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Wanderings – Big projects to catalyze the country

June 11, 2025 Phillip Blancher

In last month’s Speech from the Throne it reiterated the often overstated point that the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to “identify and catalyze projects of national significance.” Those projects, meant to […]

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Wanderings – What is going on in education?

June 4, 2025 Phillip Blancher

What is going on in Ontario’s education system? A lot, and anyone with kids in elementary or secondary schools in Ontario should be concerned about them. There is a clash that is slowly developing between […]

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Wanderings – Development charges stunt growth

May 28, 2025 Phillip Blancher

How many times have you heard or read this: Ontario has a housing crisis; or Canada has a housing crisis; or housing costs are through the roof? Many times. Unless you’ve been living under a […]

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Wanderings – No easy fix to post office woes

May 21, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Canada’s postal service is teetering on oblivion. Losing hundreds of millions per year, Canada Post – if unchanged – will go the way of Hudson’s Bay. The Crown corporation responsible for mail delivery is at […]

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Wanderings – Shiny objects and bad ideas

May 14, 2025 Phillip Blancher

In the trailing days of the 2025 Federal Election – a blast from the past appeared on the pages of the Globe and Mail – Preston Manning. Manning warned that a Liberal government returning to […]

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Wanderings – Canadian election reflections

May 7, 2025 Phillip Blancher

The 2025 Federal Election was one of the most interesting elections in the last 40 years. There were many upsets, and the results were not quite what was predicted – yet the results are exactly […]

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Wanderings – Why is science the enemy?

April 30, 2025 Phillip Blancher

When did science become the enemy? I think I missed the memo here that said that anything scientific must be bad. It certainly was not the case when I was growing up. Science was (and […]

Wandering further afield

Wandering further afield – Pre-Election thoughts

April 27, 2025 Phillip Blancher

It is a day to go until election day and I’d thought I’d share a few thoughts about this 2025 Federal Election. This election has been interesting and not what I expected three months ago. […]

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Wanderings – A unique campaign like any other

April 23, 2025 Phillip Blancher

The 2025 Federal Election is nearly here, and it has been an interesting campaign to watch on a national and local level. A 36-day campaign period is short by most election standards in Canada, but […]

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Wanderings – Work not platitudes needed on Highway 138

April 16, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Highway 138 is a death trap. The road, which connects the City of Cornwall to Highway 417 north of Moose Creek, is a 35 kilometre corridor of carnage. Late last month, another person died driving […]

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Recent published columns

  • Wanderings – Big projects to catalyze the country
    June 11, 2025
  • Wanderings – What is going on in education?
    June 4, 2025
  • Wanderings – Development charges stunt growth
    May 28, 2025
  • Wanderings – No easy fix to post office woes
    May 21, 2025
  • Wanderings – Shiny objects and bad ideas
    May 14, 2025
  • Wanderings – Canadian election reflections
    May 7, 2025
  • Wanderings – Why is science the enemy?
    April 30, 2025
  • Wanderings – A unique campaign like any other
    April 23, 2025
  • Wanderings – Work not platitudes needed on Highway 138
    April 16, 2025
  • Wanderings – Promises, promises
    April 9, 2025

Recent photography

  • Grass River Falls
    July 14, 2024
  • Canada Day Fireworks
    July 8, 2024
  • What to do with a filter?
    July 8, 2024
  • Hockey photos… the playoffs
    February 18, 2024
  • Black and White
    October 1, 2023
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