Whileaway North

A grouchy feminist perspective on Ottawa and whatever else piques my interest...

February 13, 2009

Give me a break

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This article is a textbook case in completely missing the point . Shorter Pinker: Gender discrimination? What gender discrimination? Women c...
February 4, 2009

Basic Civility

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Ottawa's transit strike has finally ended. Of course, it'll be two months before service returns to anything approaching normal. And...
January 2, 2009

Some Canadian political wishes for 2009

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So it's the New Year, time of fresh starts, soon-to-be-broken resolutions, and other symptoms of the rollover of the odometer. In the Ne...
December 23, 2008

The Senate

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I'm not going to argue that Stephen Harper didn't have the legal right to appoint his eighteen senators . He pretty clearly does ha...
December 6, 2008

A moment of silence

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On December 6, 1989, 14 women were killed at the École Polytechnique in Montréal. They were killed for being women; the gunman singled out w...
November 30, 2008

Interesting Times

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When rumours of a possible coalition government started circulating, I didn't think it would ever actually happen. This is Canada, after...
October 31, 2008

Place your bets

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Since the candidates are starting to declare themselves, it's time to make some predictions about the Liberal leadership race. The Libe...
October 22, 2008

Why I shouldn't read the National Post

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I'm trying to decide what's most wrong with this National Post column . Is it the complete failure to understand the Canadian politi...
October 21, 2008

On heroism and feminism

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I'm not completely sure what Dave Brown's point is in this recent column . I'm not sure he knows, either, except that the world...
October 9, 2008

Strategic voting, vote swapping, and who elected that guy anyway?

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Strategic voting is a factor in any election, and it's certainly been part of the Canadian election discourse for as long as I can reme...
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