Category Archives: Politics

A “corrupted bastard” with a jiu jitsu background

Posted on 2024-09-17 by CKirkby

There is video today of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confronting a protestor who may or may not have called him a “corrupted bastard” and it is worth watching. Singh walks like a martial artist. He ducks his head and moves … Continue reading →

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So, how many federal employees caught covid this week?

Posted on 2024-09-13 by CKirkby

I’ve been pondering what to write. I’ve been following political news only enough to be confirmed in my opinions that (1) the NDP is abandoning principles and veering right and (2) Justin Trudeau’s post-retreat governance strategy remains “I’m not as … Continue reading →

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Making political games out of people’s lives

Posted on 2024-09-06 by CKirkby

I didn’t write about this week’s big political drama because I’ve been too depressed, at the finger-pointing and lack of introspection. The desire for power at the expense of principle. How common it is to refuse to distinguish between fact … Continue reading →

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The limits of patience in politics

Posted on 2024-09-04 by CKirkby

Among the practices I’m working on is patience. I imagine it’s challenging to develop patience at the best of times and particularly hard when society is on an obvious path to climate collapse and mass disabling and fascism and the … Continue reading →

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Saturday night analysis of Ministerial directives under s. 107 of the Canada Labour Code

Posted on 2024-08-24 by CKirkby

How’s that for an engaging title. I am, I would say unsurprisingly or even predictably, interested in the ongoing railway labour dispute. Although it’s not clear from the articles I’ve read, the relevant union seems to be fighting for some … Continue reading →

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Kim Slambell

Posted on 2024-08-06 by CKirkby

For a while I did roller derby. I loved roller skating as a kid, and after a lifetime of martial arts I found it fun to bash into things. Combine that with a culture that’s supportive and silly and diverse? … Continue reading →

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Quick-fire round of government failures

Posted on 2024-08-02 by CKirkby

There are too many news stories I want to spend time on, so it’s time for a quick-fire round of government failures.

(Treaty negotiations, undocumented workers, violence against women.) Continue reading →

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Racism against a Supreme Court Justice

Posted on 2024-07-05 by CKirkby

Diversity of experience on the Court can only be a threat to our system of government if the actual goal of government is to exclude people. Continue reading →

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Bullshit jobs

Posted on 2024-06-20 by CKirkby

I was reading an article in The Economist from 2018, an interview with David Graeber entitled “Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism,” and thinking about my own professional experience. Continue reading →

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Failure to user test

Posted on 2024-05-27 by CKirkby

One of my recurring gripes is failure to user test. It makes life unnecessarily bad because it is entirely avoidable. Continue reading →

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