December 9th, 2009
Posted in: Culture and Lifestyle, Politics, Queer Community
After the defeat of equal marriage legislation in the State of New York last week and the amount of disappointment felt by many progressive Americans I have witnessed on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, I wanted to share a story told by the Greatest Canadian – Tommy Douglas (Canada’s creator of Universal [...]
December 14th, 2008
Tags: best wishes
Posted in: Culture and Lifestyle, Personal, Politics
It has been a while since I have posted anything on my website. The reason for this is that there has been so much going on globally, politically, economically and locally that I didn’t even know where to begin. However, I’ve just finished the first painting (Powder Out) in my new studio and I think [...]
September 14th, 2008
Tags: Irene Mathyssen, Jack Layton, NDP
Posted in: Politics
Having served on the executive for the Toronto-Danforth NDP for 4 years, it goes without saying that I know Jack Layton and politics very well. Being the third party at the Federal level is never easy in a 19th century political culture that plagues Ottawa. The Conservative-Liberal duopoly is tiresome, but my political instincts are [...]