Harry Shannon
If you believe the latest projections, the Liberals will get the most seats in the next Canadian Parliament. The excellent website 338Canada.com has the Conservatives slightly ahead in the popular vote, but getting only 123 seats compared with 137 for the Liberals. Still not the 170 needed for a majority, though. It seems th…
Month: October 2019
Utopia for Realists
Harry Shannon
One of the most interesting books I’ve read lately is Utopia for Realists by the Dutch writer
Rutger Bregman. I’m not going to give
you a long review or description; just enough, I hope, to get you to read it.
Depending on where you look, the subtitles are
different. The one that gives away the
big themes of the…
News Flash! Province to remove number ‘13’ from crossing countdowns.
Harry Shannon
Premier Doug Ford today announced what he called ‘a new
world-leading safety measure.’ In a
first, Ontario will in future not allow the number ‘13’ on traffic
signals. Currently, when traffic lights
show pedestrians how long they have before the lights will change, ‘13’ appears
if the countdown is longer th…