COMPASSION AND CLEAN DRUGS
BC’s Chief Coroner, Lisa Lapointe, came out in defence of “safe supply.” Safe supply being the tack recently adopted by the province to...
May 21, 20239 min read
USER EXPERIENCE
A true story
May 16, 20236 min read
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE
For eighty years humans have lived under the threat of a nuclear exchange between superpowers, intended or unintended. Despite the...
Apr 29, 20237 min read
FRAUD? WHAT FRAUD?
So, Canadian real estate. Yeah. The prices in Canadian residential real estate went from an already obscene high in 2020 to a peak 40%...
Feb 23, 20234 min read
OFF THE RAILS
I began hearing about faulty braking as the cause of the train derailment in Ohio starting on February 8th. More specifically David...
Feb 20, 20235 min read
BORN AGAIN
In a first-year Canadian History course, I was made to debate the invocation of the War Measures Act and the internment of "enemy aliens"...
Dec 2, 202218 min read
FINAL SUBMISSIONS
AS I HEARD THEM: So Commissioner Rouleau, for the record, my name is Sujit Choudhry and I’m counsel for the Canadian Constitution...
Nov 28, 202216 min read
FREELAND?
COUNSEL: Today in your evidence, you talked about the economic and financial consequences of the protests. And you talked about the...
Nov 25, 20229 min read
PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTERS
Counsel Miller questioned former Deputy Minister of Public Safety Rob Stewart. Stewart had testified about the threshold needing to be...
Nov 14, 20223 min read
SOME ORGANIZERS
Starting on November 1st, we began hearing testimony from the convoy organizers. Once again I was surprised by what came out. As the...
Nov 4, 202214 min read
WATER IS LIFE
What is going on with the water situation in this country? For more than ten years now I’ve been hearing about serious drinking and...
Jan 27, 20227 min read
CHOOSE YOUR OWN REALITY
[A SOCIALLY DISTANCED PANDEMIC PUB QUIZ] 1) COVID-19 will: A) Soon be forgotten B) Decide to disregard natural and anthropogenic...
Jan 23, 202217 min read
THE NOUVEAU NIHILISTS or A RESPONSE TO “WHY YOU SHOULDN’T LISTEN TO SELF-SERVING OPTIMISTS…”
Someone shared with me an article by a senior lecturer in sociology from Lund University, Roland Paulsen . Therein Paulsen offers a...
Nov 9, 20219 min read
"92% EFFICACY"
I was having an argument with someone about how we report our COVID cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths. My issue wasn’t...
Oct 22, 20216 min read
WHAT AM I MISSING?
We act as though seeking or divulging one’s vaccine status is simple and no big deal. I feel like it’s very complicated, more like a...
Aug 26, 20215 min read
I'LL GIVE YOU TEN REASONS
As I’ve said all pandemic, I’m in support of very strict, even unpleasant, public health measures for combating COVID. But such measures...
Jul 22, 20216 min read
VANCOUVER HOMELESSNESS COUNT
Total: 2005: 1,364 (Sheltered 773, Unsheltered 59) 2010: 1,715 (Sheltered 1,294, Unsheltered 421) 2015: 1,746 (Sheltered 1,258,...
Nov 19, 20202 min read
SHOULD YOUR WORKPLACE OFFER DIVERSITY TRAINING?
With so much discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly school and workplace trainings, I thought I would see what I...
Mar 7, 20199 min read
