…Are a fucking joke. Evenings and weekends used to start at 5pm or 6pm depending on the carrier. Now they start at 9pm and you have to pay $7/month to start at 6pm or $9/month to start at 5pm. Extra minutes used to cost 10¢ but now cost 45¢. Not to mention that the cost of things like voicemail, call display, and text/multimedia messaging (or bundles thereof) have all steadily increased in price. Yet there are no offsets to the number of daytime minutes or included options in light of these price increases. So, based on this alone, I accuse the Canadian Telecommunications industry of collusion and price-fixing and the Government of Canada of turning a blind eye to the plight of Canadians. Continued…

You’re 20 years old, haven’t finished your post-secondary degree, have been dating a guy for 6 months, still live with your parents, and you come up with this winner of an idea: I’m getting married!

Holy shit, what the hell are you thinking? Sorry, first reaction.  Continued…

This past week, various headlines have caught my eye related to Canadian politics. The first was the controversy about Justin Trudeau coming out in support of Quebec sovereignty if Prime Minister Stephen Harper moved Canada backwards in areas such as same-sex marriage and abortion. The second was Vic Toews condemning anyone who opposed the lawful access bill as a supporter of child pornography (then adamantly denying it in the face of video evidence). The third was the long-promised elimination of the long-gun registry.  Continued…

The more that time passes, the more accustomed we become to all the new gadgets and technological marvels that research, discovery, and innovation bring us. How many of us get up each day, reach for our smartphone, look at emails, check the weather, and scan FaceBook and Twitter, all before we even head out the door? How many of us listen to music at work, in the car, or at the gym on an iPod? How many of you are reading this on your smartphone or iPad or laptop right now? As for me, I’m writing this post on my laptop which wirelessly connects to the internet which, in turn, allows me to access the server that hosts my blog over half a continent away. How can anyone not reflect for a moment on everything I’ve just written and not think that’s pretty amazing?  Continued…

The Liberal Party of Canada had their convention this weekend and out of it came a new party president in Mike Crawley (over the Chretien-era Sheila Copps), support for legalizing marijuana, and opposition to study severing ties with the British Monarchy. The first two decisions I agree with – the party’s needed to step forward from the bygone age of Chretien for a while now, and it’s good that a major political party has finally recognized the will of our nation’s citizens (plus the swing of money spent on enforcing current marijuana legislation and new taxes into the coffers doesn’t hurt). But this last decision I disagree with.  Continued…