I have been lucky enough to have visited Africa three times in the past half century (South Africa in 1969, Tanzania in 2008 and now Botswana last month). The people, politics and cities change but the animals in the vast open spaces are truly timeless.
The US Presidential election is about Donald Trump. Judging by his massive rallies where people arrive many hours in advance, his fans love him. Democrats will be voting for Kamala Harris, not because they love her but because they hate Trump.
I have been lucky enough to have visited Africa three times in the past half century (South Africa in 1969, Tanzania in 2008 and now Botswana last month). The people, politics and cities change but the animals in the vast open spaces are truly timeless.
The naïve and mis-guided followers of the Liberal Woke Progressive ideology are extremely dangerous because their simplistic views influence millions when their voices are amplified by social media and the mainstream press.
Cochlear Implant surgery finally comes to Montreal “Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.” –Hellen Keller While I was never totally deaf, I was born with a severe hearing loss which eventually progressed to profoundly deaf (one step away from total deafness) so I can relate. Like most people with a serious…
In a Liberal Democracy as we have in Canada and the US, people have the right to protest, to demonstrate, and to say almost anything they want. However, there are limits to all rights.
Everybody knows that climate change is real, that it is increasing at an alarming rate and it is mostly due to man made greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide. And everybody knows that we must do something now or it will very soon be too late. But what if what everybody knows isn’t true?
When I first heard about the being “woke,” I laughed. It was so stupid, so juvenile, so self-righteous. How could people fall for this nonsense? Surely, clear thinking people would see through the absurdities. Well, I was wrong.
I think most Canadians would agree with Canada’s progressive income tax. The more you earn, the more you pay because you can afford to pay more. However, it isn’t that simple since there are numerous possible deductions and tax credits – refundable and non-refundable. Aside from making filing one’s taxes very difficult if you do…
Health care in Canada was ranked 10th of 11 comparable wealthy countries by the Commonwealth Fund in their most recent report. They were ahead of only the US and that was primarily because the US does not have universal health care.
Once more Montrealers are being hit by excessive tax increases and it is even worse for the suburbs whose residents will pay 38% of the Agglomeration tax increases even though they make up only 12% of the island’s population.
In a March, 2018 story BBC asked, “Does Justin Trudeau apologize too much?” At the time he had formally apologized on behalf of the Canadian government more times than any previous Prime Minister. But he was only just getting started.
It is ironic that in trying to protect the French language and culture in Quebec by reducing the rights of English speakers and minorities, the economy and health care will be damaged so much that the end result will be the opposite…
Ever wonder why so many smart, successful business people and professionals get scammed by the likes of Bernie Madoff, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling (Enron), Bernard Ebbers (WorldCom) and the most recent Sam Bankman-Fried (Crypto currency)? In this article I will cover several sound investment ideas which you may already know and yet, countless investors lose significant amounts of money because they do not follow one or more of them.
In my last article, Boring Investment Tips that Work, I provided ideas that will help you make money investing. This time I turn to gambling and a valuable lesson which also relates to investing.
Last week 23 officially bilingual municipalities across Quebec, led by Cote Saint-Luc, launched a lawsuit challenging several aspects of Bill 96 that affect municipalities.
Why is Bill 21 so bad?
The law bans people in various positions of authority in the Quebec civil service from wearing religious symbols. It applies to judges, prosecutors, teachers, prison guards, police officers, government inspectors and others.
Whether you want to rent or buy the costs are very high relative to people’s income. Everyone is talking about the housing crisis and many poorly thought-out solutions are being bandied about. I will cover a number and explain why they do not work. Then I will suggest some things that will help.
So the Federal government will give more of our tax dollars to the provinces for health care but not as much as the provinces wanted. What else is new? This has been happening at regular intervals for the last several decades and the result has been a steady erosion of health care in Canada.
Canada has fewer hospital beds, doctors, and nurses per capita than virtually all western European countries. People are dying or suffering needlessly because they don’t have a family doctor, have to wait for hours or even days in over crowded emergency departments, are on wait visits for vital surgeries which can be 6 months or…
Politicians of all stripes are weighing in on the Roxham Road immigrant/refugee “problem” and there is push back from various organizations who feel bad for the refugees. Both sides are using half truths to make their cases.
In 1982, Canada patriated our Constitution from Britain and added the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter). This was Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s crowning achievement. Regretfully, to get the buy-in of all provinces other than Quebec, he had to agree to Section 33 – the Notwithstanding Clause. The Premiers were worried that the courts would have too much power over the elected representatives without such a clause. The clause, if invoked, had to be renewed every five years and I am sure Trudeau never imagined that it would be used. After all, who in a democratic society would want to override basic human rights such as freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom from discrimination and so on.
In April, 2021 the Hampstead council passed a draft by-law to raise the FSI (a measure of house volume) from .52 to .80 in Old Hampstead. That is a dramatic 54% increase. That would be bad enough but the true effect will be a doubling and tripling in the size of homes in Old Hampstead.
Health Care Under Bill 96, the CAQ’s new language law, you are not guaranteed English health services, even in Montreal. Further, hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities may not use knowledge of English as a criterion for hiring. Former Premier Bouchard got it right when he famously said, “When you go to a hospital…
Our modern world has amazing sights that even the most visionary thinkers could not imagine a mere century ago. In contrast, there still exist places with buildings and monuments that are hundreds of years old and demonstrate craftmanship and artistry that you could never recreate today.
With a title like that perhaps you think I am exaggerating. Well, I suggest you read the whole article and then make up your own mind.
The Hampstead Council is still planning to destroy the look of Old Hampstead Back in April, the council passed the first draft of a by-law to increase the FSI from .52 to .80 for Old Hampstead. I read about the proposal in the Suburban and sent an e-mail to hundreds of you urging you to…
When one considers what Japan did in World War II, one might wonder how I can even suggest that Japan is the most civilized country in the world. Nevertheless, having just returned from a little over three weeks there, it is certainly the impression that I am left with.
I watched the May 2 Consultation meeting on increasing the FSI in Old Hampstead online as I was in Europe and couldn’t attend. I was shocked by the repeated false statements made by Mayor Levi. The next council meeting is Wednesday June 8 at 8pm in the Community Centre and I will attend. I hope as many…
I have received so many phone calls, voice mails, and e-mails all thanking me for my 16 years of service and expressing disappointment in my electoral defeat. Your support has been heartwarming. I want everyone to know that I have very much enjoyed being your mayor and serving our beautiful town.
For decades the Quebec Liberal Party has betrayed its core supporters, the English and minorities. Even in the face of plunging poll numbers and virtually no support beyond the island of Montreal, they did it once again by trying to be all things to all people. To minorities and Anglophones, they trumpeted that they were…
In 2019, when Bill 21 was introduced in the National Assembly, I got a lot of attention when I said, “The results of Bill 21 will be ethnic cleansing, not with a gun, but with a law.”
This Friday at least 306 residents must come out and sign the Register at the Hampstead Community Centre 30 Lyncroft between 9 am and 7 pm. Otherwise, the by-law will pass with no further council votes and Old Hampstead will be changed forever.
Are Federal politicians stupid, ignorant, or just pandering to Quebec? Perhaps it is all of the above. Bill C-13 is the revision of the Official Languages Act
Over the past few years, we have been reading about renovictions and how they reduce affordable housing which is in short supply in Montreal. In fact, preventing renovations of existing housing only ensures that “affordable” housing becomes more and more rundown. After all, what can a landlord do with an older building that is no…
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