Trudeau deserves to lose (September 24, 2019)Canada | Politics | Government | elections | proportional representationAs 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 | oilSee: 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 | EconomicsEverything 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 representationThis 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 | GovernmentThis 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 | internationalMy 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 ManagementA 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 | EconomicsThis morning I read the following CBC article: Corporate tax avoidance ‘scheme’ hur (more...)
Why make a profit? (October 29, 2014)Government | Business | EconomicsMany 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 | trafficDear Toronto, Your streetcars have always caused me a lot of grief. First, their schedules are so in (more...)