Michael J. Wigginton
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Michael J. Wigginton
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Political Scientist. Nova Scotian turned Quebecer turned Nova Scotian. Unreasonably fond of trains.
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Recently I was in a painted bike lane on Beechwood and had a car veer suddenly into my lane (and nearly me) as it prepared for a right turn. Painted lanes absolutely aren't sufficient, and it really doesn't help when they curve around car parking. Once the paint starts to fade the lane disappears
April 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
PSA for people looking to vote this weekend: Elections Canada's data suggests that, unlike on election day, the evening of advance voting days is the least popular time to vote. So waiting until after 4pm might get you a better experience
(Election Day is of course also an option)
April 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Dual monitors have a lot of uses, but making following the debate less boring is an pretty great one.
April 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Maybe I misunderstood your point, but there is a travel advisory for China and not for the USA? While they've added some language about increased scrutiny at the US border, the advisory for China is very clear about arbitrary law enforcement. If anything we're still understating the US situation.
April 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's ultimately just a simple typo, but given that the point of this press release is to pander to Quebecers, it's pretty funny that they got the French version of the headline so wrong.
April 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#votewell.ca handles this a lot better imho, and just tells voters that they don't have any reason to vote strategically in this riding.
April 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm lukewarm on strategic voting overall, but if orgs like @smartvoting.ca are going tell people to do it they should be more nuanced about it. Voting 'strategically' to keep the CPC out of a seat they have no hope of winning makes no sense, as does picking one party out of a 3-way statistical tie.
April 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Le PQ, qui veut que le Québec soit indépendant du Canada, trouve ça injuste que le Québec ait sa propre politique sur le prix du carbone, et suit pas celui du RoC 🤨
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I can be a bit of a stickler for citations when I teach, but this National Post article is full of some incredibly weak accusations. The example below is a formulaic stock phrase, not an original thought. Nowhere near the sort of conduct that gets degrees revoked.
nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...
March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I also find some of their stances for the parties questionable. In a question about funding for universities, they rely on Singh saying tuition should be free. In questioning if our hate speech laws go too far, they rely on parties stances on a *proposed* law. Neither exactly matches the actual Q
March 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Assuming that an election happens by the end of April as rumoured, Carney will set a new record for shortest time in office for a PM if the LPC lose government.
If they win he'll still be the first PM to never have held elected office when appointed. A future trivia question either way.
March 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I somehow managed to snap the bridge of my glasses during my commute to the office this morning. Efforts to tape them back together have been going... less than excellently
February 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM