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About the author
CKirkby
- earned degrees in language / literature and law (but is not currently a lawyer or a journalist);
- worked for over a decade on Parliament Hill;
- misses writing; and
- appreciates thoughtful comments, en anglais ou en français. (Email addresses are not published.)
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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Dance like nobody’s getting COVID
A few things happened over the past week. Which means it’s time to get angry again about the federal government’s return-to-office mandate. I don’t know how much plainer it can be that it’s not okay for employers to unilaterally impose … Continue reading
The hope of seeds and gardens
I’m sitting in the Centretown condo of my good friend Élizabeth Powles. Outside are signs of construction and autumn. Inside are her loudly purring cat and what she describes as a fuck-ton of common milkweed seeds. (I correctly guess the … Continue reading
Minor campaigns
Sometimes I do minor freelance proofreading / shit-disturbing. Some recent examples: 1. Équiterre Équiterre posted a job listing recently that failed to disclose up front (1) salary range and (2) remote / in-office expectations. I told them this is a … Continue reading
How many ineffective roads must a union walk down…
My former union now thinks the solution to the federal government’s three-days-in-office policy is to request that Parliament study the matter. Presumably the reasoning is that the federal court process is taking too long and maybe a minority Parliament overflowing … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Employment, Health
Tagged being human, government, labour, return to office policies, solidarity
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Safe Spaces
You’d think we’d want safe spaces for ourselves and others. It seems to me that should be universally aspirational, maybe even a government priority or a constitutional minimum or a biological imperative or something. Instead, people who ask and push … Continue reading
A Climate of Community
A recurring theme in the news lately is capitalism-aggravated climate disasters that devastate people and regions. Capitalist governments are unwilling to mitigate climate disasters and unable to respond to the need caused. There is too much. Responders, care workers in … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Climate, Politics
Tagged amateur radio, climate disasters, infrastructure
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Universal ambivalence (pharmacare news)
Bill C-64 now at third reading in the Senate Per CBC, the federal pharmacare bill made it through committee study in the Senate this past week and is scheduled for a final vote on October 10. No further amendments were … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Law, Politics
Tagged government, legislative process, pharmacare, statutory interpretation
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Grief
I think the main thing I’m feeling lately is grief. It’s frustrating to see how the world could be, how our lives could be, and being unable to persuade others that status quo is not the way forward. Among today’s … Continue reading →