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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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Tag Archives: government
Saturday night analysis of Ministerial directives under s. 107 of the Canada Labour Code
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
Posted in Employment, Law, Politics
Tagged government, labour, legislative process, unions
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Quick-fire round of government failures
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
Bullshit jobs
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
Posted in Commentary, Employment, Politics
Tagged government, legislative process, professionalism
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Me and the Supreme Court
I’ve been thinking about the Supreme Court a lot lately. Well, and also since I was a kid. Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Law
Tagged Charter rights, government, Supreme Court of Canada
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Failure to user test
One of my recurring gripes is failure to user test. It makes life unnecessarily bad because it is entirely avoidable. Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Français, Politics
Tagged Doors Open Ottawa, Gatineau, government, user testing
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July comes before October
I would bet there’s racism going on here too, but this sentence made me think of all the times I had to explain something comparable to “July comes before October” to a government department and it’d still take them years to agree with me. Continue reading
Kim Slambell
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 →