Miscellaneous Stuff

I usually say that I am "90 percent vegetarian". When I am choosing for only myself, I either eat vegetarian food or fish. However, I don't impose my choices on other people, so when I am visiting others or sharing food with others at a restaurant, I don't insist on vegetarian. (Basically I do what I do as a protest against the meat production industry, which I find unethical and wasteful.)

I am against advertising on Usenet and unsolicited mass e-mail. See the web site for the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (CAUCE) for more details.

I believe that the Canadian Senate should be replaced by a body which is more credible and designed to represent the provinces and regions at the national level in legislative and constitutional matters. In particular, I believe:

• The number of senators per province and territory should be somewhere in-between equal number per province and by proportion of population.
• In voting for Senators, voters should cast a vote for a provincial party. The number of senators elected for each party should be based on the proportion of the vote the party obtains ("proportional representation"). The actual senators named should be chosen by the parties concerned. This would minimize the amount of federal political party influence over the Senate.
• The group of senators from each province should have a limited power of veto over bills and constitutional amendments.