A brief remark regarding the return of four dead Canadian soldiers to Canada.
In shutting down media access to the event, Stephen Harper and Gordon O’Connor have stated repeatedly that the return of bodies from Afghanistan is a private affair for family and military officials. The sacred aura of the bodies and the affiliated grief and […]
I received this email only today and am infuriated. When public consultation is dealt with in a shoddy way it demonstrates a deep disregard for other people’s perspectives, knowledge and opinions. I am horrified by the thought of a government that would make such a manipulative mistake.
There has certainly been a lot of […]
the following was sent to me by my grampa some time ago (thanks grumps!). i don’t know who wrote it, but i’d love to hear some thoughts and arguments. there is some good in it, i think, and then some terrible sweeping statements that blur important, humanizing details. lots to think about anyway. fyi- the […]
Late last week on CBC Radio One, I had the pleasure of hearing Liberal MP Hedy Fry - among others - take a run at Conservative Minister of International Trade David Emerson during the nascent stages of this most recently convened session of Parliament. That it is the first session undertaken by Stephen Harper’s minority […]
I decided to throw one more project in the air recently and to take on putting together a book for young adults about the design experiment I was a part of last year. Though the idea had been hatching for a while, the making of it was precipitated by the upcoming Vernissage for the new […]
