This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed provinces beginning to ease COVID-19 restrictions, if it is safe to send your kids back to school, which provinces might be moving too fast & a new
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Magpie Brûlé: Not Helping the Team: From Our Own Backyard
We’re into the beginning of May and it’s amazing to think that we’re closing in on two-months of the measures we’ve had to take to fight Covid-19. It’s been a hard time for many with some major sacrifice made by many, for the betterment of public health and to do
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Conservative Leadership Campaign Back Again
The newest episode of the Magpie Brûlé Video Podcast is now up. In this episode, I talk about the return of the Conservative Leadership Race, the fails & disturbing comments from it since it re-started, the numerous fails of Peter MacKay & how the race keeps moving further away from
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Peter MacKay’s Smelly Avian Adoption
It’s the end of the week and the start of a new month, which you’d think might mark a good time for folks to do a few things a bit differently. But for the Conservatives and their leadership contestants, that doesn’t seem to be on the agenda. After re-starting their
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: The Conservative Dilemma… Continued in More Tweets
Life can be a crazy thing folks, if 2020 has taught us anything so far surely that must be one of the lessons. Just when you think some things couldn’t get worse or nuttier, something happens that you never would have expected. Donald Trump telling people to ingest disinfectants to
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: The Conservative Dilemma in One Tweet
Just as the Green Party got some interesting positive news for their leadership race, it seems that the bad keeps pouring in for the Conservatives around their leadership race. It’s been a week since Conservative MP and leadership candidate Derek Sloan tweeted his obvious dog whistle comments about Dr. Theresa
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: The Surprising Green Saviour?
The fight against Covid-19 has sidelined many things that we would normally be worried about, and rightfully so. It’s amazing to think about some of the things our political circles were all focused on before the global pandemic struck, that are now simple after thoughts. Included in long list of
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking the State of Canadian Politics with Critical Thinking
A few weeks back I had the chance to finally get to join the crew at YourTV Brockville’s “Critical Thinking”, with host Leigh Bursey & guest host Josh Bennett. Finally the episode aired on the weekend, but they also released a web exclusive video just yesterday. We had a nice
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: The Case for Emergency Benefits
As government and our society responds to the crises created by Covid-19, we’ve seen governments at all levels take actions that would have seemed completely unthinkable just a couple short months ago. 75% wage subsidies, commercial rent subsidies, billions for medical equipment, companies shifting from production car windshields and hockey
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: The Dishonourable Senator from Northwestern Ontario: Hometown Disappointment
With everything that’s been going on around Covid-19 it’s a bit amazing to think about some of the things we were discussing before all this happened. While some of it was just so superficial, other issues were very important and getting the attention they deserved. Of course now as we
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking the Re-Opening from Covid-19 with Kristy Cameron
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 Ontario’s announcement on their plan for the re-opening of the province, the lack of details in it & how it compares to other provinces. You can
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Dodging Delivery Unionization
The past couple of months have been very hard on many Canadians as we try to stop the spread of Covid-19. It’s been hard on those who have fallen ill and the families who have lost loved ones, which has been the main focus of most people. But that has
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking the Re-opening of the Economy on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed taking cautious approaches to economic recovery plans, not wanting to repeat the mistakes of other jurisdictions, the state of the Conservative movement during Covid-19 & the different
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Dangerous Misinformation in a Dangerous Time: More Bad Examples
As we get further into our fight against Covid-19 we are continually seeing the importance getting good information we can rely on. This should honestly go without saying, that spreading misinformation is extremely dangerous and that the consequences of that can be dire. Look at the United States from just
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: The Complicated Evolution of Doug Ford
As we start the last week of April, it can be a bit stunning to think of everything that’s happened over the past nearly two months. We’ve seen lots of big changes to our day to day lives and while there is talk about things slowly starting to open up
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Basic Income: The Right Time? (Video)
The newest episode of the Magpie Brûlé Video Podcast is now up. In this episode, I talk about the response of the Federal government to Covid-19, the lessons of the short-term, the new longer-term needs that are coming to the surface as the response continue & how maybe a Basic
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Dog whistling to the Leadership
As the World has responded to the threat of Covid-19, we’ve seen some amazing examples of people putting aside partisan difference, coming together, and working to help all of society. We’ve seen numerous examples of people making sacrifices and putting their needs aside for the benefit of their neighbours. It’s
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Clawing Back the Compassion
Throughout the fight against Covid-19 we’ve had many surprises, most of them unpleasant ones. But there have been some good surprises, things many of us might not expected due to past history and actions. The work of Ontario Premier Doug Ford is probably the prime example in that category, having
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Crisis Overreach in Manitoba
As Canadian governments, both Federal and Provincial, have been fighting Covid-19 and doing their best to meet the needs to the public, that effort has required steps to be taken that some of those governments wouldn’t want to normally do. We’ve seen government intervention and support for people, organizations, and
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking Tragedy in Nova Scotia & a Gradual Re-Open from Covid-19 with Kristy Cameron
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the tragedy over the weekend in Nova Scotia, how the nation is coping, talk of a gradual re-opening from Covid-19 and the shenanigans that brought Parliament
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