Category Archives: Humour & Satire

The Harry Potter Parliament: British Columbia’s 41st Legislature

Posted on 2017/05/31 by

A geeky, Obsessive Pop-Culture Disorder-like thought about British Columbia’s 41st Legislature just occurred to me. Whomever the assembly elects as its Speaker, and whether the Clark ministry survives or a Horgan ministry takes its place, the razor-thin margin between the … Continue reading →

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Toronto’s City Hall Perfectly Represents Toronto Itself

Posted on 2017/01/10 by

A few years ago, I took the train from Ottawa to Toronto. For whatever reason, I became transfixed at this portrait of Toronto’s city hall mounted to the front of the passenger car. I started at it for a minute … Continue reading →

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Execute Order 66: The Royal Recommendation

Posted on 2016/09/23 by

  I just stumbled upon something hilarious that combines my geeky interests in Star Wars and British parliamentarism. In Commonwealth Realms, the government must approve of any and all money bills and confer upon it the Royal Recommendation before parliament … Continue reading →

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Succession Planning

Posted on 2016/01/14 by

I hope, dear readers, that you’ll permit a departure from my normal pattern of blogging and article-writing and indulge me a bit here. My managers don’t appreciate the unintentional hilarity of assigning me to working on activities relating to succession planning.  While … Continue reading →

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The Ontario Young Liberals Blur the Line Between Satire and Genuineness

Posted on 2014/03/29 by

I hope that my regular readers won’t mind that this post presents a cultural critique rather than the sorts of subjects on which I typically write. Those of you who have watched House of Cards (either the British version or … Continue reading →

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