They’re back. The blue stocking crowd are weighing in on the prospect of having alcohol more available in Ontario. It is called convenience. Having alcoholic beverages available in convenience stores is a red flag to those who disapprove of booze. If we can have cannabis stores on every street corner
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Babel-on-the-Bay : And a Very Merry to Alberta.
Alberta’s Looney-Toons premier must have gotten away from her keepers again. She has used her screw-ball Alberta Sovereignty in a United Canada Act to forbid Alberta’s provincial agencies from obeying a federal law that does not yet exist. That should leave us relieved for a while. When you consider that
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : The Tiring Trail of Trump.
As a political commentator, I am tired of Donald Trump. He is no longer a mystery. He bores us. He barely holds the draw of Pierre Poilievre in Canada. Even the Donald’s lies are boring. His histrionics are wasted. He is old news. But don’t ask any of the Donald’s
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : The Enigma in the Lake.
There was dancing in the streets of Toronto the other day. Doug Ford had capitulated. He has taken responsibility for the highways through the city. He has promised cash in the billions to fund the city’s needs. It was manna, not from heaven, but from Queen’s Park. And all the
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Not an Organized Party.
We used to joke that we are not members of an organized political party. We are liberals. And it was never more obvious than when the wife and I went to vote the other day in the provincial leadership for the party. I have been seriously considering suing the party
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Wrestling With Wrongs.
Two pet peeves I have these days are self-checkouts and gratuities. They are wrongs inflicted on employees and customers alike. Gratuities and self-checkouts belittle the employee and are an imposition on the customer. I am not in this place to help the owner to insult the employee and do the
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : A Climate Change Critique.
Help is here. After the past several years of feeling like a voice in the wilderness, there is support for the contention that capturing and storing carbon is a dumb idea. And, what I found was particularly infuriating, was the tar sands exploiters wanted our government to pay the costs
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Freeland’s Folly.
Maybe we never realized that finance minister and deputy prime minister Cynthia Freeland was so competitive. In her fall economic-statement the other day, she seemed to be competing with conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to see who was the most frugal. It was a foolish effort. In his imaginary world, Mr.
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Just One Vote, Thank You.
Isn’t it generous of the nebbishes who think they run the liberal party in Ontario? They are letting us suckers tell them our second, third and even fourth choice for leader of the party. What they are really doing is an attempt to deny us our first choice. This ballot
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Posing as Poilievre.
Is it better to have a leader of the conservative party who squints at you rather than continue to wear corrective lenses? This has been a puzzle. Why would you want a man who is so obviously uncomfortable with children to have them appear in commercials with him? What is
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : The Theory of the Tax.
Pierre Poilievre might not be the smartest politician in Ottawa. He stumbles around without his glasses, probably walks into walls and tells his foolish followers to “Axe the Tax.” What he does not seem to understand is that this levy, that he wants to axe, is based on the most
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Telling Trudeau to Go.
Belling the cat has always been the problem. Back in the 1960s, the conservative party of Canada had a problem with leadership. It was leader John George Diefenbaker, who declined to go quietly into the night. He was fighting with his own party. His nemesis was conservative party president Dalton
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : A Cinderella Solution.
It is really the best solution for the Ontario liberals. They need Bonnie Crombie for the ‘coup de grâce’ on the Ford conservatives. One term for a pragmatic liberal such as Bonnie is all we need from her. She understands how the Ford government has squeezed the municipalities and where
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Promises, Promises.
You can compare the current leadership race for the Ontario liberals to a schoolyard race. There is still time for somebody to get tripped. It’s a mixed race. It’s the boys against the only girl. Call her Cinderella, if you wish. She is running against her two wicked stepsisters and
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : The State of the Statues.
There are stupid people in this world who think they can upset long-standing statues with impunity. My favourite statue at Queen’s Park in Toronto is that of King Edward VII astride a horse. It is one damn fine horse. And as far as I’m concerned, the guy on the horse
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Hype and Hypocrisy.
Canadians are going to need a truth and reconciliation commission to understand conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and his failure to debate legislation with honesty. The other day I was watching a television clip of his discussion on Bill C-234 which is now before the senate. This polyester politician can lie
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Whose Mess Is It?
It was no fun. I recently spent some time digging into what the pollsters have been telling us. They can be such a dreary bunch. And if they don’t like something, they tend to lay it on. They sure have not been giving good news to liberals. They tend to
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Reap What You Sow.
Does it come as a surprise that the most serious antisemitic incidents in Canada since the October 7 war was launched in the Middle East, have taken place in Quebec? After all, why should we be surprised in a province that routinely promotes discrimination against people who speak languages other
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Big Plans: Small Minds.
There must be some amused apparatchiks at the Ontario Legislature. These are the conservative ones in the premier’s office, charged with keeping Doug Ford out of harm’s way. To them, harm’s way is any commitment to give money to the city of Toronto. You tend to think of Toronto as
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Trying Trump.
The trial that Donald Trump and his co-defendants are currently undergoing in New York City is not a question of guilt or innocence. The State of New York knows that Trump and the others committed the offence. They know that Trump properties and other assets were overstated in value in
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