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Peak knowledge

I'm suffering from post-election politics burnout, so I'm just going to riff on an idea here and see where it leads. It seems every government, from City Hall to Parliament Hill, is trying to "position ourselves in the knowledge economy". There is much fanfare about technological pioneers in the …

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Change is gonna come

I have to admit, a few weeks ago I believed that this election would result in a parliament very much like the last one. Liberal, Tory, same old story. How wrong was I. The NDP are on track to nearly triple their 2008 seat count. The Bloc Québécois has been crushed to just 3 seats. And Elizabeth …

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Students want something to vote for - where is it?

I've already raised the issue of the inability of Canada's political parties to resonate with people's concerns. Now, the Canadian Education Project has released a report about the voting intentions of students across the country. Check out the report itself (PDF) for all the nitty-gritty, but what …

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Putting the Mother back in Nature

It's raining. Melissa and I are biking down highway 6 from Tobermory, letting the fat drops of water hit our faces as we cycle towards Singing Sands Provincial Park. We know the forecast called for scattered showers today, but we'd been cooped inside for the last two days and cabin fever got the …

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