Tag Archives: Canada
Impromptu Art
In a weird way, it makes sense. Public art, created by the people, just outside Canada’s National Gallery. When you are inside the gallery you are required to wear a sticker that shows you have paid the admission fee. Each day the sticker is a different color – that way people are less likely to […]
Winter Blues
When i went out this morning it was drizzling. Freezing drizzle. Which then changed to snow. I was not impressed. I’m tired of winter. Spring is here according to the calendar, but snow and ice continues to fall. It seems like it has been longer than usual. Maybe that is a sign of my getting […]
Are You Green Today?
I’m not sure my Irish roots allow me to properly celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today, even if on March 17 everyone be is Irish. Whatever I do, I certainly won’t be drinking green beer. That just seems wrong. My family emigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1846. Yes, Anderson is a Scottish name. We weren’t […]
Regime Change
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney can be forgiven if he feels a little bit like he has a target on his back these days. It isn’t his domestic political opponents he has to worry about. Carney has been unequivocal about Canada’s independence. It will not become the 51st US state. Nor will he back down […]
Friday’s Question
In the news this week I noted that tanker from Australia carrying liquid natural gas had docked in Saint John, New Brunswick after a 25,000 kilometre voyage. That struck me as strange. According to the US Department of Energy, Canada has enough natural gas reserves to meet the needs of the entire planet for the […]
Is This Irony?
Irony: the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. These postcards have been showing up in parliamentary offices for the last year or so, sent by people who want the Canadian government to act on the situation in Gaza. On the revesere is a name and […]
Back To Work
It’s Monday. For most people it is the start of the work week. For Canada’s civil servants it is another day closer to having to go back to work. It’s not that they haven’t been working. It is just that they have been working from home. They have been told that will change this summer, […]
“Hockey is Church”
Leaving the building on Friday two young men in the elevator asked if I as going to watch the Olympic gold medal hockey game between Canada and the USA Sunday morning. I said yes, at least the first two periods. After that would be leaving for church. “You should stay home and watch,” they said. […]
Crossing The Floor
It’s happened again. Third time in recent months. A Conservative Member of Parliament has crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join the governing Liberals. I have mixed feelings about floor crossings. I recognize the history. There’s a long tradition of MPs (and non-elected politicians) changing their mind on what party best represents […]
Another One For the USA
I don’t think I need to add to this. And, sadly, it will probably have to be explained to most Americans reading this.
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