Monthly Archives: February 2010
Apology to the former residents and descendants of Africville
“On behalf of the Halifax Regional Municipality, I apologize to the former Africville residents and their descendants for what they have endured for almost 50 years, ever since the loss of their community that had stood on the shores of ...
Rail debate returns to Halifax
I had an opportunity to talk to Tim Outhit, councilor for Bedford, for an hour or so last week. The conversation was wide ranging, covering topics from passenger rail to community councils to taxes. What was most exciting was the ...
Google fail, & RIAA once again misses the point.
There is a furor, yes, a raging furor, on the internet right now over Blogger’s deletion of some music/mp3 blogs from their service. For those of you who don’t know, an mp3 blog posts a review of an album AND a ...
Tax Diversity – part 2
I talked about how to make sure we have some fairness across the region in my last post. This discussion is all driven by the recent "tax reform" debate. Really, the failed and arguably unfair HRM Tax Reform ...
Views on tax reform, part 1
The debate on downtown, the future of Halifax, and taxes (oh taxes) continues on my Facebook and to a lesser degree on this blog. Ah Facebook, if only you had an API that talked to Wordpress, you would ...