As I’ve been squirreled away at home writing a bunch of holidays have been going on: St. Jean Baptiste, which has become a nationalist holiday for Quebec, and July 1st and 4, the nationalist holidays for Canada and the U.S. Quebec City also had its 400th anniversary. A couple years back I noted the slight …
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A Montréal List
I’ve never done the “hey, welcome to my 638th post” sort of thing on this blog, but this marks our fourth summer in Montreal. With increasing frequency (probably because this was a big year for conferences in town) we get asked about places to go and things to do. So I’ve started a “Montréal List” …
Our Metro Stop
Midnight Poutine has been running a “metro roulette” series for some time where they review metro stations (they’re not the only ones, it turns out). I remember reading the <a href=”http://www.midnightpoutine.ca/city/2006/06/metro_roulette_jarry/” target=”_blank”>Jarry</a> entry some time ago and lsat night for some reason had occasion to point Carrie to it. The author does a quick walkabout …
A Canadian DMCA
The Conservative government cleverly tabled Bill C-61 shortly after a massive and public apology to First Nations people over the horrific school system that attempted to forcibly assimilate generations of First Nations people. The press focused on the First Nations apology, as it should have. Canada’s history on matters of race is not pretty, and …
Abortion Politics in Canada
My neighbor sent me a link to a petition, which I’m passing on to my Canadian readers: Stop Bill C-484. Called the “Unborn Victims of Crime Act,” it allows charges to be laid in certain cases where a fetus dies. While it’s expressed purpose is law-and-order politics, it also opens the legal door for anti-abortion …
The Phonautograph Gets Its 15 Minutes. . .
. . .and I ride its coattails, or help it, or something. The story is now making it’s way around AP. I talked to an LA Times reporter yesterday and have a few quotes in their story, which also has a picture of the device. The quotes are of mixed quality and the guy appears …
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Nomination
Last night, Carrie and went and watched our departmental hockey team lose a game in a shootout, 4-3. There was beer and peanuts. I’m not sure, but this may be the most Canadian thing we have ever done. Also, it’s extremely Canadian that the dept has a co-ed amateur hockey team.