I am feeling much healthier now, which is very nice. From a baseline of healthy, I feel terrible; from a baseline of how terrible I felt Tuesday, I feel like I could spend the night dancing. Well, except that I’m way too tired and I don’t like dancing.
It’s snowing here proper, snow that stays […]
Apparently reasonable accommodations now mean that we need to say that gender equality is more important than religious freedom (except for Roman Catholics). Charest, in a desperate attempt to buoy support in the rural areas, is planning on tabling a motion to say that gender equality trumps religious freedom, which will mean — well, I […]
Like every Canadian, I gloated a bit when Conrad Black was found guilty, even not all on the charges. (I’m also amused that they’re considering revoking the Order of Canada. And that he actually is probably not allowed into Canada at all anymore, what with being a convicted felon.) This rather ruins his social superiority […]
They are predicting a minority government. I don’t know why they didn’t predict this half an hour ago — they say they cannot say who will form the government yet (reasonably enough, Lib and ADQ are very close in number of ridings, and them with PQ are also just about equal in vote share). And […]
Dear CBC,
Do we really need to hear about how someone is in trouble because the single poll reporting has the votes split 4-3-1? Eight people in a riding of many thousands is not all that meaningful. I’m not a statistician, true, but I am convinced of this fact.
I am pleased to see that the Green […]
John F. from Edmonton, Canada writes: Has anyone every conceived of the idea that an English or minority person could every be Premier of Quebec? No way, unless you want to be taken to the back room and shot.
Well, let’s look at the history of premiers in the country:
BC: one Indian (India), no francophones […]
The newest fight on reasonable accomodations: cabanes à sucre without pork. (Well, no: pea soup without pork, and, sometimes, a set of feves aux lard without lard alongside the usual.)
Are they reasonable ways to try and get Muslims, Jews and vegetarians to go sugaring off, or a terrible insult to the Quebecois way of life?
The election is coming up, next week. I am occasionally reading what people have to say, following sporadically the percentages, but mostly ignoring everything. Because, as usual, I want something that mostly requires many, many people to want what I want, and to vote strategically. I sometimes think everyone in this country votes strategically. I […]
On CBC’s Test the Nation, one of the questions:
If 2 < x < 6 and 4 < y < 6, what is the maximum possible value of x + y?
a. 2
b. 6
c. 10
d. 11
I see something wrong with this question. And not that more accurately it would have been 2<x and x<6, […]
Looking at the forecast, I see three time periods with the extreme cold icon. Okay.
Tues night: -27
Wed day: -13
Wed night: -27
You really lose something with that middle claim.