This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We had a hard discussion about the tragedy from the weekend in Nova Scotia, the evil in the act and how everyone is coping with the fallout of it
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Magpie Brûlé: Magpie Brûlé Video Podcast: How Should Parliament Return?
In this first video episode, I talk about the return of Parliament, how that should happen & how we should expect all parties to be acting while the country fights Covid-19. Then I go into how Covid-19 has so far changed a lot of our political discourse, how it has
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Something New from Magpie Brûlé
We’ve all been living in strange times over these past weeks as we’ve been going through Covid-19. We’ve all been trying to deal with the new constraints on our lives, spending much more time at home and trying new ways to do some things, like communicating with our friends, family
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking CERB Changes & The Role of Medical Experts on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, for a rare Thursday chat along with Jamie Ellerton. We discussed Canada’s continued response to Covid-19, changes announced to the Canadian Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB), the need to ramp up Covid-19 testing, the
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Green New Dilemma
We are in very difficult times as governments and citizens do what we can to try to slow the spread of Covid-19. We’ve seen the effects for so many across the board; from health care & essential workers putting themselves at risk everyday to do their part, to small business
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Dangerous Misinformation in a Dangerous Time
In western society over the past few years we have seen the effects of disinformation on our society and our politics. We have seen them spread easily and have an out-sized effect on the discourse of our communities. In the best of times it was causing greater problems, but that
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Not Helping the Team: The Next Examples
A while back I wrote a piece here about politicians from around the World who have been not helping things with some of their words. In a time when we need a lot of empathy and compassion for others, we’ve seen some elected people spreading dangerous and morally questionable ideas
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Essential Example
Over the past month our country and society as a whole has had many difficult situations and decisions thrust upon us by the Covid-19 global pandemic. We’ve had to deal with the emergencies that have arisen while also plan for the future as best as we can. That’s meant that
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking Essential Services & Covid-19 Wage Subsidies 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 latest developments on Covid-19, how we pay and treat those who are delivering the essential services we depend on, how we can help them more
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: With Allies Like These: The Good Stories
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a month that most of us have been living in these current circumstances created by Covid-19. It was about a month ago that we saw schools being closed, people being told to work from home, being laid off and worse. It’s been a
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking Canada’s Response to Covid-19 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 Canada’s response to Covid-19, the newly-passed wage subsidy program, how long it will take to get implemented and how Canada is building its own PPE supply chain
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: A Shining Example in Dark Days
Here at this blog I have written a fair bit about Canada’s attempts to get needed medical equipment and personal protective equipment over the past couple of weeks. That writing has focused particularly around the actions of one certain ally, their attempts to deny other countries this equipment and their
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Convention in the Age of Covid-19
We are pretty much a month into this new, odd normal of living with Covid-19 and frankly, it’s almost hard to believe that it’s been that long. I know for me personally, working from home as my family does their learning and teaching from home, the days have started to
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Stay the Heck Home!
It’s Good Friday and for many families, this would be a time when they might start to make the trek out of town or get ready to host people for the Easter Weekend. For some, that might normally involve going to see family and for others, that might involve going
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: The Growing Scope
As we come into the Easter Weekend, it’s almost hard to believe that we’ve been into this pandemic for close to a month now. For those infected, we’ve seen the number of cases of Covid-19 grow every day. For students, most haven’t been in school for going on their fourth
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: You’re Talking About What Now?
We’re living through exceptional times, that’s become clear. Many people have risen to this moment, given back to their communities and have really forced us to see so many things in a different light. When we’re focused on life and death, that can’t help but change the way we look
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking Canada/US Tensions in the Age of 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 the latest developments on Covid-19, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson being admitted to ICU and the moves by the Trump Administration to deny vital medical equipment
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Talking Canada/US Tensions in the Age of Covid-19 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 spoke about the moves by the Trump Administration to deny vital medical equipment to Canada, about how different politicians are responding to this new crisis in the age
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Shirley Douglas – April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020
In every party, union or movement, there are names and people who loom large in it. They leave a huge imprint on the memories and souls of those who are a part of it, becoming synonymous with the movements themselves. It can be hard for anyone to follow in those
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: A Constructive Proposal for the Moment
As our country and provinces respond to Covid-19, we’ve seen a heartening coming together by people from across party lines to tackle the problems that are coming each day. We’ve seen all parties put ideas out there, good ones that governments have then acted upon for the betterment of everyone.
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