Feb 17, 20185 min read
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...
Sep 22, 20174 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...
Jul 10, 20175 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...
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,...
Jun 4, 20159 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 18, 20146 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 12, 20142 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...
Apr 25, 20143 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,...
Jan 8, 20148 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...
