Author: Peter Lowry

It is surprising that only 102 people signed on to be mayor of Toronto, in this by-election. There are probably some people in the also-ran category who would make a pretty good mayor. Hey, I would run but I don’t want to waste the $200. I know that elections are

When young and single, I was once seeing a young lady in the west end of Toronto. Driving home after another late date, I often thought about my drive through six municipalities from her home to mine. That was six councils, six fire departments and six police departments watching out

There is no yellow brick road to the legislature in Edmonton but if Calgary votes right (far right), they get a new arena. And the witch gets to keep her job as premier. Bribery is a time-honoured tradition in Canadian politics. There is many an ancient story from the 19th

It is so embarrassing when your electoral district has been saddled with a conservative place-holder. Doug Ford appointed the schmuck as candidate in Barrie-Springwater—Oro-Medonte to keep the disgraced Patrick Brown from showing up as an elected member at Queen’s Park five years ago. Those of us who live in the

Why would Justin Trudeau look forward to besting conservative leader Pierre Poilievre? What does he have to prove? The prime minister has had his ups and downs over the past eight years. His legacy as prime minister is secure in that he led us through the pandemic and introduced $10

Squeezed in between the photos from the coronation this past weekend there were a couple reports in my daily newspaper on the Ottawa meeting of the Liberal Party of Canada. It is good to hear that the party is alive and well but it is not owned in any way

Squeezed in between the photos from the coronation this past weekend there were a couple reports in my daily newspaper on the Ottawa meeting of the Liberal Party of Canada. It is good to hear that the party is alive and well but it is not owned in any way

There is a wonderful button on my television remote. It is a pause button. I think it would be the perfect button to use when I see clips of conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. Every time I see him, I want to ask him some very simple questions about his simple

Toronto needs a new deal with Ontario. And it deserves a better deal. At a time when municipalities across Canada are facing greater financial needs, Premier Ford has been using Toronto as his whipping boy. This new deal requires the recognition by the province that Toronto is not just a

While today, I live an hour north of Toronto, I still consider myself a Torontonian and I worry about my city. From my present catbird seat, I see the errors, the overreaches, the meanness of Queen’s Park, the woke of my city, though many of the treasured memories remain frozen

There is nothing else like it. To be in Calgary in May when a provincial election is called is a special experience. It is a hootenanny without the music. You need a shovel to sort through the promises. There is a dingbat on the loose named Danielle Smith who became

This is the most tentative morning line we have ever prepared. These horses have different types of work-outs. Some are running out of their class. We are only rating 10 of the 65(?) registered candidates. If the candidate is missing from our 10, you know we consider the individual a

It is not often that premier Doug Ford makes a decision that pleases some of the people in Ontario. I figured it was just a typical Doug decision because he had to. It was probably the last thing someone in his offices suggested, so he went with it. He is

I sometimes wonder if Ontario premier Doug Ford has ever taken a train anywhere? It looks like he has even forgotten that the liberal government, his conservatives had followed into office, where in the process of converting Ontario’s GO Trains to electric. They were also eliminating the level crossings. While

It seems there is a growing rift between Doug Ford, premier of Ontario and Pierre Poilievre, leader of the federal conservatives. It is a bumpkin versus an idealogue. It is a street fighter versus a sleaze. They are not even in the same weight class. And it is not only

Being ex-Air Force, ‘Mayday’ has always been a signal of distress for me. It seems that the real distress at this time is the Toronto mayoralty shenanigans. If I was still a Toronto ratepayer, I would sue John Tory for the millions this by-election is costing. Being a human male

Compuphobia’ is my word for the ongoing irrational fear of using the Internet for voting. It amazes me that it is people who have little understanding of computers and computer safeguards who are blocking the simple step to using the Internet for voting. It is finally a by-election in Preston,

If Bob Hepburn of the Toronto Star had not advised us, would we have known a crowning was coming? The coronation could have come and gone and many of us would have cared less. It always puzzled me in high school just why we were being steeped in the lore

It might have given a false impression the other day when I was complaining about the stupidity of certain conservatives. I hardly have the right to be pedantic. Despite his deplorable lack of respect for education, Doug Ford actually has more formal education than I.  Neither of us has a

Premier Doug Ford of Ontario is dumbing down the province. He keeps taking us down rabbit holes for the less literate, the less learned. Today’s lesson from the fount of all ignorance is that new police people do not need to complete high school. We are sliding down a snake