Archive for Politics
FSW Blogosphere Challenge 2: Where are your priorities?
Duncan at Four Strong Winds posed the question: “If you were to suddenly become Prime Minister, and you had the potential to enact any policies you wanted (regardless of how “politically viable” they may or may not be), what would your top 3 priorities be, and how would you approach them?” Here’s my response. Its [...]
An Election…
There’s an electing coming in Canada. I can’t bring myself to care. I’ve been a long time advocate of participating in our democratic system, but in the past few federal elections, I’m finding it incredibly difficult to really place faith in the system. This change could be from my changing ideas about how a government [...]
What is wrong with me?
Why is it that every time I start being interested in a group or communty (in person or online), I immediately want to find out what their mandate/bylaws/organizational structure looks like and make changes?
Taxing the online world, part deux
Gamespot reported today that eBay will be delisting most virtual items posted for sale. This announcement comes after the disclosure of sweatshops opening in Asia dedicated to ‘gold-farming’. The gold earned in the online is then sold to eager buyers who do not have the time to put into the game. Last month, I posted [...]
Boxing Day is a no-go in Nova Scotia
Thanks to Prime Minister Trudeau and his ‘wonderful’ Charter, the courts have determined that provincial statutes preventing businesses from operating on Sundays and other holidays are unconstitutional. I have no argument with the interpretation of the Charter on this matter. However, this has contributed to the commercialization of various holidays, which bothers me. Thankfully, there [...]
Taxing the online world
As a few of you know, people have been selling other people items and the like for real money over online services like eBay. I’ve heard of real estate, characters, and weapons being sold. Recently, this practice has gained the interest of IRS (Article). While I dislike taxation, I’ve found that due to the (unfortunate) [...]
Cheating Academics
I recently just completed my Midterm exams, and I was able to do quite well. A lot better than I did back in my Engineering days. But, everything is better than it was then, academically. I do miss the friendships I had at the University quite a bit. I digress. My business law teacher came [...]
Electronic Voting and You
Dr. Michael Geist has weighed in on electrionic voting. You can read the Toronto Star article here: Time To Cast A Vote Against E-Voting. It is an interesting read, and also brings up alot of concerns regarding e-voting.
Rights of Prisoners
We just finished discussing the Charter and Human Rights in my Business Law class. With the introduction of the Charter, alot of things changed in Canada. One particular issue that I found particularly contradictory to my feelings on how things ‘should’ be was that prisoners are allowed to vote. The particular case we discussed was [...]
Smear Campaigns of Years Gone By…
I’m sure most of you remember these gems: Bazin Campaign Sharma Campaign Smith Campaign
