The Third Annual Canada Day Quiz!

Canada Day is upon us again! Which means its time for Theresa and Randal’s annual Canada Day Quiz (Now 33% easier). After review, we think that our quiz last year was a little too difficult, which might make some of you Americans think that us Canadians derive some sort of pleasure from showing [...]

From My Crash Cache

Last Week My Computer’s Hard Drive Crashed.  Here are a few things I learned from the experience.

If anyone tells you that Macs are indestructible, don’t believe them.
Getting the extending warranty on a laptop, unlike many other products, is a good investment.
Back up your data.
Either that, or go to UVa Law, where we have such a great community that [...]

We cannot think of a better friend and ally

Yesterday, President Obama found himself in a place that Theresa and I often find ourselves wishing we were: Canada.  In general, Canadians love Obama (even more than we love our Prime Minister and more than Americans love Obama, actually), and I count myself among my fellow countrymen who were excited about Obama’s first foreign visit as President.  The visit, [...]

The Coalition Is Dead

Ignatieff has today announced that his Liberals will “swallow hard and accept” Prime Minister Harper’s budget, providing that the Tories provide regular status reports to ensure they are keeping the commitments made.  This means that the present government will live to see another day.  The Coalition is Dead.
Personally, I think this is Iggy’s best move. [...]

Political Blizzard II: Iggy’s Revenge

When we last left our heros(?) in the Canadian Parliament, things were very tense between Prime Minister Steven Harper’s Conservatives and a hastily assembled coalition of the Liberals, the NDP and the Bloq.  In order to avoid a non-cofidence vote that would have resulted in the coalition taken power (or, at the least another election), Harper persuated the Governor General [...]

Provinces in Peril

For all of you who found my Canadian Politics posts a little dry for your liking, you will probably find these clips from Mr. Stewart a little more interesting.  Frankly, I’m surprised he dedicated so much of his show to Canada.
Although I am a little disappointed in his reliance on tired Canadian jokes, such as ones targeting [...]

Harper Takes His Ball and Goes Home

In an effort to forestall the demise of his government, Prime Minister Harper was able to convince the Governor General to Suspend Parliament until January.  This means that his government cannot be defeated until then.  Now, although I think this was a cowardly move, it might just be the best one for the country.  With the Coalition breathing down [...]

“A Political Blizzard” or “What the Heck are Those Crazy Canucks Doing up There?!”

Now that the American election is over, there has certainly been a dearth of juicy political happenings this side of the 49th. So if you are looking for some interesting political maneuvering,  I direct your attention to America’s northern neighbor, where Canada’s usually dull political scene is shaking up.
First, a little background for those who are not [...]

Broken Social Scene + Land of Talk

    

Last night, I was able to see Broken Social Scene live in Richmond.  BSS is definitely one of my favorite bands, although I should probably not even call them a “band,” since they are more like a constantly-expanding loose collective of musicians from various other musical groups that come together in various configurations to record their albums [...]

Which quadrant are you?

Probably because of my coverage of both the US and Canadian elections, I recently was asked the question of how do the Canadian and American parties compare to each other on the right – left axis.  Based on politicalcompass.org, the simple answer would be thus (listing the parties from left to right, Canadian parties in [...]