Mulcair flogs a dead plan for the Senate.
When you know that you cannot possibly achieve your objective, why try to sell it? Obviously New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair is no salesman. A good sales person knows that…
Peter Lowry
Jason Kenney is showing his fear.
Any political apparatchik has to handle his or her share of losses. You can keep winning for a while and then you have to take one on the chin. It…
And the Hair in his Niqab.
When covering one’s face becomes a pivotal question in an election campaign, you know that Canadian politics has arrived at an all-time low. Thanks to the Prime Minister, we have…
The Candidate: What it is all about.
Part 10 of our series for Canada’s federal candidates. Do you want the good news or the bad news? The problem is, the news is the same either way. Ready…
If you care about Canada; you hate the Hair.
Adding an adhesive strip with just the name Harper to stop signs is defacing the traffic sign but it is a poignant plea to fellow Canadians. It also shows the…
The Hair as a hawk.
It could not have been better news from Justin Trudeau. He came out flatly saying that he would stop wasting money on the development and procurement of Lockheed Martin’s F-35…
The problem is still Quebec, Justin.
It was obvious from the beginning of this extra long federal election campaign that the advantage was to Liberal Justin Trudeau. Here we are down to the last four weeks…
Closer to home: Barrie-Innisfil.
In checking out the two gerrymandered federal electoral districts in Barrie, we find that one riding is about as badly off as the other. Each riding is about two-thirds urban…
Time for a new navigator at Queen’s Park.
The other day Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa was quoted as saying “We are trying to navigate through this thing.” He was talking about selling beer in grocery stores. Frankly…
It’s the overage that should worry you.
At one time in a varied career, we were trained in grocery store management. It culminated in being a very young district manager for a large group of stores. This…
‘Well, look,’ Mr. Harper.
Just when you are hoping that politics in Canada will not sink any lower, you get an evening of politics even worse. It started innocuously with the evening news on…
Taking lessons in pandering.
In an otherwise pleasant evening the other day, we attended a Canadian Association of Retired People (CARP) meeting to hear the local political candidates. Since Barrie has been split in…
Who is hiding under your bed?
Canada’s ‘tough on terror’ prime minister wants you to be afraid. He wants you to believe there might be a bogeyman jihadist under your bed. It is the reason for…
If you fail to try, you are guaranteed to fail.
While watching from the catbird seat in Barrie, Toronto is still our city. We were both born in Toronto. We wept for the Leafs through the 70s and 80s. We…
Closer to home: Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte.
When first viewing the boundaries of the new federal electoral districts that now divide the City of Barrie, the reaction was ‘Why would they do anything that silly?’ It was…
Are they damning democracy?
It is appalling the number of Canadians who say they want voter reform without bothering to research or understand the subject. Sitting in an audience recently with apparently a high…
Who is under the bus?
The reason political campaign buses are so big is that there have to be enough people to be used as scapegoats when things go wrong. And in all campaigns, winning…
Building better bigotry.
Growing up in Toronto after the Second World War, we always had ready lessons in the problems faced by the children of refugees and immigrants. The children were the rapid…
Morning Line: Liberal Party 3 – 1.
Despite the less than accurate opinion polls showing all three major parties in a statistical tie, the trends are moving in the correct directions. There is no question but that…
Morning Line: New Democrats 6 – 1.
There is an old saying that if you start out with a sow’s ear, you are not likely to be able to make a silk purse of it. The current…