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So a few weeks ago my mom was doing some banking and needed her signature on a form witnessed. President’s Choice is an online bank, but they told her the form could be witnessed by management at any CIBC branch. She went there but the assistant manager refused to do it. Witnessing a signature is a very simple process – you’re just confirming that you watched someone sign their own name to a form. It takes less than a minute. Yet they spent ages arguing because the assistant manager refused to believe that PC Financial is in any way affiliated with CIBC. My mom eventually left and paid a lawyer $50 to stand there while she signed the form. She called the bank later, and the manager backed up his assistant about the (non-) relationship with PC Financial. We were left with no other option than to write this letter: Continue reading “CIBC & President’s Choice”

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This is an article by Stephen Hawking where he explains why it is not only necessary but urgent to colonize space. At the moment the United States gives NASA a laughable 0.12% of it’s GDP. Hawking points out that was a mere 0.25% (less than the 0.3% they enjoyed during the Apollo program) we could be advancing in leaps and bounds towards a worthwhile goal: surviving. Continue reading “Colonization”

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I mentioned before that I’ve been thinking about doing another degree after graduating this year. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do a Masters in Philosophy or something else. I decided to go see Glendon and get information about their International Studies program. It sounded very interesting and develops many of the same skills as Philosophy. Continue reading “International Studies”