

May 17, 20196 min read
RED, WHITE, AND BLUE NEW DEAL
You’ve likely noticed Progressives in America all atwitter with talk of what is being called the Green New Deal. And, as the nation that...


Aug 20, 201810 min read
BORDERLESSNESS
The Atlantic magazine carried an article called "The Case For Getting Rid of Borders – Completely." I really wanted to hear something...


Mar 16, 20178 min read
HOUNDINGS (UPDATED)
In August 2016 I shipped my belongings from Ontario to Alberta on Greyhound. The shipment was in two parts with two separate tracking...


Mar 14, 20176 min read
HOW TO FUND A WORKER CO-OP
We’ve spent two years getting a worker-owned co-op from conception to construction. The business is a for-profit bakery in the heart of...


Aug 31, 20162 min read
MY CO-OP STORY
(First published by the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation) Like most thirty-somethings I've worked in many different fields: from...


May 6, 20163 min read
THIS YEAR AND LAST
And so it was, the year of their Lord, two-thousand-six-teen. And there was a Queen, with a large jaw, and a Duke, with a pale-face,...


Feb 24, 20164 min read
“WEALTHIEST”
An interesting study came out the other day. It was an internal government research report comparing wealth accumulation trends by...


Nov 10, 20155 min read
THIS IS NOT THAT
Racism is a very serious allegation and we should be very harsh in our condemnation of acts of racism – even more so than we are today....


May 29, 20157 min read
MOPS AND COFFEE or CAPITALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
I thought the deal was that “privately owned productive enterprises, in a highly competitive marketplace, will produce ever-better...


May 6, 201515 min read
MIND THE GAP
In the last few weeks the media has been full of reports about the gender pay gap. Now, this issue has always bothered me, for its...
Apr 14, 20153 min read
ENTITLED MUCH?
An amazing new report was published by researchers out at UBC. Some of it you already know, but together and in detail I think it packs a...

Mar 26, 20153 min read
IDEAL CANDIDATE
I just saw this fun job ad for an outdoor school near Vancouver. The job required a minimum of two years experience working in...


Dec 4, 20146 min read
LITTLE CHANGE
Yesterday I was having a discussion with someone about cars and driving. (I’ve always said that I have no plan to buy a car until I can...
Nov 28, 20145 min read
LESS FOR MORE
In Canada we pay some of the highest taxes on the planet. But it’s not what you think. The personal and corporate tax rates paid to your...
Nov 7, 20144 min read
TAXES SHMAXES
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a network of 185 reporters in 65 countries, have collaborated on a...


Oct 24, 20146 min read
GETTING IN THE WAY
VPI inc. is a Canadian-owned “workforce management services company devoted to helping individuals and organizations better define and...
Oct 12, 20145 min read
THEY DON’T CALL IT CLASS WAR
Our elected and unelected leaders, from government and business, lie to our faces. And these storytellers never fabricate more...
Jul 25, 20146 min read
BUSINESS ETHICS
As of late there’s been an abundance of charitable campaigns on Twitter. This isn’t the seasonal call for money you get from your local...