Through the Eyes of a Pirate

Post-secondary education has long been held as the gateway to higher income, at least in comparison to mere high-school graduates and drop-outs. It is widely believed that completing any university program will guarantee a higher-than-average income. Unfortunately, this is about as far from reality as possible. Many university and college graduates currently enjoy being told they’re under-qu...

The long-dragging Federal Liberal Leadership race, involving nine Liberals of various pedigrees, had its first drop-out earlier today. Technology lawyer George Takach, a long-shot by any sense of the imagination, stepped out of the race promising to run for a Liberal nomination in 2015. His step out of the race came with an endorsement for Justin Trudeau, claiming “Justin has what it takes t...

Economics tells us that the markets are ruled by a careful balance of supply and demand. Additionally, it states that markets will self-correct, provided several conditions are adhered to: There are many suppliers and consumers The markets are allowed to play freely, without government mandated minimum or maximum prices or quantity of supply The value of currency remains relatively stable The un...

Governments have a number of purposes, with chief of among them being selecting a direction for a country’s focus and making life better for its citizens. From that central goal, all the other ministries, whether they be military, culture, economics, scientific research, or any of the dozens of other Minister positions that change several times per election cycle. Over time, this has led to...

Like our neighbours to the south, those of us in Canada stayed up late into the night eagerly watching the results of the 2012 American Election. Unlike many Americans however, Canadians generally have a better understanding of how the electoral congress chooses the President, and how that congress is chosen separately by the voters and are only required in some states to follow the popular vote...

With the release of the latest census data, there will be a great handwringing about the state of French-English bilingualism in Canada, and anti-immigration sentiment is likely to flourish despite our need for their skills, usually good work ethic, and their numbers. With only 17.5% officially reporting as being French-English bilingual, marking the continuing decline of French-Speaking Canada...

The past week has presented some interesting changes in the Canadian Telecom Industry. With the CRTC boldly striking a new direction with its refusal of the Bell-Astral merger(1), Wind Mobile’s internal restructuring(2), and the CRTC’s move to create a national wireless code of conduct(3), things are on the move. The question is whether those moves are good for consumers, corportations...

Yesterday evening, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty informed the Liberal caucus & assembled media that he was stepping down as Premier & leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario(1). Although stating that he will remain MPP for Ottawa-South, a riding owned by the McGuintys at both Federal and Provincial levels, the Premier has prorogued the government. Effectively, the now-former Liberal leade...

Oh Canada… In the past few months, I’ve had some “separatist” discussions with a few anglo friends. One would tend to think that it would’ve happened before, as I have been living in the only truly bilingual city in this country for 35 years, but apparently not. I guess I’ve never had these discussions before because I am not very political, I am not a separatis...

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the Federal Government quietly announced that it would be starting a pilot in 2014 to allow people to file Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) requests online. With the current system for filing ATIP requests having been established in 1982, with only additional red tape added to the pile since its inception, the development of an online system is step forward f...