The Alberta government has some anti-mansplaining to do. Have you heard the one where a government in Canada ran an essay contest designed, ostensibly, to inspire and encourage women between the ages of 17 and 25 to get involved in politics, and awarded third place to a misogynistic screed? The conservative government of Alberta (now you laugh) is…

The recent speech from the throne perpetuates harms by not acknowledging that fact. Did you listen to the Ontario speech from the throne? Me neither. I was busy trying to be productive so I can afford to buy bread for my children. I did read it, though. And you know what jumped at me from the text? First, there’s a lot of attention…

I am beyond incensed that some people on the right think nothing of using the bones of a dead soldier to rail against vaccine mandates that no longer exist. This week in the Ottawa Citizen I wrote about the War Memorial and how it should be off-limits to any and all protests. One of the things that bother me about it is the silence from the usual conservative pro-military law-and-order rule-Britannia pro-anglosphere crowd. If a group of progressives trampled…

When the easiest part of your PhD is mastering Lacan, you know you’ve got a problem. Fortunately there’s always Guinness. Nobody ever goes to England for the warmth. I brought mine with me. And so did she. I came from Montréal, she from Brazil. I don’t remember her name. Only how she felt. Dancing, I like to say, is the body laughing. At least when it’s done well. Sometimes, when…

It is — how to put this nicely — stupid and inane to reward politicians for hanging around as long as possible. A little news item caught my attention recently, about how the taxpayers of Ottawa would be on the hook for half a million dollars, more or less, for severance pay for councillors and, famously, one mayor not seeking re-election. That was a long sentence. Pun intended. The system is set…

Excuse me, that’s HOW MANY Canadians who think white people are mistreated? You wouldn’t know about it if a certain lovely someone (he knows who he is) hadn’t helped me discover the genius of Warren Zevon but I am here to tell you that it is entirely possible to be witty and funny while pretending to complain that you’re being badly done…

Being a prisoner of anger, no matter how justified, makes you unfree. Independence means happiness and hotdogs and fireworks. Not to me, it doesn’t. Independence requires freedom. And I am not free, my love. I am angry. I am a prisoner of my anger. I have done so much work on myself but you know, the work keeps expanding. I was raised…

Comme quoi on peut être beau et carapate en même temps. Artiste: R. Robson Je sais, je ne suis pas censée regarder mon téléphone en traversant la rue. Mais voilà, je vous serai gré de bien vouloir garder vos commentaires pour vous. L’urgence présumée de la situation et le petit bing … Patatras, quelle collision gênante. D’où il sort, lui, au…

Il y a des coups de pied au cul qui se perdent. — L’original, en anglais, est disponible ici. Randy Hillier, le député provincial indépdendant de Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, est convaincu d’être persécuté parce qu’il vient d’être accusé de neuf chefs liés à sa participation au convoi de la soi-disant libarté. J’ai tellement levé les yeux au ciel que je me suis foutu un entorse…