Category: My Two Canadian Cents

  • Create prosperity by reducing tax burden on Canadians

    When a country creates most new jobs in the public sector only, and the public sector keeps growing and growing, it’s not surprising that inflation and zero (private sector) productivity kill both the economy and the well-being of every single citizen. As public sector workers are striking across Canada for more pay, even though they—without…

  • “My Two Canadian Cents” is back!

    After a hiatus of 11 years, My Two Canadian Cents is back. That was my brand for writing about politics (and other things) from around 2008 to 2012. It was also that brand that landed me a regular gig as a political pundit on national TV. Why bring back My Two Canadian Cents?

  • Learn from the past, but don’t dwell on it

    I recently stumbled across a 2014 film, The Scarehouse, written and directed by Gavin Michael Booth. I had watched one of Booth’s other films, Last Call, which I enjoyed very much, and when Gavin himself told me that Scarehouse was a “polar opposite” of Last Call, my curiosity was definitely piqued. So, I checked it…

  • Why I love remastering music

    People often ask me, “You’re a translator and writer. How come you also remaster music?” Well, here’s my answer. In professional translation, there’s one principle you need to keep in mind: the reader of the translated text must have the exact same experience as the reader of the original text. I have loved this process…

  • Common translator mistakes

    No, this is not about mistakes translators make in the texts they translate, but rather about the mistakes they make in presenting themselves to the world. Native language As everyone knows, professional translators translate into their native language (or native languages in the case of true bilinguals) and no other language. It doesn’t matter how…