Daylight Savings Time.

This nonsense has got to stop! Why is this done? Growing up, we were all told it was for "the farmers". Years ago Saskatchewan voted not to springforward/fallback (so when I call family I have to quickly figure out if their 1 or 2 hours ahead but thats no hardship), but "the farmers" don't move their clocks so we can't blame them. I blame Benjamin Franklin for thinking to much, yes you can think too much. Let's stick with one time all year and let everyone else deal with it. Seriously, how can we stop this. It makes me crazy every October er, November and April, I mean March or is it May? AArrgh!

Peace, Order and Good Government.

Buried in the British North America Act of 1867 is the national motto of Canada: Peace, Order and Good Government. Seemingly mundane but so essential in the federalism battles occuring around the world. The world needs more Canada.

Air India Inquiry.

It's not surprising just how incompetent (yet again) the RCMP and CSIS were in the lead up to the bombing of Flight 182 on June 23, 1985. Sadly, I don't think there's a "conspiracy" to cover-up what went on before and after 329 people, most canadian citizens, were murdered, but racist indifference. I recall when this terrorist attack happened a general perception was that it was "An Indian Problem". The public inquiry into this bungled investigation will hopefully fix some of the myriad of problems with the RCMP and CSIS.

Vimy Memorial.

I've seen pictures in the past, but the recent media attention accompanying the re-dedication of the Vimy Memorial in France were, for me, quite striking. It is as an impressive a memorial to honour fallen soldiers as I have ever seen. It made me proud to be a Canadian for the government to restore it. It will be mandatory for me to go there the next time I'm overseas.

Conservative Budget.

Well, well, well its amazing what a little over a year of being in power will do. I can't believe how far they've moved to the centre since forming the Government. I would have reduced the GST to 5% a little sooner, put a little money towards Olympic Athletes training, allowed spousal income-splitting--not just for seniors, happy to see a big payment on the federal debt, but this 'fiscal imbalance' crap sucks. The Conservatives have succombed to the Seperatists propaganda about hard done by Quebec is. Hopefully the Charest led provincial Liberals will do well in the election and the PQ will continue to self destruct. This past week we had yet another example of how a significant portion of French Canadian nationalism is racist. The PQ leaders racist statements about Asian students in university wouldn't be tolerated any where else in Canada but its ok in Quebec.

Shooting the Messengers.

The recent media reports on Al Gore's house and what vehicle David Suzuki drives shows how desperate those who haven't woken up to sustainability are. I'm not completely sold on Global Warming-we have only been keeping verifiable weather records for a little over 100 years, but we all can do better on the pollution front especially Canadians (the worst polluters per capita in the world). Critics don't want to address the message so they go after the messengers. In a way it shows they are starting to get an audience.

Auto Sector.

The announcement this morning by DaimlerChryslers' Chrysler division that some 13000 jobs, 2000 in Canada-er, Ontario, are going to be cut is worrisome indeed for the North American Auto Sector. The so-called big 3 (Ford, GM, Dodge) are all in serious trouble. Billions of dollars in debt, facing huge losses somethings gotta give. They should bounce back with large scale re-organizations, embracing 21st Century thinking and getting better at anticipating and delivering on niche vehicles. The companys that welcome change are succeeeding, just look at Toyota. The Big 3 have become dinosaurs and we all know what happened to the dinosaurs.