Thanks to this blockade I had to rent a car and drive to Montreal, instead of taking the train.But Seb and I got to play our favourite songs all the way there and back, which we hadn't done for a long time. So we had a blast.And for a while
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Montreal Simon: The Con Clown Erin O’Toole’s Far Right Farce
I've always known that Erin O'Toole wasn't the brightest bulb in the universe, but I've always thought of him as a relatively innocuous Con clown. Unfortunately ever since he set out to win over his party's rabid base, he 's starting to sound like a far-right extremist.And this is just the latest
Continue readingMontreal Simon: John Baird Crashes Out Of The Con Leadership Race
He swam menacingly around the shark tank. He couldn't make up his mind. He knew the Cons were hoping he'd liven up their deadly boring leadership race.He knew they were desperate. It is hard to imagine a race more boring than this one… As in any arena, strong competition breeds strong competitors. A
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will The Native Protests Kill The Reconciliation Process?
As I'm sure you know, there have been protests all over the country, in solidarity with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in northern B.C.And while most of the protests have been noisy but peaceful.Some have been ugly with people denied entrance to the places where they work.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Where Exactly Would Erin O’Toole Take The Cons?
The other day I wrote about how Erin O'Toole wants everybody to know that he's a True Blue Con.Although I wasn't quite sure what exactly he was trying to say.But now I know, and it couldn't be more ridiculousRead more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Ezra Levant Goes After Omar Khadr. Again.
Ezra Levant is the most grotesque bully I have ever encountered. A porcine right-wing extremist who peddles bigotry for profit.And the money he makes attacking Justin Trudeau, is only matched by the money he makes attacking the former child soldier Omar Khadr.So when he heard that Khadr would be part of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Erin O’Toole and the True Blue Farce
I never really noticed Erin O'Toole until he replaced Julian Fantino at Veteran Affairs, talked up a storm, only to find himself running for his life.And then of course there was the time, when he suggested he was a Top Gun, only to be shot down and revealed to be a helicopter navigator.But
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Michael Harris on Peter MacKay and the Con Losers
In my last post I looked at a recent poll, one that had Peter MacKay so far ahead of the other Con leadership candidates it might as well be a coronation.But sadly for Dumbo, it's only a cardboard crown, or a silly beanie with a helicopter-style propeller.It won't mean much
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will John Baird Join The Con Leadership Race?
It's hard to believe that John Baird could even be considered as a candidate for the Con leadership, after his disgraceful behaviour during the dark years of the Harper regime.But the Cons are desperate. With less than a month to go before nominations close, hardly anyone has applied for the job. As one of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How The Cons Became The Trump Party
It's a political story that ends in a graveyard, and I've been telling it for a long time. The story of the Harper Party, and how the Cons became more American than Canadian.So when Donald Trump came along they fell on their knees before him.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Has Andrew Scheer Gone Over The Deep End?
He looks like the same old Andrew Scheer, the Con in the same blue suit, with the same creepy smile.But don't be fooled. He may have only five months to go as Con leader, but his feverish obsession to try to destroy Justin Trudeau has never been greater.And he has
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Peter MacKay Wrecking His Own Leadership Campaign?
As we all know, Peter MacKay has been trying to make us believe that he's more of a manly manly leader than Justin Trudeau.By acting like an ape, weaponizing misogyny, again. And trying to label Trudeau as a sissy or a girly boy, for the "crime" of practicing yoga.But sadly for
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ugly Cons and the Incredible Contracting Leadership Race
The last time the Cons held a leadership contest, just about everybody agreed that there were too many candidates, and it was real horror show..But this time the Cons have another problem, an incredible contracting leadership race.Where there are now so few candidates, some are worried it could end up looking
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Con Culture War
The polls suggest that Peter MacKay is the front runner in the Con leadership race. And he is the only candidate so far to have paid the entrance fee.Just one week after officially launching his leadership campaign, MacKay has submitted the full $300,000 fee required to officially enter the race to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Coronavirus and Canada’s Bigot Epidemic
The images are apocalyptic, and the torrent of hysterical news stories are enough to make anyone reach for a face mask, or a hazmat suit.But so far at least the coronavirus cannot even be compared to the far deadlier influenza virus.And in Canada, with only a few mild cases, this is the biggest threat.Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Trumpling Campaign of the Con Clown Erin O’Toole
For most of his short and undistinguished parliamentary career, Erin O'Toole has been little more than a mouth that roars.An annoying but relatively harmless Harper stooge.But now he's running for the Con leadership. Again.And he's posing as a warrior, or a great defender of Canada.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay Wants To Fight Justin Trudeau. For Real!!
Nine years ago Justin Trudeau offered Peter MacKay a chance to fight him in a charity boxing match.MacKay turned him down, so Patrick Brazeau took his place. Only to wish he hadn't.But despite that, MacKay now says he'd welcome a chance to fight Trudeau.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Yet Another Reason Peter MacKay Is Unfit To Be Prime Minister
There are many reasons I dislike Peter MacKay, starting with the way he sought to pleasure his master Stephen Harper, by trying to turn this country into a prison state.The way he attacked our precious Supreme Court for daring to stand up for our Canadian values was absolutely disgusting, as
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will John Bolton Be The One Who Finally Blows Up Trump?
I must admit that when the "stable genius" Donald Trump made the unstable warmonger John Bolton his national security adviser, I thought our goose was cooked.And that Bolton would be the one who would push Trump over the edge, and get us all blown up.So imagine how happy I am to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Monstrous Mediocrity of the Cons
As I watched Peter MacKay officially launch his leadership campaign this morning, I felt like I was travelling back in time.Back to the days when MacKay was Stephen Harper's most faithful stooge, even though he had stolen his party from him.So the idea that Dumbo could now ride to the
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