Commenting policy
Building off of Erik’s front page post on the League’s commenting policy, I thought it appropriate to bring it up here. I like the League’s policy, and we’ll follow it here. Like most of you, much of what drew me… Continue Reading
Author: Jonathan McLeod
The dangers of doomsaying
The Ottawa Citizen‘s Dan Gardner has a good analysis of the way in which environmentalists have undermined their case with their extreme rhetoric: If we fully develop Alberta’s oilsands and burn the oil they produce, we will raise the temperature… Continue Reading
Tim Horton’s, Anne Murray and a Canadian Civil War
I know there are some strong feelings about Tim Horton’s around here, and some even stronger feelings about Anne Murray (which I totally don’t understand). So, for all of you looking for cracks in the facade of Canadian unity, I… Continue Reading
“Just mail $1 to sorry Prime Minister.”
There’s a bit of a scandal brewing up here. The Ottawa Citizen‘s Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher broke the story that the servers of a call centre with ties to the Conservative Party were used for misleading and potentially illegal robocalls… Continue Reading
Canadian government willing to let a man die
For quite some time, it has been a standard policy of the Canadian government (stretching back before the current government) to intervene on behalf of any Canadian sentenced to death in a foreign land. For one person, though, the government’s… Continue Reading
More reasons to hate the 1%
Okay, so this could be seen as my second consecutive post that attacks the wealthy. I don’t mean to get into any sort of class warfare, but, sometimes, things just come up. Recently, Jonathan Kay (an editor for National Post)… Continue Reading
This is why people hate the 1%
Woe is the lowly millionaire with nothing to do but worry about what might fill up his time: I’m a 34-year-old father of two living in Regina. My wife and I plan to retire in eight years with a net… Continue Reading
Unions are their own worst enemy
One of the most talked-about Super Bowl ads in Canada was a Budweiser ad in which they crashed a beer league with a few thousands fans, a jumbotron and announcers. It was, as you can imagine, an exciting moment for… Continue Reading
Torture and security
I saw many tweets describing Chris Selley’s column on torture as the most sensible take we’ve seen recently. I must agree: Never mind, for now, the implausibility of such a scenario and the unreliability of torture-derived information. What’s really interesting… Continue Reading
What does a caterpillar do but slink away?
Do you remember the story about the lock-out of Electro Motive employees in London, Ontario? Well, the union stood firm, and we have a resolution. Unfortunately, that resolution is the shuttering of the plant, as Caterpillar (the owner of Electro Motive) moves… Continue Reading