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The Hartman's Piano and the Chief Statistician

Awhile back, I was out for brunch with a group of bloggers, and someone asked me about the Hartman’s Piano. This was the piano at the Hartman’s grocery store at Bank & Somerset. For years it was a community instrument in a small community-oriented corner of the grocery store. And then suddenly it was gone, […]

What's Harper got against the Census anyway?

By now you’ve probably heard that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is axing the mandatory long-form Census questionnaire, supposedly in the name of safeguarding the privacy of Canadians.

It’s remarkable all the fake problems this man finds to “fix” while ignoring very real problems like climate change.

His tough-on-crime legislation is a classic example. He’s spending […]