A BoB short: The Gitga’at Nation of Hartley Bay, B.C. has reported an oil spill, between two and five miles long and 200 feet wide inside the Grenville Channel, not far from the proposed tanker route for the Enbridge Gateway pipeline. According to a media release, the spill, believed to be from a sunken munitions […]
First Nations
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 […]
Oh Canada, grow up
Canada’s international reputation will sink into the slime that was once the Arctic Ocean if we don’t stop two monumental hypocrisies: refusing to cap carbon emissions unless China and India do, and, secondly, lecturing Iran on human rights violations when we routinely oppress our own citizens. In both instances, Canadians cannot point the finger at […]
Iraq in Ontario
There is at least one difference between Americans building up justifications to invade Iraq in order to grab its natural resources and Europeans invading Canada several hundred years ago to harvest the natural resources here. We are significantly more polite about it. Plus, we have decided to forget that we did it. As I write […]
I should be so oppressed
I try to stay in a good mood about Quebec. I really do. I try to think fond thoughts about rural Quebec and its picturesque little roads and the charming Montreal restaurants nad bakeries. And, well, Mordecai Richler was from Quebec. But really I do not like Quebec. I find that I cannot think of […]
