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So, I’ve never watched an election as closely as this last Alberta Election. I’ve always voted but it was a sort of “lost cause” where we knew the PC’s would get in, but we still hoped that eventually Alberta would see reason and vote for Liberal (left-of-center for my U.S. friends). However, the possibility of [...]

Well, I just finished voting – wasn’t too busy there, but it’s at dinner time so not too big a surprise. A couple of interesting things: 1) We were just visiting a local merchant (small store owner) and she happens to be of mixed ancestry (Japanese / Caucasian) and has experienced some discrimination over the [...]

Canada’s Rick Mercer, the successful (openly gay) CBC host and comedian has a weekly show on Tuesdays. My favorite part of his shows are the Rants that he does, taking aim at politicians, society and anything that forces us to think. He’s one of my Gay Heroes and I would love for him to be [...]