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Notes on the Occupation 5: Border blockades and survival instincts

Posted on February 13, 2022 by bhaggart

Working out what to think about … all this … in real time. We’re into Week Three of the Ottawa Occupation, which has now metastasized into protests blocking border crossings across the country. These blockades include, most importantly, the Windsor-Detroit … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Occupation 3: A radicalized Conservative party as chaos agent

Posted on February 6, 2022 by bhaggart

Posting these in order to work through my thinking on what is clearly becoming something that will go down in the history books, for good or ill. Writing in the Toronto Star, Canada’s most insightful political columnist, Chantal Hébert, warns … Continue reading →

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Notes on the Occupation 1: Trying to get some perspective

Posted on February 6, 2022 by bhaggart

Writing these to help figure out my thinking on what is clearly becoming something that will go down in the history books, for good or ill. As bad as the #FluTruxKlan is on its own terms – incessant noise being … Continue reading →

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It’s about ethics in vaccine mandates: Welcome to Gamergate North, but with trucks!

Posted on February 2, 2022 by bhaggart

Even as the trucker occupation of Ottawa ends its fifth day, the high-stakes game of interpreting what it all means has already begun. Today’s entry, from the Globe and Mail editorial page, goes with “mid-sized inconvenience.” The editorialists are comforted … Continue reading →

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