Nov 3, 202214 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 1, 20229 min read
MORE FROM THE TOP BRASS
The Emergencies Act Commission heard many hours of testimony from key figures within Ottawa and Ontario policing between October 21st and...
Oct 26, 20221 min read
I'D LIKE A SALOON
Karl: I’d like to start a saloon. Yarl: Oh really? Karl: Oh yes. I've got it all sorted out. Yarl: I bet. Karl: The main floor is...
Oct 22, 202215 min read
THE COMMISSION HEARS FROM CITY AND PROVINCIAL POLICE
Days six and seven offered us more illuminating inquiry. The people running police operations in Ottawa knew what was coming,...
Oct 19, 202212 min read
QUESTIONING POLICE OVERSIGHT AND INTELLIGENCE
On day five of the inquiry, October 19th, we started hearing from executives within local and provincial policing and intelligence...
Oct 14, 202221 min read
SOME KIND OF INQUIRY
Much has been learned in the opening days of the Emergencies Act inquiry. Many surprises have come out, too. I’m so glad I wrote about...
Sep 20, 20225 min read
POLAR BEAR SNOW JOB
The job would be monitoring a threatened polar bear population. Most of us new recruits were well-educated and comfortable out of doors...
Aug 30, 20224 min read
CONSIGNED TO MALIGN
I'd gotten a text message from a friend telling me I should listen to this podcast from someone named Ezra Klein. I didn't know the...
Jul 16, 20222 min read
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
David Suzuki used to have this metaphor he'd use when talking about climate change. He likened the problem and our inaction to a car...
Jun 24, 20221 min read
WHAT TO DO WITH PUBLIC MONEY
With all this talk about museums, I'd like to review our publicly owned Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (read: interprovincial...
