

THE STRANGE MULTIPLICATION OF "DIVISION"
In 2018, it seems weekly we have another report or op-ed hitting home how "America is so divided" and "never been so divided." I read...
Feb 17, 20185 min read


BORDERS
In recent weeks I've come across many public declarations (in person, on the news, and on social media) claiming “no refugee has ever...
Sep 22, 20174 min read


OK
This Omar Khadr case is far more interesting than the banter in your local or national paper, on the evening news or on Twitter. What I...
Jul 10, 20175 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...
Aug 31, 20162 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,...
May 6, 20163 min read


THE GREATEST CANADIAN
Tommy Douglas is widely considered one of the greatest ever Canadians. The story most of us know is that, as a social-democratic...
Jun 4, 20159 min read
MEASURING DIFFERENCE
When we calculate things like income disparity in this country we don’t typically look at the difference between people’s incomes. (No,...
Jun 18, 20146 min read
EVIDENCE-BASED
In my lifetime corporate taxes have been slashed in half, from 36% down to 15%. (And we can thank Prime Ministers Mulroney, Chretien, and...
Jun 12, 20142 min read

SUBJECT, CITIZEN, CONSUMER
It makes me laugh to think about our present notion of a model citizen and worker. You can hear elected officials, school administrators,...
Apr 25, 20143 min read
THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION or WHAT EVERY BRITISH COLUMBIAN NEEDS TO KNOW
British Columbia’s Ministry of Education has developed a new Education Plan. Their stated aim is to improve the provincial education...
Jan 8, 20148 min read


LEST WE REMEMBER
Some say that Remembrance Day is a time when we get to celebrate our freedom, a freedom hard-won by the brave veterans who fought and...
Nov 11, 20127 min read
CREATIVE or PRECARIOUS?
I came across a report put together by PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the Business Council of British Columbia. The report clearly defines...
Jun 29, 20116 min read
WHO’S COUNTING?: MISREPRESENTATION, FORCED VOTES, and SPOILED BALLOTS
Most folks I know, many of whom tend to avoid political discussion most of the time, can get pretty passionate about elections and voting...
Apr 11, 201121 min read