Selected Writing

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Political campaigns are wonderful things. All the party leaders are trying to get you to vote for them. Big campaign rallies bring the party faithful together while glorious leaders wearing various jackets speak about hope […]

It is election season – again. This is our second election campaign in less than three months, and while we escaped this particular scourge in February, we’re not so lucky with this campaign. The scourge […]

Opinion polls are fascinating things to read about. Take a random group of people, ask them some questions, then maths people do some work and extrapolate this tiny sample of people to project a result […]

We are facing an extraordinary wake-up call as Canada enters a federal election period, with a very clear fork in the road for Canadians to decide. The hostile actions by U.S. President Donald Trump towards […]

Watching the spectacle emanating from the U.S. White House with equal parts of awe, wonderment, and horror, it is astonishing to see 75 years of progress in trade, international relations, and trust get flushed down […]