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JOHNSON – How PSAC played the inflation card to get what it wanted

May 5, 2023 // 1 Comment

By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca AS OF MAY 4, it appears that the Federal Government and the union bargaining for 150,000 employees have come to two separate [Continue]

JOHNSON – Hydrogen passenger train through the Interior is faulty thinking

April 23, 2023 // 4 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca REGIONAL DISTRICT of North Okanagan directors heard an ambitious plan last Wednesday that would connect Kamloops to the U.S. [Continue]

JOHNSON – Hate speech and controversial speakers at universities

February 21, 2023 // 6 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca AN ISSUE POPPED up last week that got me thinking. Last week, there was a protest against fired Mount Royal University [Continue]

JOHNSON – How we can finally resolve the gun control issue in Canada

February 10, 2023 // 5 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor SO THIS PAST WEEK, the Federal Government backed down from amendments to Bill C21. Bill C21 … the original bill that was hyper [Continue]

JOHNSON – Is the F-35 fighter jet the right decision for Canada?

January 13, 2023 // 3 Comments

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]

JOHNSON – Jaywalking, Europe versus North America

January 9, 2023 // 1 Comment

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

September 16, 2022 // 2 Comments

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

August 15, 2022 // 2 Comments

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

June 3, 2022 // 1 Comment

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

May 15, 2022 // 4 Comments

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

April 30, 2022 // 1 Comment

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

March 22, 2022 // 2 Comments

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?

March 16, 2022 // 2 Comments

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

February 25, 2022 // 2 Comments

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]