If cornered, will the Kenney Government flat out say no to federal funds for child care? It sure looks like it. Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). But first, as is ever the case when the United Conservative Party’s lizard brain confronts a potentially popular publicly funded
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Be a critic
My Mom says it’s abstract. I think it isn’t. What say you, friends?
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Max Boot – Republican Party Now Completely FUBAR’ed.
Conservative columnist, Max Boot, grew estranged from the Republican establishment during the Trump era. Now he’s gone from estranged to divorced. Boot says the Mark of Cain, Trumpism, is on the GOP and it’s indelible. Three of the major tenets of the Trumpified GOP have been on public view
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Chauvin Guilty as Charged
Former cop, Derek Chauvin, has been found guilty of all three charges in the killing of George Floyd. Manslaughter 2, guilty. Murder 2, guilty. Murder 3, felony murder, guilty. Sentencing is scheduled in eight weeks. Chauvin’s bail was rescinded and he is remanded into custody.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Verdict Reached in George Floyd Killing Case
The jury in the Derek Chauvin trial has reached a verdict. The decision will be read out this afternoon. It sounds like a clear conviction.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Excellent Humiliation of the Con Coward Doug Ford
He wasn't in the Ontario legislature today. The Con coward has gone into hiding. He knows what he has done, knows that he has mishandled the pandemic, and what that is doing to his once sky high popularity. In my last post I predicted that Justin Trudeau would get a
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Standing In the Path of a Runaway Train
President Biden is holding a virtual summit this week to encourage world leaders to unite in the fight against runaway climate change. “Runaway.” There’s a word you don’t hear much these days. I hope Mr. Biden succeeds. He will first have to tame an unruly Congress and face opposition in
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On Magical Thinking And Misdirection
I don’t feel particularly inspired to write these days, but I am always on the lookout for aptly expressed sentiments by others. In the print edition of today’s Toronto Star, there are two letters of note pertaining to the Doug Ford government’s mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ontario, or as
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Another Robbery Reported
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Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Gurney discusses the complete lack of leadership which has led to catastrophic public health results in Ontario, while Haley Steinberg talks to Andrew Morris about the Ford PCs’ utter disregard for evidence-based recommendations to limit the spread of COVID-19. Davide Mastracci
Continue readingHalf an Hour: Supporting Everyday Learning
This is an unedited transcript of my workshop. There we go, so now I’m recording. That would have been interesting so welcome to the session called supporting everyday learning you probably saw the the advertisement for it so you have some idea of what to expect but overall what I’ll
Continue readingScripturient: The Fox, The Hedgehog, and The Mayor
Brian Saunderson is a Hedgehog. Not literally: metaphorically. At least that’s how I read Isaiah Berlin’s 1953 essay that classified people into two categories; Hedgehogs or Foxes. Berlin wrote that Hedgehogs had a single, central vision; one core ideal through which they viewed their entire world. Foxes. on the other
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: A Budget or Aspirational Theatre?
In this era of grave uncertainty it can be nearly impossible to judge a budget beyond the “what’s in it for me?” test. Is this the hill the Liberals are prepared to die on, i.e. trigger an election? Or is this just political theatre, a wish list to run the
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: the budget speech Freeland should have given
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table the 2021-22 budget of the Government of Canada. The real one. I rise to give the budget speech I should have given yesterday, but didn’t. Yesterday, I read out the speech that had been dictated to me by the children in the Prime
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Really Big
Kevin Page writes that the budget Chyrstia Freeland tabled yesterday is big — really big: Budget 2021 is big. It has many moving parts. It breaks records. It weighs in at 700 pages. Over six years, there is $143 billion in net new spending. There are 10 priorities. If one
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking the 2021 Federal Budget with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the 2021 Federal Budget, the big items included in it, the help included for Canadians, the shrewdness of the proposed budget itself, the difference in approach brought in
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Meta-Analysis of Well Being Reveals how to Help Your Mental Health
Many people are feeling worn out, down, and stressed after living through a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. People in nations which reacted swiftly and took scientific approaches to containing the spread are doing better, but those of us in areas with poor leadership (I’m in “Conservative” Ontario) the pandemic
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Leave ‘em Laughing.
In writing about the leadership skills of our political leaders, we have borrowed the title of a 1927 Laurel and Hardy two-reel movie to explain federal conservative leader Erin O’Toole. You can just visualize Stan Laurel saying to Erin O’Toole or Oliver Hardy “Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Dr. Jane Clare Jones on Patriarchy 101 – A Refresher
Definitional clarity is key in understanding the conflict between women’s rights and gender ideology. Dr. Jones, as usual, brings clarity to the matter at hand.
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