Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott is an idiot
May 18, 2012 | 1 Comment
At least he is if we’re to judge him on the things he says: Maurice Vellacott, who represents the Saskatchewan riding of Saskatoon-Wanuskewin, says abortion procedures are far worse than any schoolyard or neighbourhood bullying. He calls it the “cruellest of ironies” that there’s no protection in Canada for fetuses at any stage of pregnancy. [...]
Because it provides cover for hatred
October 28, 2011 | 4 Comments
In the wake of the suicide of Jamie Hubley, a gay teen who was persistently bullied, the Conservative Party released an It Gets Better video. It was a nice gesture, but there has been a bit of controversy attached to it. Besides some calling for the Conservatives to do more, there is also the issue [...]
Education and Self-Promotion
September 29, 2011 | No Comments
I hope everyone will pardon a little self-promotion, but I have two recent articles at Examiner.com that I thought I’d bring to the attention of our fair readers. First, I examine the reach of school discipline. A recent hazing incident resulted in the suspension of an Ottawa student, even though the incident occurred a good [...]
Getting Better in Canada
November 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
Okay, I’ll admit it. When I saw that Michael Ignatieff had posted a video to Dan Savage’s It Get’s Better Project, I thought to myself, “Yikes, this’ll be… ‘interesting’.” But credit where credit is due, the below video is pretty sincere and heart warming. And as a political geek, Ignatieff’s timing and intonation on the [...]