Quick post: cited by Streetsblog

Just thought I would link to a comment of mine cited today at Streetsblog about Ed Fay, the most selfish idiot commuter in New York City, as it turns out.
See it Here.

Quick Thought

Has anyone else noticed that the Harper Conservatives appear to have abandonned their previous commitment to fixed election dates?
Am I just missing it, or is there no new fixed eleciton date?

Sore Loser

You’ve lost Norm. It’s to go fishing, permanently.

The Irrationality of Cash in Lieu of Parking

In a city with parking restrictions on major commercial office development that is investing in a new LRT system with a downtown subway, why are we still talking about cash in lieu of parking?
The theory behind it is that businesses that don’t provide enough parking spaces for their customers will push the burden onto the [...]

Insanity in Detroit

TEAR IT DOWN?

Not surprising, really, but have a look at this.
It would seem that some of the bright ideamen and women of Detroit City Council would like to see this glorious and historic train station face EMERGENCY demolition. Even as $8bn was put forward in the 2009 budget for High Speed Rail. Even as Ontario [...]

Would they say the same today?

Just five years ago, I was a young naive first year student in POLI 211, Introduction to Comparative Politics. My professor, a former East German journalist, Dietlind Stolle, asked the class what they thought  equality should be mean. Was it equality of opportunity or equality in results?
The class overwhelmingly supported the former. My professor was [...]

Press Releases are not Articles

Recently, I had a Google alert come up for my riding name, “Nepean-Carleton” with this article in a local free weekly advertiser.
The article, published under the by line “SPECIAL TO THIS WEEK” appeared to be verbatim press release from the office of my Progressive Conservative MPP, Lisa MacLeod. In this piece, she argues against a [...]

A Letter in the Ottawa Citizen

I’ve had another letter to the editor published in the Ottawa Citizen, you can read it here.
Essentially, it was a letter in support of an earlier letter to the editor encouraging OC Transpo and the STO to offer public transportation to Gatineau Park and other outdoor public amenities.
I felt I could add to the debate [...]

Liberal Helpings in London, UK

Two weeks ago, individuals and groups across Canada held small get-togethers for the Liberal Party of Canada. The event was called Liberal Helpings, and is part of the new grassroots effort being led by Rocco Rossi and others in the party to expand membership and increase involvement in the party.

Kate Townsend and I, not wanting [...]

Sea Change

Had I told you this would be a headline in the auto business section even as recently as a year ago, you all would have said I was crazy.
The times they are a-changing.