Here’s your who’s-who guide to who’s taking us backward The Conservative Party will soon assemble again for a leadership convention, after Erin O’Toole was ousted for not being Conservative enough. Those standing for election to be the next leader are a rogues’ gallery of people who each express their conservatism in a different way: […]
This story first appeared in the Blocked Party member newsletter. I had a shameful secret in the early 2000s. I didn’t share it with my friends or family. I engaged in a habit behind locked doors during hours when I was certain nobody would be able to hear me or catch wind of what I […]
You may have recently read a passionate defence of Sir John A MacDonald (one of Canada’s worst prime ministers) in the Atlantic. It came on the heels of a series of defacings and removals of monuments to Canadian historical figures with ties to our residential school system, a re-education camp/concentration camp hybrid designed primarily for […]
When non-essential workers went on Work from Home in March of 2020, many left snacks and personal items in their desks, thinking that the situation would be temporary, probably lasting maybe one month or two. Little did they know that over a year later, those workers are looking at an uncertain in-office future and a […]
The pandemic should prompt a reassessment of the Soviet handling of the Chernobyl disaster among anti-communists. In May 2019, viewers gathered for what was billed as a classic TV spectacle: the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. Upon release, many column inches were spent discussing how the series ‘shone a light’ on ‘what really happened’ in the […]
Over the years, when people have found out I’m Canadian, I’ve had to field numerous weird questions: Do you ever get summer? (Yes) Was Celine Dion’s Wedding the top rated television program in Canadian history? (Also Yes) Do you eat Loons? (For the record: we don’t, generally speaking!) But lately, I’ve been consistently getting only […]
Canada should keep political ads off of television and social media. With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority government recently threatened by the possibility of a Conservative-led non-confidence motion, Canada could be thrust into another election and, with that, an onslaught of campaign ads that will damage the country. We need to prep for what that […]
The Monarchy is a representation of what makes Canada’s history shameful and rotten. It’s time we parted ways. As the world turns Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle’s departure from royal life into incessant tabloid stories about dual loyalties, the woman who “stole” the prince and spurned brothers, the question Canadians ought to be asking […]
Ownership In the Age of Printable Goods: The Collision between 3D Printing and Intellectual Property
This post originally appeared on the C2 blog 3D Printing: Things on Demand 3D printing (or additive manufacturing) is an old method of manufacturing powered by a new way of acquiring and assembling manufacturing instructions. If you have an object you’d like to replicate, you scan it with a 3D scanner. That scanner […]