The cell phone in your pocket may be leaving more than just your personal information at risk. Are Canada's mobile carriers doing enough to protect both users and critical infrastructure? This week the Hamilton Spectator published an article I wrote on why Canada's carriers need to do more to protect us all. Last September, a research [...]
This article was published in The Hamilton Spectator on September 15, 2016. It was the first piece I have written for their Go section and am really proud of the level of detail The Spec was willing to print on this story. I provided both this story, as well as the supplementary material so that people [...]
I recently wrote a piece for the Hamilton Spectator on the new self driving bus built by local motors called Olli. The 12 seater bus (currently in beta) that is currently testing on roads in Arizona and Maryland will be joined by around 100 buses in 2017. Although Olli would never be used to replace mass [...]
A recent study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives called for the CRTC to end the Digital Media Exemption Order (DMEO) and begin regulating over the top (OTT) video providers such as YouTube and Netflix. The author called for the companies to collect and remit HST and to contribute 5 per cent of their [...]
The story of our newly elected prime minister signing the new Paris climate treaty at the UN popped up in my Facebook feed recently. Ever since the change on Facebook that allows users to react in ways other than just clicking "like," people have been able to choose a range of emotional responses to a [...]
About a week and a half ago a story ran in The Spec. The story, which is really a non-story was about "offensive" comments made by Ward 8 Councillor (and Police Services Board Member) Terry Whitehead. I was a little surprised because I hadn't heard about these "offensive" comments earlier so I skimmed the article, [...]
On Sunday we conducted a special canvass in the Eastmount Park Neighbourhood to talk specifically about the future of Eastmount Park School. We included a letter along with a postcard that specifically talked about the future of the school and the surrounding lands. The City has put in an offer to purchase the school and lands from [...]
Doug Conley Expresses Support for Howard Rabb Doug Conley was one of the first Councillors I became friendly with at City Hall. Conley, a former Stoney Creek Councillor who returned to municipal politics this term as the newly elected Councillor for Ward 9 Stoney Creek is always polite, direct, and brief in his expressions around [...]
