this beast sitting on a car in Montreal's Mile End neighborhood last weekwas a…
