Drunk. Lazy. The problem with stereotypes about Canada’s Aboriginal people.
I’m upset by the physical and emotional damage caused by the rioters, but that doesn’t mean I’m prepared to turn my back on the principals of rehabilitation I believe should be at the core of any system of justice.
It’s ironic that I spent part of game six discussing man’s inhumanity to man.
Peter Mansbridge joined Twitter recently. It caused a minor tizzy in the Canadian Twittersphere, as people speculated over whether or not this was the real thing. Hesitation to believe was particularly high as we’d been down this road before– a fake Mansbridge account had fooled people back in 2009. You know what would have helped? […]
She was not breaking the rules to stop some massive conspiracy. She had not uncovered some sinister plot that only she knew about and decided to blow the whistle. No, she’s upset that the election didn’t go her way and decided to disrupt the throne speech in order to get a few minutes of fame.
I am not a hockey fan. There. I said it.
It’s rare that a seven-minute video will get me to change… anything. Today, I share with you one that did. It belongs to Dave Meslin. He used it in his Ted Talk, which is below. I watch Ted Talks all the time and like all of them, but for me to write about one here, […]
Check out #tweettheresults for what will probably be the highest concentration of illegal tweets you’ll get to see on twitter ever. — Brock Warner (@brockwarner) May 3, 2011 I am not going to opine on the election results beyond what I said last night. But, after the fact, I would like to comment on […]
..has resulted in the first Conservative majority since the 1980s, Jack Layton bringing the NDP to official opposition for the first time in history, the Liberals being outside of both official opposition and government for the first time EVER, the decimation of the Bloc Quebecois, the first Green politician to be elected in North America, […]
When the Queen moves on, what will we put on our change?
I don’t think Canada would feel any more foreign to a visitor then it does right now. The three major news stories are an election, hockey, and a royal wedding.
Last week, I wrote this on Facebook: “On the radio they’re talking to young people who aren’t planning on voting. They’re blaming the political system, parties, etc for not engaging them. Know who else wasn’t courted by the political system throughout history? Poor people, women, Chinese-Canadians, Indo-Canadian, Japanese-Canadians, First Nations, African-Americans. More recent examples? Egyptians. […]
What if from the time an election was called to the time the ballots were counted, there was a ban on polls? What would change? Media would have to report on something other than the latest polls, for one. No more finding out which party leader with a +/- 3% margin of error is viewed […]
*disclaimer: This piece is in no way an endorsement or criticism of any political party. And as always, my opinions are wholly and completely my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employers.* Jack Layton is in Prince George this morning. I’ve heard this is the first time a federal leader has visited […]
I just finished watching (ie listening to in the background) the 40th Annual Juno Awards. A few days ago I wrote about how Canadian content is going to become irrelevant as more and more people start listening to Canadian music naturally, without the need for enforcement. I think this edition of the awards is a […]
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