Author: Cam Holmstrom

Throughout this Covid-19 crisis many political leaders who I strongly disagree with have done a good job in my estimation. I have no problem saying that a lot of these leaders have risen to the moment and have earned respect for that work to date. But at the same time,

We live in times where transparency matters, especially from government. These are also times when setting the example matters greatly and when not doing so has serious consequences. Some of us who saw yesterdays stunt at Queen’s Park, where the Ontario Conservatives ignored physical distancing rules and crammed their members

Over the past week we’ve had lots of talk and discussion about the importance of social distancing measures. The whole incident at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto on Saturday was one major flash point, but there have been other incidents that have brought this discussion to the fore. Throughout it

There are moments that happen, events that take place, that change the course of things. These moments are so striking, so stark, that strikes such a nerve that it makes it impossible for things to continue as is. In Canada there are some that come to mind right away. Walkerton

In hard times, difficult situations and global crises, we need to be able to trust the information we get from our governments. Reliable information is important to help people do what’s needed and to avoid worse danger or health outcomes. We are seeing prime examples of that on a daily

Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about saturdays scene in Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, about how that was allowed to happen, how governments & citizens need to step up and political parties

Since Saturday’s events at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, the debate around what happened there, how it should have been prevented and what both governments and individuals need to do going forward has been making the rounds. I had my two cents on it here on the weekend, and simply

These times that we’re living in, wow. We’re into the last week of May and it’s striking to think of all the things that we’ve seen take place over the past few months, all the changes that have happened and how governments have needed to react. It has been enough

This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed today’s return of Parliament, how it should proceed going forward, striking the right tone in this moment & political parties applying for the federal wage subsidy program.

We’re going into the last week of May, and I must admit it feels strange to think that we are. It does because that means we’re almost in June, which will be the fourth month that we have been fighting against Covid-19. Go back to January, and I don’t think

In many ways, I consider myself to be a very fortunate person. In my 40 years on this Earth so far, I’ve had the chance to live out some dreams of mine, do things I aspired to do & witness events that I’ll be able to tell my grandchildren about

We’re well into month three of dealing with Covid-19 and somedays it’s hard to believe that it’s been so long. Yet the longer we go into this moment the more that certain things just prove to become truer and truer. One of those things is an idea that I’ve been

During the Covid-19 global pandemic we’ve had many sobering reminders about the importance of correct and reliable information. There has been so much garbage floating around, with others trying to use this moment to boost their views and beliefs, it’s created a lot of confusion and danger for many folks

2020 has been a crazy year so far, and maybe the continual piling of crap coming from it is wearing on me. Or maybe it’s because I’m getting older and my tolerance from rhetorical trash is quickly reducing. Whatever the reason, I’m finding my patience with some people petty garbage

It’s 2020 and there are many things that are normal parts of our society today that just weren’t decades ago. We’ve progressed a lot as a society and we’ve got a lot to be proud of there. But as with anything when it comes to progress, some don’t get the

As our fight against Covid-19 continues apace we’ve slowly started to see some activities come back to normal faster than maybe we would have hoped. One is the behaviours in our politics, which after this week seem to be pretty much back to the pre-Covid normal. When Covid-19 hit, we

The Covid-19 global pandemic & the economic crisis that followed from it has been hard on everyone. We’ve seen millions of people lose their jobs, certain industries shuttered and so many families put into the hardest times they’ve ever seen, all as a part of our fight to slow this

If there is anything we can say with certainty about our times is that they are very uncertain. Covid-19 has turned a lot of things on its head and we’ve been doing our best to respond to this challenge, the likes of which we haven’t faced for generations. While we’ve

All over the country we’re starting to see a slow re-opening of many parts of society as we adjust to living with Covid-19. Every province is taking different approaches, some being more aggressive than others. While Quebec has gone as far to re-open many schools on Monday, today neighbour Ontario

As a keen observer of politics all over the place, it has been interesting for me to watch how certain political leaders have managed to respond to the Covid-19 global pandemic and it’s fall out. Some politicians have done better than anyone expected, others have been par for the course