Stupidest City in Canada

It’s official. I live in the stupidest city in Canada. Toronto City Council just approved spending $8.5 million for a fucking flag pole! This 125 meter erection will be in the lovely community of Emery Village, near Highway 400 and Finch Avenue. CBC reports, “Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti, who has been pushing the project, says it’s about [...]

Local Politics & Democracy

I don’t normally get too excited about politics. Ya, it sucks when some elected official absconds with a million dollars or some boondoggle like the G20 blows a billion dollars but so what, “it’s only money“. I can handle the false apologies, the broken promises and general corruption that is generally associated with politics. (See [...]

Morning commute

Today was “Ride your bike to work” day, which for me is like every other weekday, except that I rode in with a large group of cyclist taking over a whole lane. It was wonderful. There is something liberating and comforting about having such a large group of cyclists together. No motorists shouting or swearing [...]

When social media goes astray

Recently in the Toronto news there has been a fair amount of traffic around the issue of social media and the TTC. The media has managed to make a mountain of a molehill and managed to distract the union and it’s head Bob Kinnear from the issue at hand. That however isn’t what interests me. [...]

Why the Toronto strike will be a loss for workers

Whether you feel the striking CUPE workers in Toronto are right or not, you have to conclude that the striking workers will lose. No matter what happens in the end, whether they go back voluntarily, are legislated back to work, or strike until their demands are met, the (wo)man on the front lines loses. The problem unfortunately is a simple matter of mathematics.

House hunting

Zuimei and I have begun house hunting with the help of our friend and realtor Tim. I was absolutely shocked at the state of most of the houses we looked at. We are expecting to pay around $350,000 give or take a few thousand and I am stunned at the conditions some of these houses were [...]