JOHNSON – Is the F-35 fighter jet the right decision for Canada?
By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca SO, THIS WEEK Canada finalized an agreement with the United States and manufacturer Lockheed Martin to purchase 88 F-35 [Continue]
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JOHNSON – Jaywalking, Europe versus North America
By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca THE OTHER DAY, I had to lock up the brakes to avoid a young person who jaywalked, with their attention buried in their phone. [Continue]
JOHNSON – Canada can’t just fire the monarchy
By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca AS WE HAVE SEEN discussed on the news and across social media since the death of Queen Elisabeth II, talk of Canada’s [Continue]
JOHNSON – A story about how I quit smoking after almost 40 years
By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor THIS IS A STORY of how I stopped smoking cigarettes. First the disclaimer. I used vaping products. I do not in any way endorse [Continue]
JOHNSON – Our health system isn’t set up for an addiction crisis
By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor SO, AS OF JAN. 31, B.C. residents can possess specific amounts of certain controlled drugs. Let’s be absolutely clear — [Continue]
JOHNSON – What Pope says is more important than where he goes
By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca POPE FRANCIS plans to visit Canada this summer following Canadian Indigenous leaders’ visit to the Vatican last month. [Continue]
JOHNSON – Evicting marmot requires problem-solving skills and a good rake
By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca THERE’S A KNOCK on the door this afternoon. My kindly Italian heritage neighbour, holding the continuously quivering [Continue]
JOHNSON – Light debate brings out the anti-LED lobby groups
LAST WEEK there was an Armchair Mayor/ CFJC column, regarding LED street lighting. This week, there was a response letter to that column from a Softlights.org organization. [Continue]
JOHNSON – Point by point, what will council candidates do with our money?
WITH THE UPCOMING municipal election in October, we find ourselves at the beginning of positional jockeying for council incumbents looking for re-election, and new Council [Continue]
JOHNSON – Reflections on Ukraine after Day One of the Russian invasion
THE MOMENT OF THE WRITING of this column, was at the end of day one of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The air campaign was in full swing and there are reports of [Continue]
JOHNSON – Mr. Walsh, modern data does not a witch hunt make
WHEREAS I APPRECIATE the first three paragraphs of Coun. Dennis Walsh’s guest column here at the Armchair Mayor, dated Feb. 8, and I definitely echo the kudo’s directed [Continue]
JOHNSON – A look back at PyeongChang as the Beijing Olympics get underway
By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca FOUR YEARS AGO, at the conclusion of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, I wrote a column about a kind of a ‘changing of [Continue]
JOHNSON – Why the truckers’ protest in Ottawa was doomed to fail
SOOO, HERE WE GO … crowds of trucks jamming into Ottawa and packing Parliament Hill on Saturday and Sunday to protest the federal Liberal government, vaccine mandates and [Continue]
JOHNSON – Halloween fireworks and hooliganism – only in B.C.
By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca DURING THIS PAST Halloween, I stumbled across a written line somewhere that floored me, and from there I began a deep dive [Continue]
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