I'm so glad unions are here to protect people who desperately need help. The National Post outlined a plan which was to be put in place on Mississauga Transit buses. Drivers would have had to announce the next bus stop. Good thing the union helped out... who knows what would have happened if this plan had gone through!

Plans called for drivers to indicate stops by either shouting or using a microphone. Signs would be installed on the city's bus stops to assist drivers in remembering which location came next on their route. But the city's transit union quickly objected to the plan, arguing it would be dangerous to ask drivers to read road signs while driving.

"You cannot drive and read -- that's impossible," said Vito Tomas, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1572.

I'm absolutely dumbfounded.

If there's one thing I've learned from doing wine tastings for Churchill Cellars, it's that boxes and especially Tetra Paks are actually the ideal packaging format for most wine. It's great to see that echoed in The New York Times. Hopefully that will help break some of the negative stigma associated with drinking "wine out of a box."

Although some sommeliers may scoff at wine from a plastic spigot, boxes are perfect for table wines that don’t need to age, which is to say, all but a relative handful of the top wines from around the world. What’s more, boxed wine is superior to glass bottle storage in resolving that age-old problem of not being able to finish a bottle in one sitting. Once open, a box preserves wine for about four weeks compared with only a day or two for a bottle. Boxed wine may be short on charm, but it is long on practicality.

I'd love to see brands sold in both formats on the same shelves. I think it's necessary for consumers to be able to compare them side-by-side—boxes would be a no-brainer for most people.