Entries Tagged as ‘Canadiana’

December 4, 2008

Canadian Politics and the Constitutive Exception

My last blog reflected an immediate reaction to the events going on in Canadian politics right now. On further reflection I have come to a personal position that the concept of the coalition government taking over would have been a democratic move under the Canadian Parliamentary system. Earlier today, however, Governor General Michaëlle Jean, after consulting with [...]

October 28, 2008

Saskatoon: Paris of the Prairies

Introduction
As a primer for my vast audience around this world: Saskatoon is a city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, a province reknowned by many for its chief exports of flatness, wheat, and potash (just think of the many ways potash has improved your life).
Anyways, I was in Saskatoon recently, having never been there before, [...]