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Wanderings – Carney summer travel plan no break

June 25, 2025 Phillip Blancher

The federal government just announced its planned “Canada Strong Pass” – an incentive to get people to travel in Canada more. The program offers some free admission perks for youth, free or discounted VIA travel […]

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Wanderings – Charity shouldn’t begin at crosswalks

June 18, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Last week, a group of over 100 women met to choose between five organizations which project they would support with their money. The “100 Women Who Care” movement, if you will, is a simple concept—take […]

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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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Recent published columns

  • Wanderings – Three ways to save Canada Post money
    November 5, 2025
  • Wanderings – Brilliant moves needed
    October 29, 2025
  • Wanderings – Eliminating school board trustees a good start
    October 22, 2025
  • Wanderings – Saying goodbye to a colleague and a friend
    October 15, 2025
  • Wanderings – Banning photo radar not the easiest solution
    October 8, 2025
  • Wanderings – Simple things should not be this difficult
    October 1, 2025
  • Wanderings – Are politician pay raises well earned?
    September 24, 2025
  • Wanderings – Why building big things should be tough
    September 16, 2025
  • Wanderings – Dumber than a bag of hammers and other phrases
    September 10, 2025
  • Wanderings – Change should not be this difficult
    September 3, 2025

Recent photography

  • Trainspotting in Quebec
    October 13, 2025
  • 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
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