Category Archives: Sovereign Socialist

Institutionalized Graft {Part Two}

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Taylor C. Noakes

This article was originally published by the Forget the Box news collective on January 31st 2012. While it refers to events that I commented on back in October of last year, the simple fact is that we have done virtually … Continue reading →

Posted in A modest proposal, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering | Leave a comment

The Race to Defeat Stephen Harper

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Taylor C. Noakes

Brian Topp, leading NDP leadership candidate. There’s a race on to defeat an unpopular elected official, though some (I) would call the man a place-holder. Stephen Harper has three years left in office, and if he’s anything like his Liberal … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Political commentary, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist | Leave a comment

Montreal’s segregated schools; a problem hiding in plain sight.

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Taylor C. Noakes

Dejected Parents – Credit to John Kenney at The Gazette Another year and another round of school closings – what a stable future we’re leaving our children… There exists in Montréal a damning, apparently hidden problem concerning our public education … Continue reading →

Posted in A modest proposal, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering | Leave a comment

Words almost failed me (some disturbing trends)

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Taylor C. Noakes

Lise St-Denis – Credit to Adrian Wyld First: Lise St-Denis crosses the floor to join the Federal Liberals, indicating she came to her decision after realizing that her constituents voted for Jack Layton, and Jack Layton’s dead. Her constituents, suffice … Continue reading →

Posted in A modest proposal, Cultural commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist | Leave a comment

Resurrect the Arrow: A made-in Canada solution to the F-35 problem.

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Taylor C. Noakes

The photo above is of two examples of the CF-105 Arrow, also known as the Avro Arrow, a supersonic jet fighter designed, built and tested here in Canada in the mid-late 1950s. It was a milestone in Canadian aviation and … Continue reading →

Posted in A modest proposal, Economic commentary, History and Culture, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Unrealized development projects, What were they thinking?, Worth reconsidering | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Canada, the Caribbean and the Caicos

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Taylor C. Noakes

It’s 25 degrees and partly cloudy right now in the Turks and Caicos. Yesterday, daytime temperatures in Montréal didn’t rise above -15, and the wind chill plunged the mercury closer to -20. It was very difficult to enjoy a breath … Continue reading →

Posted in A modest proposal, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, History and Culture, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Worth reconsidering | Leave a comment