Entries tagged with scotland

Current Mood: contemplative

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A reminder about John A. Macdonald

Saw this via Dr. Cindy Blackstock's Twitter account:

Sir John A Macdonald: Scotland disowns Canada's first PM - BBC News

The article's from 2018, but I suspect Dr. Blackstock saw the reminder as being needed anyway. She's probably right about that, given some of the rhetoric from the current premiers of Alberta and Manitoba in recent weeks. Such rhetoric from Kenney and Pallister has not been sitting well with me.

Current Mood: curious

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Odd Geo-Political Ideas: Canada and Scotland?

For your political entertainment tonight. How seriously you choose to take this suggestion is up to you.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/its-time-for-scotland-to-find-a-new-home-in-canada/article34583830/

Current Mood: hopeful

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To my Scottish friends, acquaintances and strangers visiting here

I wish you all wisdom, peace of mind and heart, strength of mind and heart as well, and finally I wish you all the best of luck with whatever comes next after the referendum today.

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Random Notes - Mid-September 2014 - Toronto, Space Exploration, Scotland

Some links to start the weekend with:

Over at Spacing Toronto, John Lorinc suspects the Ford family as viewing Toronto in general and Etobicoke in particular as being their rightful feudal holding.

Over at CBC, Mark Gollom wonders about what kind of baggage Doug Ford's brought with him to the mayoral election in Toronto.

On a more constructive note, NASA's unveiled a new size of welding torch for construction projects.

The European Space Agency announced a cleverphone app for tracking GAIA's galaxy-mapping progress. Also, GAIA's found its first supernova!

Charlie Stross mused a bit about the Scottish Referendum and what he hopes will happen following a "yes" vote, and more importantly, why. It's an interesting argument, although in Canada's case, I think I'd prefer a redrawing of our internal borders rather than a breakup. There's some internal inequities hereabouts that internal restructuring might be better suited to solve.