[Originally published in The Montreal Gazette, January 21st, 2014]

Oh no.

A new Rob Ford video is out. Can we please talk about real things?

Like the Quebec public servants wearing Chadors?

… oh, there are exactly zero cases of that.

Ok then, about the waves of invasion from Islamostanabia?

… hm, non-existent too.

Then let’s talk about how firing women from jobs protects their rights?

… ah, yes. Also non-sensical and detached from reality.

You know what? show me that Rob Ford video…