As I did with a quasi-Provincial level platform, I wanted to spend some time thinking about what a Federal platform for me would look like. I started this before our last election and have been working on it on and off for a while now. I am sure there is still a ton of learning…
My wife and I are struggling to own a home and have been for some time and I recently saw an article that compares places to live at a $600,000 price point across Canada that made me feel inadequate and frustrated. My first response was, “what does something more reasonable look like?” What is reasonable?…
US Presidential Candidate for the Democrats, Andrew Yang, has been travelling through the US talking about a Freedom Dividend, or what amounts to a Universal Basic Income, but one of the key concerns people always have when it comes to a UBI is that people will become lazy or that no one will want to…
Over the last couple of years, co-working spaces have popped up in Kingston and another is about to open in less than a month, so I wanted to take a moment to see what is out there and compare them. I haven’t really needed a co-working space as working from home has suited me well.…
Over the last month, I’ve been researching, writing, recording and editing a daily video series that covers the latest of WordPress news with a few my own thoughts and opinions thrown in. It is called The WP Minute and it takes about a minute to get through an episode. This means you could get all…
I haven’t talked much about it on my blog yet, but almost a year ago now, I co-founded a company with a friend of mine, David Krug. He has an even longer history with WordPress than I do, though just as diverse in terms of experiences. The company was started to bring better technology and…
So, I have already voted in the upcoming Ontario Election, but it got me thinking what my platform would look like. There has been some controversy with certain parties not providing a platform yet with the main vote a little over a week away… So without further ado, here’s what I’d want to do. TAXES…
I play a lot of Fortnite: Battle Royale, and I really enjoy it, but I can’t believe that more types of Battle Royale games aren’t out yet! I want a Battle Royale game done in space. With one hundred people starting out each in a basic fighter in a large solar system with a dozen…
One of the issues with a Basic Income trial, like the one Ontario is going to run, is it doesn’t address the other side of the coin: how do we pay for this program? Basic Income is expensive, but many supporters on both sides of the political spectrum are interested in Basic Income because it…
Yesterday, I did a quick blog post about the Ontario “Basic Income” pilot announcement and my issues with it. Since then, I’ve gone on to read many comments about the pilot and wanted to write a few more thoughts I have. Please know that these are my personal opinions. One of the most prevalent comments…
