Author: Cam Holmstrom

The newest episode of “Cdnpolicast” is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Susan Smith, Neil Brodie and I talk about the developments this week in protests happening across the country, the talks that have begun and the what they mean. We also talk about the global rise of Covid-19,

Since the Ford Conservative came into power in Ontario close to two years ago, we’ve seen a steady series of ill-thought out and poorly executed policy plans and changes. We’ve seen cuts to autism services that hurt families badly, we’ve seen cuts to services for Ontario’s francophone communities and we’ve

In this age of pitched battles over the impact of certain needed political policies, it’s interesting to see how various entities in society react. While it’s government that sets the legislative groundwork and regulations to move a policy forward, it’s really how others get on board (or don’t) that have

In the past two weeks we’ve seen some interesting developments in the case of Senator Lynn Beyak and the calls for her to be removed from her seat in the Red Chamber. Last week we saw a group of seven young municipal leaders from Northwestern Ontario come together to put

Over the last few weeks as Canada has been dealing with the fallout from the Wet’suwet’en protests, we have seen a lot of political leaders doing the opposite of what they’ve been needed to do. For the Conservatives, we haven’t seen any constructive ideas come forward from them; all we’ve

Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked the breaking news on the Carbon Tax Court Case in Alberta & the latest developments in the Wet’suwet’en protests. You can listen to the audio below starting

Last week I was happy to share with everyone here a great development from Northwestern Ontario regarding Senator Lynn Beyak and the calls for her to be removed. Last week we saw seven young municipal leaders from across the political spectrum call for Beyak to be removed from the Red

After a two week break, 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 conversation about the most recent development in the Wet’suwet’en protests, the Teck Frontier project and the continued spread of the CoronaVirus,

There are some people in certain professions I’ve always had some empathy for, and one of those is sports reporters. The reason for that empathy is pretty simple and straightforward; they will watch a game and have a story ready to go for shortly after it’s done, only to see

Looking around Canada this week at the Federal and Provincial levels, you’d be hard pressed to find any leader having a good week. It’s just been a lot of bad, all over the place. But despite that standard being set across the country, one provincial government some how has managed

This has been a crazy couple of weeks in our politics and let’s face it, we’re in a very fraught time. There are lots of tensions out there, lots of angry words being shared and many fault lines coming back to the surface. Many of the responses to that haven’t

It’s interesting how life can be at times. Lately it seems that everyday I go to drive home from work, something big happens during the two hours it takes me to get from door to door. It seems that whenever I pull into my driveway lately and check my phone

As someone who has long been a big believer in the role of our Parliament & the responsibilities that those who serve there have to everyone in this country, this week has been tough to take. It’s been so because it’s been hard to watch an institution that I so

With the way that things have been moving in Canadian politics in the past week, it feels like it’s been ages since I last wrote about the disgraceful Senator Lynn Beyak. But in truth, it’s only been a few weeks since I last used space here to call out her

When Ontarians elected the Doug Ford Conservatives to government close to two years ago, the province chose to move in a different direction. You can debate or disagree with the merit of that choice, but it was a choice that was made. Ford ran on a light platform offering the

For those who know me or have been reading my work for a while, you might know that I have some passions outside of politics. Soccer (or as we all call it, Football) and Basketball are both other passions of mine, loves in my life that mean a lot to

Today the House of Commons is back in session, after an odd break of a week and a day. MPs are back in Ottawa to deal with the issues that face the country and today that means the Wet’suwet’en protests. Given that most of this story has played out while

Today I joined Graham Richardson on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” (who sat in for Kristy Cameron), along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked the breaking news of the resignation of Newfoundland & Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, the latest developments in the Wet’suwet’en protests &

Here in Ontario, as in some other provinces, today is a holiday. In Ontario, we call it Family Day. In Manitoba, it’s Louis Riel Day. But in Newfoundland & Labrador today is just another normal day of school and business. So, while most Canadians have been enjoying an extra February

It’s been a tense week in Canadian politics and with all the proper attention being paid to the Wet’suwet’en protests around the country, other big news has happened with far less notice than normally would be the case. One of those stories revolves around minority government, something that Ottawa is