Reason to love NZ #58: A functioning health care system [Offsetting Behaviour]

Tory initiative could have figured out who started the myth that Canadian history is boring [National Post]

Fundamental Research

New research council mandate shows Conservative’s hostility to free market [National Post]

As Saskatoon police mourn homeless alcoholic, glimpse of front line policing emerges [Calgary Herald]

How corporate Canada is killing free enterprise [Calgary Herald]

Tweets

Globe headline: "WestJet's plan to add capacity sparks fears of fare war." God, no! Not lower fares! ANYTHING BUT THAT, YOU MONSTERS!!

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  (@scottfeschuk) May 08, 2013

Missed the live exchange but I see @joycemurray was having fun in QP today... http://t.co/bsO7ftkeAF

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Jamie Carroll (@jec79) May 09, 2013

Songza for twitter accounts. “Trying to read serious things”, “Trying to laugh”, “Ready for a pointless argument”

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Cameron MacLeod (@c_9) May 12, 2013

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One last cringe for ‘the Office’ Finale [New York Times]

A complete illustrated guide to playoff protocol [National Post]

“Talk a bit about cliches you overuse” [Sportsnet Magazine]

Taking on the Ford brothers’ news favourite tax study [Metro]

Some tough questions for mandatory all-Canadian movie channel [Maclean’s]

Postal service set to hire thousands of community junk mail readers [Yolk Region News]

Tweets

@OttawaCitizen "admit"? There's got to be a better choice of words!

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Olivia C (@crossmanator) April 30, 2013

If I asked nicely, could you please walk even slower on the crowded sidewalk while texting your friend? Thanks.

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Karon Liu (@karonliu) April 30, 2013

"Responsible gun owners" never suffer gun tragedies, because once you suffer a gun tragedy, you cease to count as a "responsible gun owner."

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  (@davidfrum) May 02, 2013

The residence of the Ambassador of Peru, that I drive past every day to and from work.

This is quite the church roof.

Many small houses along the area south of Carling near Merivale.

Weekend parking at the day care.

A cool little car.

And a cottage-like house in Westboro.

Leaside a reflection of those who built it [Toronto Sun]

Video shows developers plans to sway city council [Calgary Herald]

Canada Post says they hold the trademark on the words ‘postal code’ [Canada.com]

Andrew Scheer’s ruling shows he’s more loyal to his conscience than the party whip [National Post]

Time to change the message on gun control [National Post]

Fake [The Greater Fool] (related to this Toronto Star story)

The real point everyone seems to be missing in this latest @torontostar affair is that a mortgage peddler is - gasp - a renter. #WhatBubble?

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Jen Gerson (@jengerson) April 26, 2013

Speaker’s ruling on MPs a victory – but a hollow one [Ottawa Citizen]

Is your wardrobe killing Bangladeshis or saving them? [The Globe and Mail]

I wish this neighborhood stayed exactly as gentrified as it was when I first moved here [College Humor]

Tweets

@sparkcbc The sound of a cellphone on vibrate. It's not nearly as subtle as some would like to think.

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Gaia Gigi (@DollfaceTuesday) April 22, 2013

Why blocking piplines is pale alternatv to carbon tax RT @ealini The spectacular rise of oil-by-rail—in 18 months. twitpic.com/cl80zq

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Kevin Milligan (@kevinmilligan) April 22, 2013

I don't know what the people are doing here, but I sure like how it looks from space. http://t.co/EnCDjYIfdu

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Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) April 26, 2013

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^ This is an excellent reminiscence by Stephen Harper from Leaside’s 100th Anniversary party yesterday night.

Behold the modern party leader: pragmatic, disciplined, without principles [National Post]

Tart & soul [Ryerson Review of Journalism]

When is a tax not a tax? [iPolitics.ca]

Internet Vigilantism: the court of public opinion is now in session [The Globe and Mail]

Inside Markham’s grocery store wars [The Globe and Mail]

Tweets

If the gov’t claims importers can avoid gun tariffs by compiling a gun registry, I will die laughing.

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Mike Moffatt (@MikePMoffatt) April 16, 2013

Tariff code being reset by arbitrary, unwritten, fiat? Maybe put FinMin at border in lifeguard chair. Calls out tariff rates as goods pass.

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Kevin Milligan (@kevinmilligan) April 19, 2013

#CerealBox “@reporterdonpeat: Here are the top 6 finalists in the #Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games mascot contest #TOpoli http://t.co/gv85JF0XWi”

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Matthew Browning (@CabbagetownMatt) April 18, 2013

Tree Chickadee, originally uploaded by dalmond.

Today’s photo from field work taken while waiting for the surveying equipment to figure out its location.

You can’t tell the Attorney General she has an epic butt, but here’s what you can do [Jezebel]

Tariff paperwork may snag iPods yet [The Globe and Mail]

Oilman’s generosity still benefits Calgary [Calgary Herald]

Hooking an undergrad hubby [Ottawa Citizen]

The tariff code’s toothbrush problem

Global flight paths [Arup Connect]

Tweets

More bad news for Blue Jays fans: No team has ever won the 2013 World Series.

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Dustin Parkes (@dustinparkes) April 10, 2013

@kady @cselley Worse a crime is, the more important burden of proof becomes. Not the other way around, tho that is where instinct takes us.

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Tabatha Southey (@TabathaSouthey) April 10, 2013

This spring snow in several major Canadian cities is wildly precedented. I would like to register my total lack of incomprehension.

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Chris Turner (@theturner) April 11, 2013

Toll roads work but don’t use them to subsidize public transit [National Post]

What being a handyman has taught me about male insecurity [The Atlantic]

A persistent problem with truth [HESA]

The verdict is in on jury duty: it rocks [Toronto Star]

Driving in the passing lane: The Canadian disease [The Globe and Mail]

Ottawa needs a new model for infrastructure funding [Macdonald-Laurier Institute]

Worry about correctness and repeatability, not p-values [Win-Vector Blog]

Tweets

Just heard this (tricky) job interview question: "If we hired someone else, what are the qualities they might have that you don't?"

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Dan Misener (@misener) April 01, 2013

So special tariff treatment under 9948.00.00, eh? You know, I often find my computer is "enhanced" when I eat expensive imported cheese.

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BJ Siekierski (@BJSiekierski) April 05, 2013

We all hate taxes. But the goal of cost cutting cannot be only to get taxes down: it has to include unlocking resources to meet real needs.

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John Parker (@johnparker26) April 06, 2013

Just saw another #eap13 ad. Seriously, stop this. You're hurting my soul.

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Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) April 06, 2013

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^ a much more enjoyable live performance than the staged SNL brand that most people have seen.

Ralph Klein, R.I.P.: the deceptive shape of a shadow [Maclean’s]

Alberta’s King Ralph was loved by his people as one of their own [Ottawa Citizen]

Someone will eventually have to clean up the Conservatives’ tax code [The Globe and Mail]

Food deserts may not be key in what people eat, study says [Los Angeles Times]

Mapping Toronto’s food territories [The Globe and Mail]

Backbench revolt isn’t pro-life vs. pro-choice, it’s for the freedom of all MPs [National Post]

Toronto Star vs. Rob Ford: Huzzah for ruthless reporters [National Post]

It’s about sovereignty, not language [Montreal Gazette]

Tweets

TTC plans for articulated 60-foot buses are all based on cost saving, not on improving capacity. 12 routes at risk.

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Steve Munro (@SwanBoatSteve) March 27, 2013

At some point CMHC is going to publish a helpful brochure for first-time Toronto homebuyers entitled "Hamilton! So it's come to this."

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Rodney MacDonald (@rodneytown) March 29, 2013

Rape is still treated as a matter of sex. But I know better [The Globe and Mail]

Where universities have really failed [Maclean’s OnCampus]

Do university job guarantees coddle students? [CBC]

Richmond, B.C., makes right call on Chinese-only signs [National Post]

Scott Feschuk’s guide to complex federal budget lingo [Maclean’s]

Federal budget 2013: What Jim Flaherty didn’t want you to know [National Post]

Modes, Medians and Means: A unifying perspective

Tweets

Oh no! The L.A. Marathon was TODAY and I totally overslept and didn't train and never registered and have never wanted to run a marathon!

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Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) March 17, 2013

It's weird to think that, before smartphones, people on trains used to just aimlessly move their index finger around the palm of their hand.

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  (@cluedont) March 18, 2013

Former NS now Ottawa reporter @alexboutilier on Ottawa: "It's a municipality the size of Nova Scotia and it's run just about as well."

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Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) March 20, 2013

This is by far the best bit of user interface design I have ever seen. Ever. EVER. http://t.co/zrRs4bDRH3

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Ryan Block (@ryan) March 18, 2013

Saw this amazing Chinese cake and thought of @faeriedevilish: https://t.co/1gTxuAN257 Pigs! In a chocolate hot tub!

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Tom Doran (@portraitinflesh) March 19, 2013

@Justin_Ling I'm going to rename my MBA course that.

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Mike Moffatt (@MikePMoffatt) March 22, 2013

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