It’s my birthday. I’m 29 today. I have a strange reaction to that number, 29. Around classmates who are 22, 23, 24, I joke about being old, and I know I’m not, but I also know I’m not really young anymore.
I’ve spent a lot of time in recent years wondering when I will become a [...]
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What happened in Montreal in 1989 was an act of hate, resentment and fear. It was an act of entitlement. It was the act of a man who felt that he deserved something, that he was entitled by birthright to a privileged education, with all of the socioeconomic benefits that this would entail. It was [...]
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….what Michaelle Jean is thinking? Because actually, this assessment seems pretty accurate.
Now, prorogation seems to me to be definitely in the realm of higher-level courses in Canadian political science, and at least part of the story seems to be that she’s doing it because that’s pretty much the way it goes for the GG when [...]
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Matttbastard, as per usual, is doing a great job staying on top of the various relevant points that are coming out now that there’s something big happening in Canadian politics. The links he’s got on his various posts over there flesh out better than I ever could the whats, hows and whys of this possible [...]
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