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Saying goodbye to 2023
The last newsletter of the year is a great place to express gratitude -- griping shall resume in due course.
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A vote in every house
Not to be cynical or anything, but the flurry of housing initiatives are all suspiciously timed to benefit a party that was trailing in the polls. It…
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Pierre the Grinch
I know it's silly season but is it too much to ask that our stunts have some kind of point?
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Shhh, and no spitting please
All the news that’s fit to email include security (and more) for libraries, thoughts on the unspeakably inane bail reform and free menstrual products…
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En anglais my foot
Quand une députée conservatrice vient me chercher dans la soupe aux pois, sacrament, elle me trouve. Oh, and no, Canada is not a bilingual country.
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Oh look, a P3 that works!
How trains and frisbees opened my eyes to successful public-private partnerships.
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Pierre Poilievre, political chicken
When Conservatives refuse to say where they stand, it's usually because they're busy letting the iron from the fence they're sitting on rust their…
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What does this Canal mean to you?
All the news that's fit to email include walloping the leader of the opposition for his irresponsible behaviour, toxic masculinity in school, word…
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Municipal superheroes to the rescue!
All the news that's fit to email this week include private health services that cost more than their public counterparts, more speed cameras and…
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A land of extremes
What happens when you lose sight of what unites a society is the commodification of everything and a giant fuck you to anyone who isn’t the fittest or…
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Are we panicking yet?
If there's one thing Jean Chrétien should have taught everyone, it's how not to fret.
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Against hatred
All the news that’s fit to email include the LRT not running well again, the capital city being full of rats, and a brilliant wine witch of a writer.
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