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Trudeau deserves to lose (September 24, 2019)

Canada | Politics | Government | elections | proportional representation

As I’ve stated before, Trudeau and the Liberals made a very specific promise in 2015. It is still on (more...)

'Pipeline won't get built.' (March 23, 2018)

Politics | Government | environment | oil

See: The day oil rained down on Burnaby Ever since I moved to BC, not far from the path of the (more...)

Capitalism only works if there is competition (December 8, 2017)

Government | Business | Economics

Everything I’m going to write here seems painfully obvious to me, but apparently is not well k (more...)

Trudeau: Implement PR, or prepare to lose (January 23, 2017)

Canada | Politics | Government | elections | proportional representation

This is an open letter to Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. January 23rd, 2017 Dear Jus (more...)

How to win an election in 2016 (November 9, 2016)

psychology | Politics | Government

This was the first time I’ve ever bet real money on an election. And I won. Even I’m a b (more...)

Why Trump Could Still Win (October 17, 2016)

psychology | Politics | Government | international

My original title for this post was “Why Trump Will Win.” Since then, nearly every major (more...)

Saving a bureaucratic software project (July 11, 2015)

Politics | programming | Government | Development | Health | Project Management

A recently published article, “The Secret Startup That Saved the Worst Website in America&rdqu (more...)

Tax avoidance schemes: A simple solution (March 9, 2015)

Tax | Government | Business | Economics

This morning I read the following CBC article: Corporate tax avoidance ‘scheme’ hur (more...)

Why make a profit? (October 29, 2014)

Government | Business | Economics

Many have criticized Amazon.com for being unprofitable since inception. If you ask me, they’re (more...)

Fix Toronto Streetcars Tomorrow (September 20, 2012)

rant | accident | driving | Politics | Government | traffic

Dear Toronto, Your streetcars have always caused me a lot of grief. First, their schedules are so in (more...)
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