Archive - MustardClementine

Covid Times Were Not a Free Pass

As I, like many others, will probably always associate Covid with this time of year, just a little, I think it's important to use this reflective mood…

Mar 22 •

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We Won’t Fix Populism Until We Admit It Exists for Good Reasons, if Not Great Impulses

I clearly remember what I tend to consider my first close encounter with populism - not least because the populist I met said something I couldn't…

Mar 8 •

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January 2024

Perhaps AI Will Prompt People To Be More Dynamic

We should stop worrying about being replaced, and start making ourselves less easy to replace

Jan 26 •

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December 2023

You’re Probably Not As Nice as You Think You Are

Canadians like to think we're nice, but really, we've been mostly lucky to live in a nice place, at a nice time; we need to recognize that can change…

Dec 20, 2023 •

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November 2023

It’s Time To Go Back to Blending, in Our Age of Extremes

We need to challenge the current wave of division with a return to the truly inclusive, diverse values that once defined us

Nov 16, 2023 •

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October 2023

Grasping at (Paper) Straws

Rather than pushing people to accept less for themselves, we need to demand more from our leaders and institutions

Oct 6, 2023 •

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September 2023

Kill the Office To Breathe New Life Into Our Cities

As September usually brings with it a “back to school” spirit of new beginnings - this has me thinking about the need for things to die, in order for…

Sep 8, 2023 •

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August 2023

If No One New Believes Hard Work Can Build a Life or Home – What Will Become of Yours?

Canada's foundational narrative, along with the broader Western story, centers on hope - the idea that we are a place where you can build a better life…

Aug 17, 2023 •

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We’ve Let Our Housing Crisis Get So Bad, a Crash Is Now Our Least Bad Option

A younger version of me now wouldn't be able to afford the life I led in my 20s - and I didn't even live that well

Aug 3, 2023 •

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May 2023

It's Better To Plan For Human Behaviour Than Work Against It

I've come to think of a seemingly banal interaction with my condo board - actually, a number of them, but this one is both the most ridiculous and the…

May 21, 2023 •

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April 2023

Reminding Me of My Mother-in-Law Is More Frightening Than Misinformation

In the West, we're starting to see echoes of the kind of authoritarian society that shaped her deeply cynical worldview - and I don't want any part of…

Apr 6, 2023 •

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February 2023

Canada: The Influencer of Nations

We consider it more important for us to broadcast that we have the right values, than to actually accomplish or create anything of value

Feb 18, 2023 •

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