Canadian Politics
Non-binding motions: the end-run around Parliament
Non-binding parliamentary motions and UN declarations are expressions of values. They carry no force of law. But Canadian bureaucracies have treated them as…
Archive: 2026
9 posts from 2026.
Canadian Politics
Stephen Lewis dead at 88
Stephen Lewis has died at 88. Three generations of the Lewis family have shaped the Canadian left. His passing, days after his son Avi won the NDP leadership,…
Canadian Politics
Carney to prorogue Parliament after by-elections?
Is Mark Carney set to shutter Parliament after April's by-elections? With a backdoor majority in reach, prorogation would let him dodge accountability for a…
Canadian Politics
Air Canada CEO caves to the mob
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau is retiring after years of pressure over not speaking French. A week after a fatal crash at LaGuardia, no one is talking about…
Canadian Politics
How to predict a leadership race
Leadership races are a black box to outsiders. But there are ways to read the signals if you know where to look.
Federal Politics
Avi Lewis is the new leader of the NDP
Avi Lewis won the NDP leadership race on a decisive first ballot, taking 56 per cent of the vote.
Side projects
Can I blow your mind with some economic indicators?
I spend a lot of time looking at economic data. I’m constantly pulling numbers from Statistics Canada, the OECD, FRED, the Bank of Canada trying to get a clear…
Canadian Politics
Are Canadian political polls still useful?
I’ve long viewed polling as a useful but imperfect tool for gauging Canadian sentiment. It helps parties like the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre create…
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Announcing PDFPony.com
I didn’t set out to build a PDF tool. It started with a simple thought: modern browsers can edit video, run serious WebAssembly apps, and render 3D worlds. So…