Red Cedar
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Category: Analytic Ranting
Please raise my taxes.
Dear Mayor and Council, I am asking for you to raise my property taxes. Seriously. As a Vancouver homeowner, I am asking that Mayor and Council raise my property taxes rather than facing cuts to Vancouver’s libraries, parks and recreation, and community services in… Continue Reading “Please raise my taxes.”
So too, we move on.
I just booked travel for next week – Vancouver to Kelowna, Kelowna to Penticton, Penticton to Nanaimo (by way of Vancouver), then Nanaimo to Vancouver. Four days. Four meetings. But if I make it through they will be my last ones so I don’t… Continue Reading “So too, we move on.”
The Tories hate me (and you too!)
Oh, the wheels of justice certainly do turn slowly. Over a year ago (May 1st), my union filed a charter challenge against the omnibus budget bill passed in the wake of the 1st prorogation of parliament (Bill C-10). Not only did that bill pass… Continue Reading “The Tories hate me (and you too!)”
A brief reflection.
(Edited to correct an error made in identifying people as belonging to a group they do not) I’ve noticed a jump in my stats since I published my Under the Volcano talk on here yesterday, and I’ve got to say that makes me feel… Continue Reading “A brief reflection.”
Activists take heart: Twenty years of making a difference
(This comprises the talk I was going to give at Under the Volcano but was unable to. I’ve added onto it a bit, mainly the intro, given the lack of constraints on time in print.) So, a few weeks ago, I got an email… Continue Reading “Activists take heart: Twenty years of making a difference”
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