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...
Mar 13, 20153 min read
TSO WHAT?
I always love a good food documentary. Last night I watched The Search for General Tso . Though a little bland, the doc had some funny...
Feb 27, 20152 min read
ENDING THE CONFLICT
It feels like we’re having a really tough time with this. So let’s walk through it together. There is no conflict between freedom of...
Feb 23, 20158 min read
THE SKY HAS NEVER LOOKED SO BLUE
I was recently blessed with an eye exam. I’d never been to an optometrist and thought my vision was fine, but I’ve spent about ten years...
Jan 11, 201512 min read
CHARLIE WHO?
Regarding the issues surrounding Charlie Hebdo, and the murders that recently took place in France, many folks I know have quoted or...
Jan 6, 20153 min read
THE PATH MOST TRAVELLED
One of the things I love about winter is the snow; but not for the skiing or snowmobiling, for the aesthetic or even the quiet it brings,...
Jan 1, 20155 min read
HOW TO SAVE LIVES
Hamilton RIDE checks snag 30 impaired drivers. Hamilton chapter president for Mothers Against Drunk Driving says RIDE program is...
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 28, 20147 min read
SPECTRA
“Do you often wish to be alone?” I knew I should make eye contact in this setting but, as ever, didn't. “Often,” I admitted. She went on....
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...
Sep 9, 20141 min read
THE PATH LESS TRAVELLED?
Robert Frost did not write: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference....
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...
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...
