Reflections After Canada Day: Thoughts on Canada’s 145th Year
July 13, 2012 | 4 Comments
I recently wrote an article discussing the supposed collapse of what John Ibbitson calls the “Laurentian Consensus” and the subsequent shifting of political and economic power towards Western Canada. In my mind, with Western alienation having been such a major political issue for such a long time, we have to be careful not to simply [...]
More dead horses
July 13, 2012 | 1 Comment
As the Calgary Stampede approached, I had resolved not to write about it. I am not a fan of putting animals in harm’s way purely for the sake of spectacle, but there wasn’t much I could say that hadn’t already been said. And, anyway, I always assumed that the human participants treated the animals (outside [...]
Right-to-work legislation in Ontario
July 13, 2012 | 3 Comments
Recently, Ontario Tories put out a white paper on labour reform. In it, they argue for some form of right-to-work legislation. To me, this is an eminently sensible proposal, and I argue so in The Ottawa Citizen: The Tories propose that workers be allowed to switch from one union to another. This is a sound [...]
The Hijab: The greatest threat to western civilization… and kids’ soccer.
July 10, 2012 | 8 Comments
I know that I have ragged on Quebec society more than once about the apparent intolerance towards freedom of religion. Governments have banned religious dress and some city councils have made it clear that they don’t really like others. We might hope that with a progressive orange wave enveloping the province a year ago, such [...]
Canada Day, 2012
July 1, 2012 | 6 Comments
I’m not feeling too bullish on Canada these days. There’s a lot wrong with this country. We have a government that cares more about petro-dollars than about people. Basic workers rights take a backseat to GDP-desires and the convenience of middle class vacationers. Stephen Harper is a grand disappointment in many many ways. However, he [...]