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Canada’s current election is really making me fatigued.
See, I am a ‘yellow dog’ conservative. 
 
(the wonderful yellow dog in the picture is available for adoption.  http://www.paws-saipan.org/homeless.asp)
This phrase comes to me from my father, from his French Canadian grandfather, who proudly exclaimed to all who would listen that he would have voted for the Conservative party even [...]

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It was the 5th anniversary of the ‘great’ Ontario/US blackout yesterday, when 50 million people in Ontario the Eastern US went without power for several days. 
“Five years ago Thursday, some 50 million North Americans suddenly lost their power and briefly learned to live without light, television and all the other energy-sucking conveniences that have become [...]

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I was sitting here the other day and had a strange thought.  Major accounting firms are similar to paramilitary operations.  In my youth, I spent about 10 years in these types of firms, so I feel qualified to make this strange observation.  Why do I think this, you may ask?

Rigid chain of command
Staff receive very specialized [...]

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Having driven in major cities within Canada for several decades now, I’d like to share some thoughts with others that I share the road with, since some fellow drivers seem to be lacking in a few areas.   I see these driving behaviours at least once a week.
DO NOT BACK UP ON ON-RAMPS
This has to go [...]

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I couldn’t stop shaking my head as I read the latest in Canadian cops and their use of tasers.  So not only are we the country that tasers non-English speaking tourists to death in airports, apparently we also tase 17 year old boys to death, and use repetitive taser shots to subdue an 82 year old man who [...]

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We are animal rights people.  Not those goofy people that go running around spraying people wearing fur with paint, but rather, we believe that if you own an animal it should be integrated into your life.  If you own a dog, it should live in the house so that it can be with its pack [...]

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I’m very curious about how its going with the Ontario Government’s test project that has high school students perform 40 hours of mandatory community service prior to graduating.   As in, are the kids taking part more or less likely to be adult volunteers?  Mandatory service is not volunteering as the choice has been removed from the individual.  [...]

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