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Month: October 2024

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Wanderings – Questions for our next federal government

October 30, 2024 Phillip Blancher

In less than a year, we will very likely have a new Prime Minister. Sometime between now and late October 2025, there will be a federal election, and maybe even sooner, a Liberal leadership change. […]

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Somewhere in the middle

October 28, 2024 Phillip Blancher

“I thought you leaned a bit to the left,” the plumber said to me this morning. We were talking as he was finishing up winterizing a building for me. We’ve known each other for years. […]

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Wanderings – Drawing conclusions

October 23, 2024 Phillip Blancher

Before I could read more than two words in a newspaper, I’d seek out cartoons. It didn’t matter which newspaper, any newspaper. And not just Blondie, Archie, Peanuts, or B.C., but editorial cartoons. I am […]

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Wanderings – Hide the axes, keep some taxes

October 16, 2024 Phillip Blancher

There is a lot of rhetoric out in the political space about axing taxes. Carbon taxes, income taxes, this tax, that tax; all the taxes will be axed. What happens to services and programs Canadians […]

Morrisburg Leader

Wanderings – Holidays and days off for everyone

October 9, 2024 Phillip Blancher

Last week was the commemoration of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, where Canadians are supposed to reflect on the legacy of the Indian Residential School system. Across Canada, there were flag raising ceremonies, […]

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Wanderings – The problem with wide paint brushes

October 2, 2024 Phillip Blancher

One of the never ending jobs in our home is painting trim. When we first bought our house 19 years ago, I made it a goal to replace the trim around the doors, windows, and […]

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