Taliesyn

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Date registered: 27 January 2008
URL: http://www.technicalbard.com

Latest posts

  1. New TFW rules are politics, not good policy — 29 April 2013
  2. On the Extremism that breeds Terrorists — 22 April 2013
  3. Crash Course — 1 March 2013
  4. Balancing Alberta’s Books — 6 February 2013
  5. Alberta Health Services has too much management — 5 February 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Mulcair and Dutch Disease — 12 comments
  2. On Conscience Rights — 11 comments
  3. On Canadian History in the Schools — 9 comments
  4. Ethanol is not the answer — 9 comments
  5. On the danger of Islamist terror — 9 comments

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Apr 29 2013

New TFW rules are politics, not good policy

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Business, Canadian, Economics, Politics

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Today, Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced that the Government of Canada was tightening the rules for companies wishing to use Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) in their businesses.  I found out about this when Joan Crockett, another Calgary MP, tweeted:       Now, this isn’t the only change to the regulations. Kenney also announced: …

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Apr 22 2013

On the Extremism that breeds Terrorists

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Education, Freedom, History, Politics, Religion

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In recent days, North America has again faced the terror of mass violence (Boston), and the threat of mass violence (Southern Ontario).  The response of law enforcement in the United States following the Boston Marathon bombing was commendable and effective.  Unfortunately, the need to lockdown the city of Boston for nearly 24 hours is a horrible …

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Mar 01 2013

Crash Course

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Education, History, Science

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While I normally write about politics, I sometimes write on education.  Today I would like to point out a great series of Youtube videos that are very funny and educational (even if I’m generally knowledgeable in the subjects).  Crash Course is hosted by the vlogbrothers, John and Hank Green, and puts subjects like World and …

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Feb 06 2013

Balancing Alberta’s Books

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Business, Canadian, Economics, Education, Politics, Provincial

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The Province of Alberta has put out a website so Albertans can take a crack at balancing the books.  I decided to take a crack.   Now let me give you a little history.  Twenty years ago, when I was at the University of Calgary, I lived through the Ralph Klein / Jim Dinning era …

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Feb 05 2013

Alberta Health Services has too much management

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Economics, Politics

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Today, I discovered the organization chart for Alberta Health Services.  It can be found here: http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/org/ahs-org-orgchart.pdf Egads!!! Look at all the people with the title Vice President, Senior Vice President, Executive Director, and similar titles!  Now I recognize that AHS has over 90,000 employees and operates many facilities across Alberta.  But the ration of such …

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Jan 27 2013

What are they teaching our kids?

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Education, Freedom, History, Politics

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I have children, and one of them is now old enough to be learning serious subjects in what was once called “Social Studies”, or “History and Geography”, depending on your age.   Today it is all lumped together with Language Arts (what I remember as English) into a morass called “Humanities”.  I think you get …

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Dec 17 2012

On Guns, Society and Mental Illness

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Education, Freedom, History, Politics, The Law

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This past weekend caused us all to recoil in horror from the events in Newtown, Connecticut.  And it didn’t take long after the mass shooting was over and the death toll was tallied that the various political commentators began to attempt to justify their vision for America (or Canada, or wherever they live). First, others …

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Dec 01 2012

Conflicts of Interest

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Canadian, Freedom, Politics, The Law

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Recently, Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been ordered out of office by the courts due to his actions regarding the use of public funds City letterhead to raise money for a football team, and more importantly taking part in the council vote on whether or not he did anything wrong.  At the trial, it was pretty …

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Jul 25 2012

The problem of evil

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History, Politics, The Law

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I didn’t intend on writing about the events in Aurora, Colorado – I also wasn’t sure I could add anything to the discussion.  Then I found that  S.E. Cupp pretty much wrote was I was thinking: Evil is difficult to deconstruct. It’s unpredictable and manifests in unimaginable ways, often more horrifying than anything fiction could …

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Jul 24 2012

On Alberta, BC and the Northern Gateway Pipeline

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Economics, Politics

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British Columbia Premier Clark this week made waves by saying that her government’s support for the Gateway pipeline would depend on BC obtaining it’s “fair share” of the benefits of the pipeline – and she made it clear this was not a demand on Enbridge, but on the government of Alberta.  Many have of course …

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