By Frank Moher Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad the Wicked Witch is dead, and may now return to his true calling running far right-wing lobbying organizations and sitting on the boards of oil companies. However, I voted strategically to ensure that happened, and, even though the local candidate I voted for won, I am […]
Trudeau stands up
By Montreal Simon The other day I wrote a post where I asked, or begged our progressive leaders to elevate their game. To go big or go home. And make the struggle to defeat the Harper Cons a larger struggle to save Canada and its values. And I have to say that last night in […]
Jason Kenney’s “very cynical” letter
By Sandeep Chauhan Jason Kenney ought to love Charlie Sheen. Kenney and his office pulled a boner of a move with their fundraising letter targeting “very ethnic” communities, but it’s getting buffered a bit by Charlie’s shtick. I should probably be outraged, but I’m not. I should be shocked, but again I’m not. I just […]
Sorry, PQ, but my BC is multilingual
By Bev Schellenberg I see the Parti Quebecois are once again hammering BC for our perceived lack of French inclusiveness at last year’s Winter Olympics. Boy, are they going to be mad when they hear about our new language curriculum. If proposed changes go through, French is about to become just one among a number […]
Racists take note
On March 21, 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa, police opened fire on a group of protestors, injuring somewhere between 150 and 300 people and killing 69 others. The demonstrators were protesting apartheid, a legalized system of racial classification and segregation. Enforced by the South African government, inhabitants were classified into racial groups, with black South […]
The embarrassment of an ignorant monoglot
I had two weird experiences on public transit this week that have resulted in a conclusion that I find deeply embarrassing. The first incident involved a woman who is clearly not well. She might be mentally ill, or mentally disordered, or she might just be extraordinarily stupid. Anyway, I sat on the bench in Churchill […]
The man in the turban
Topaz Avenue is one of my favourite places to walk, here in Victoria. It’s a fairly steep climb (excellent for burning calories) and at the top is Summit Park, a quiet patch of wilderness secluded from urban life, where I like to go and think. Also on Topaz, about halfway up the hill, is a […]
