Month: May 2022

Canadians are not Americans, but you could be forgiven for thinking we are (friendly) Americans if you asked the average Canadian how our system of government functions. Phrases such as ‘we have a prime minister instead of a president’ or calling party leaders ‘traitors’ for forming a confidence and supply […]

I commend Councillor Cyril MacDonald for questioning the student jobs lottery. Having grown up in the CBRM, I was never one of the ‘lucky’ students chosen at random for a municipal summer job, notwithstanding the fact that my area of study would have made me an excellent candidate. Many of […]