To think, we had our chance. A luscious one at that: green, fatty and garlicky smooth. Yet we didn’t let it sink in properly up here. That heralding moment […]
Month: May 2016
Failing Foreign Workers: Work Visas and Medical Deportation in Canada
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has come under fire recently for letting a foreign worker die. In late 2014, Sheldon McKenzie, a thirty nine year […]
Trudeau’s Elbow: Some Advice for our Prime Minister and the NDP
I really thought the US would get there first and we’d see a fistfight on the floor of the House of Representatives before what happened […]
Turning an Outrage into a Vindication: Ghomeshi, Peace Bonds and Kathryn Borel
On May 11, 2016 the Jian Ghomeshi scandal was brought to what is for many a disappointing end. On that day it was announced that […]
Using Language Politics to Divide and Conquer: A Crash Course on The Office de la Langue Française
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Quebec politicians desiring of success must be in want of the support of the French speaking majority. There […]
When Your Soapbox is Burning, Stop Preaching: Wildfires are a Disaster. Period.
Fort MacMurray and large swaths of Northern Alberta have been burning for a few days. Homes and communities have been destroyed and people have died, […]
The Limits of Parental Discretion: The Necessaries of Life and the Stephan Case
Last week dealt a major blow to anti-vaxxers everywhere when Alberta’s David and Collet Stephan were convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life […]
Favourite Meals of the US Presidential Candidates Both Real and Imagined
What do the 2016 US Presidential candidates eat? What do their gastronomic ways say about their presidential personality? Though it only lasted five months, our […]