Author: Matt Guerin

Oh, it must suck a bit to be an Ontario New Democrat these days.   After dropping 10 points in the popular vote (and losing about 800,000 votes) between the 2018 and 2022 provincial elections, as well as losing almost 25% of their seats, former NDP Leader Andrea Horwath finally quit

Today’s tonic:  COVID-19 misinformation cost at least 2,800 lives and $300M, new report says The report — released by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), an independent research organization that receives federal funding — examined how misinformation affected COVID infections, hospitalizations and deaths between March and November of 2021. The

Today’s tonic: “Seriously, why should we care about anything Twitter trolls have to say?” by @reggcohn https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/01/23/seriously-why-should-we-care-about-anything-twitter-trolls-have-to-say.html #cdnpoli #Twitter

Today’s tonic: “Will the real Pierre Poilievre please stand up?” by @konradyakabuski  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-will-the-real-pierre-poilievre-please-stand-up/ #cdnpoli #Quebec

For decades, many parts of Toronto have been dangerous for most cyclists and pedestrians. Slowly, thanks to the leadership of community activists and many others, we continue to see gradual improvements to our road infrastructure that promotes safety for all.  While a fully integrated network of bike lanes that connects

Tonight’s tonic: “Shine a brighter light on contract government – Ottawa’s becoming addicted to consulting firms. Other countries have rung the alarm. It’s time for the same to happen here.”  Journalist Paul Wells outlines the facts about the Trudeau government’s addiction to hiring consultants to tell them what they want

I’m a huge film fan, as many will know.  As ever since the pandemic hit, I’ve got a long list of 2022 films I still need to see.  I didn’t have time nor money to see any Toronto International Film Festival movies during the festival.  So I’ve been playing catch

Today’s tonic: “(Dis)Ordered Liberty” by Erin O’Toole.  Refreshing and I wish we had heard more of this tone from him when he was in charge of the CPC  https://erinotoole.substack.com/p/disordered-liberty  #cdnpoli 

Today’s tonic: “Putting Christ back into Christian” by Michael Coren https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/12/24/putting-christ-back-into-christian.html   #MerryChristmas, everyone!

Last night, I had the misfortune of attending the latest Gentlemen’s Club event at the Carlu in downtown Toronto. It will be the last one I ever attend.  Post-pandemic, I wanted to push myself to go to more social events to try to break free of my pandemic malaise, the

Today’s tonic: “From Musk to Truss, 2022 was the year reckless populists came crashing down to Earth”  Let’s not forget idiots Trump and Bolsonaro too.  Although we’ll have to wait in Canada until next year to let Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith know what we think of him!  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/16/musk-truss-2022-year-populists-crashed-to-earth  #Politics 

Tonight’s tonic: “Danielle Smith’s sovereignty act eats at our trust in democracy. Why aren’t Conservatives calling her out?”  http://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/12/03/danielle-smiths-sovereignty-act-eats-at-our-trust-in-democracy-why-arent-conservatives-calling-her-out.html  #cdnpoli #abpoli #democracy 

Actors Rob Salerno and Trevor Ketcheson My first short film as a director Tri-Curious is now available for the world to see on YouTube as of December 1, 2022. The film spent the last 5 years available on Dekkoo, a fine, paid subscription media streaming service focused on gay male

Today’s tonic: “Former Harper adviser denounces @PierrePoilievre drug policy unveiled in video”  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-former-harper-adviser-denounces-poilievre-drug-policy-unveiled-in/  #cdnpoli 

Tonight’s tonic: @TinaKotek becomes the 2nd ever out lesbian elected as a U.S. governor. The 1st @Maura_Healey was declared the winner in Massachusetts on Tuesday night. Both strong awesome women.   https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/tina-kotek-christine-drazan-oregon-governor-race-result/index.html   #USPolitics #LGBTQ

On this day of remembrance, I do feel it’s important to reflect not only on the battles of the past, but also the battles of the present.  The world faces some grave threats today from fascists and fascist wannabes who are constantly attacking democracy and progressive freedom.   Let us not

Today’s tonic: Democrats do historically well for an incumbent party in US midterms as Trumpian liars/election deniers lose in most parts of the country. The majority of Americans are not the idiots they’ve been playing on TV in recent months   https://www.salon.com/2022/11/09/are-still-angry-over-the-roe-overturn–abortion-rights-win-big-across-the-us/   #USPolitics

Tonight’s tonic: “Truss has discredited high-octane, free-market economics – perhaps for ever” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/20/liz-truss-resignation-brexit-brexitism #LiztrussResign #LizTrussresigned #politics 

Today’s tonic: “Danielle Smith’s uninformed views, particularly on Ukraine, expose other concerns” https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2022/10/18/danielle-smiths-uninformed-views-particularly-on-ukraine-expose-other-concerns.html #misinformation #UkraineWar #cdnpoli #abpoli

Today’s tonic: “Danielle Smith’s populist playbook: make the dominant feel marginalized” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/opinion-danielle-smith-populism-playbook-1.6617059 #extremism #rightwing #populism #cdnpoli