Archive 1997-2016
My parents tell me all the time that as kids they spent their time on the streets playing soccer and hopscotch, but children nowadays stay in all day surfing the internet and being extremely lazy.
For an administration that purports to care about its veterans and soldiers, the Harper government’s treatment of the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman over the past two weeks has been subpar at best. 
To the inexperienced eye, wildebeests and human beings may not seem to have a lot in common. I, however, feel like I have shared a similar challenge as these great creatures –migrating to find a new home. Ottawa is a built-up city. It’s full of businesses, hotels and homes, yet it seems the travelling herd have settled down more quickly than I have. 
The recent claim that Carleton University’s Iranian student club received financial assistance from an organization affiliated with the shuttered Iranian embassy should ring alarm bells.