Thanks for reporting on this story. Our CanLit elites have a significant problem with entitlement. Basically, they can’t begin to imagine that one of their noble ilk could possibly be guilty of anything as vulgar as sexual assault. Sexual assault is something that only happens today in the pages of their novels, as…

No, you were suggesting that Canada has done shit-all relative to the US or UK. And now you’re denying that’s what you said because apparently it’s better to accuse other people of misinterpreting your very clear statements than to just admit that what you don’t know anything about Canada’s international contributions…

Learn some history. Imperialism doesn’t end conflicts, it creates them. Also, learn some geography. Canada’s economy is deeply dependent on its trade relations with the US and its global partners, we are far from isolationist. Apparently, you think that Canada needs to step in and fill America’s shoes because we…

How exactly have we not been an example to the US or the world? You think Canada has no international commitments, we just sit at home and stare at moose and polar bears all day long?

In that case, we really don’t want anything to do with taking over the “responsibilities” of either the US or the UK, which have always been to serve their own self-interest and maintain their status as superpowers. Canada does not see itself as an imperial superpower. When a Caribbean island said it wanted to join…

Liberalism as a political philosophy certainly makes space for Merkle. Progressive liberal or socialist liberal, perhaps not.

That analogy makes no sense. Canada is the child of France and Britain. We lived with France for 200 years, until they abandoned us during our infancy to Britain. Eventually, we moved into the apartment over the garage where we can entertain our own guests and pretend like we don’t still live at home. What’s the point…

I’m Canadian. I oppose the individual ownership of firearms for self defense. Something tells me that you haven’t done your homework on the UDHR or the international bill of rights if your concern is that ir’s not comprehensive enough. Yeah, ok. One document to rule us all? Thar’s the way you want to play this?

Yes, let’s just fuck the UDHR because it’s imperfect. You do realize that while the UDHR is the foundational document for the International Bill of Human Rights, it’s a symbolic document and it was never intended to be a definitive, unchanging, final statement on human rights? It’s the first document in an ever…

When I was dealing with my husband’s infidelity and felt like I couldn’t decide if staying was a betrayal of my principles my mom said: “look dear, people can work through this and staying doesn’t mean you’re weak, I mean look at Hillary.” And then Lemonade came out last year and I finally felt healed (with regards…

I’ve pissed, vomited and gushed blood simultaneously post delivery. That was a fun experience.

I was staying at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico with my husband and one year old. I was also 7 months pregnant with my son. I never experienced morning sickness with either pregnancy but there’s a first for everything I guess.

Look, we don’t have a convenient answer for what you should do if a family member is a rapist or commits a sexual assault. This is an uncomfortable grey zone where duties towards love ones and duties towards society conflict and there often isn’t a clear answer.

Women wanting to work for Trump = being sexually inappropriate...

Don’t apologize, Patois is beautiful and so many people who speak it are bilingual with English. The idea that trump is the boomerang figuratively “licking” her in two senses is even better! No apologies for using words that are super common in non-American English!

*ooooh snap* is what I said to myself when I read that because I clearly grew up as white in the 90s....

There are some crazy people raised on romantic novels who somehow believe that having a child is like taking an extended vacation to a tropical resort. That it is the ultimate expression of love between two people! I don’t understand it at all. They virtually swoon over the idea of two people (who they don’t know)…

Just curious. Is there something you wish she would say to Trump but hasn’t yet? Has she talked a lot about Pence, I’m mostly following the big stories and not all the campaign rhetoric.

When he has repeatedly said that she is responsible for Capt. Humayun Khan’s death, I think it’s pretty clear that he is blaming Hillary for the Iraq war since the only clear connection between Khan’s death and Hillary’s actions is when she voted in favor for the Iraq war, along with the majority of Democratic…

At my all-girls school, a tie was part of the uniform. I really miss wearing a tie and wish it was a more accepted part of women’s professional fashion. I love ties, I love the patterns and all the different ways they can be worn.