Every candidate running for public office is good at one thing: Making election promises. Do you know what election winners aren’t good at? Fulfilling the promises that got them elected. Every election, Torontonians hear the same election promises: Politics has a built-in incentive to tell people what they want to hear. Is there another way to get elected… Read More »
Toronto mayoral candidates and candidates running for Toronto council seats have remained mum on term limits and rank ballots. Practically speaking, a term limit already exists—it’s called voting. However, despite local governments overseeing our daily lives, voter participation has historically been low. Not-so-fun facts (Toronto voter turnout post-amalgamation): It is time to stop looking for institutional solutions to… Read More »
Smartphones have made us dangerous. It is estimated there are more than five billion mobile devices in use today. Studies predict that by 2025, 70% of internet users will only use smartphones to access the Internet. Every day, millions worldwide use their smartphones to take photos, make videos, or write texts documenting their reality and then share them… Read More »
If everyone is guilty of something, is no one guilty of anything? Morality doesn’t pick sides. It doesn’t care about borders, political ideologies, socio-economic status, religions, genders, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or whether you like pineapple on your pizza. (Have I covered everything we use to divide ourselves?). There’s good, and there’s bad. Bad behaviour is bad behaviour. Yes,… Read More »