Labour Day weekend - The end of the beginning. Mike Moffatt put out two pieces this week that were really interesting. The recent one is on the debt services costs for the Federal Government and where they will likely go. This led to a bet with John Ivison in response to his piece here, about … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Week 25

The final weekend of August... We did it, we survived the horrors of summer, one more week until Labour Day, oh wait... https://twitter.com/thomasjuneau/status/1299489174656090112?s=20 The two threads tied together in the link above are really important and concerning to think about. What is Canada's and to a local extent Windsor's plan if Trump is reelected? We … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Week 24

An interesting tweet popped up on Aug 26th. https://twitter.com/JoeyColeman/status/1298625041861611521?s=20 My response to this tweet led to a whole discussion on twitter (which is awful for debating and I don't know why I do it) on whether or not Windsor should do this with it's own golf courses. Although it was never clearly stated to me … Continue reading Mid/Late-Week Thoughts: Golfing

Post-Birthday/Cottage Thoughts Where I did my thinking The health unit is looking for a supervised consumption site location in Windsor. I think Southwood Lakes or Roseland would be interesting potential locations....LOLIn all seriousness the key element for me is the proximity to eventual shelter sites. The trade off will be additional concentration of services in … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Week 23

The calm before the storm! In November 2012, I wrote a blog post for a now defunct blog called the Riskshift that stated that the re-election of President Obama proved to be the End of American Exceptionalism. I said this not because I hoped Obama would lose, but the reactions showed the schism within the … Continue reading A Few Thoughts For Week 22

The dog days of summer are here... 59% of people polled in India say they should go to war with China over a border dispute..... Two nuclear powers fighting over the Himalayas will end well for humanity.I just finished reading Desmond Cole's The Skin We're In. I would highly recommend this book! I may do … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Week 21

I have been off for a few days, so I have had time to think, ponder and write.... An interesting piece looking at land dispossession of Black populations in the US. Second, none of you provided paint advice requested in last weeks' post. I was having a conversation with someone and we got to talking … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Week 20

Man it is hot outside.... so hot people forget how to park An interesting report on what Remote Work might do to communities to the US and potentially close the opportunity gap? My feeling is probably not.... but there are interesting implications for Windsor-Essex. Two weeks ago I talked about remote work and Windsor - … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Week 19

The dog days of summer are nearly upon us and it is too hot to write too much. A new Ocean is being born in Africa but it might be a few years before you can go for a swim.In Essex County of as the 2016 Census there were 33 women for every 1 female … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Week 18

We are in the dog days of summer.... it is too hot for a ginger like me. I became aware of a really interesting project called Finances of the Nation which seems to be anchored out of UofT with some of the leading economists in Canada involved. They do blogs and commentary on key finance … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Week 17