Everyone knows that Justin Trudeau is a child of privilege. Andrew Scheer plans to drive that message home by presenting himself in stark contrast to Trudeau. He claims that he “knows what it’s like when families feel anxious that they won’t make it to the end of the month. Someone
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Montreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Big Religious Bigotry Problem
It's the one question Andrew Scheer would rather run away from than answer.For he knows that if Canadians ever learn the truth very few of them would vote for him.But his dark secret will not go away. And Michael Coren is the latest to ask this burning question.Read more »
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Injunction suspending application of Bill 9 leaves Kenney Government with egg on its face
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at United Conservative Party Headquarters last night! I imagine there were heated words spoken about Mr. Justice Eric Macklin’s decision just before the close of business yesterday to grant the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees an interim injunction suspending application of
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Making Canada(?) Great Again.
It is not art. It is campaign literature and it always feels like a race to the lowest common denominator, free from the rules of grammar, where less is more and yet an essential part of the democratic process. After many years of producing better quality campaign literature for political
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and Maxime Bernier’s Con Bigot Contest
It's not easy to get back to the sweltering heat of the city after spending two days sailing through the coolest part of Lake Ontario, far from the madding crowds, and our increasingly grubby political scene.But if I have to get back into the political arena, and I do because my holiday
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the meat and dairy industries alone are offering far too many examples of how entrenched corporate interests are using both government power and their own clout to hide basic facts from the public. For further reading…– K. Annabelle Smith wrote about the history of veggie burgers. But
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Niki Ashton writes about Justin Trudeau’s glaring failure to understand the importance of parity in services and genuine nation-to-nation recognition as core elements of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. – Helena Hanson points out that voters are entirely unsatisfied with both Trudeau and Andrew
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Showing the Scheer Sneer.
Since Andrew Scheer was made clerk of the House of Commons by Stephen Harper’s conservatives, it has been impossible to find common ground between the two of us. And it was when he was chosen leader of the conservatives, I knew we would never be friends. The guy is such
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: Butts, back, big bother
Kick me. Here’s a little-known fact: The “kick me” sign — which is usually affixed to some hapless soul’s back or behind, for laughs — was apparently devised by merry-making Scots during the 16th Century. They did it to celebrate April Fool’s. “Kick me” thereafter became so popular, it spread
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Juxtaposition
Some parties and leaders recognize the stakes in determining how to manage a minority Parliament: I asked Mr. Duceppe what he thought would happen if the prime minister refused to accept such an ultimatum. He replied that a government defeat so soon after a general election meant the Governor General
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The Hidden Conservative Voter
They’re hidden. They showed up, however, at Brexit. They showed up in the U.S. presidential race in 2016. They showed up in Alberta in 2019, and Ontario in 2018, too. They’re the THCV – The Hidden Conservative Voter. And they’re changing politics. June 2016: shocking just about everyone, 52 per
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Why are Conservative-run Canadian provinces turning down federal cash? The answer’s in the Republican playbook
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau observed back on April 16 that the Ontario provincial government led by Premier Doug Ford was throwing roadblocks in the way of Ontario municipalities accessing federal money for needed transportation infrastructure, Conservatives responded with angry denials, and not just in Ontario. The prime minister had
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Erika Beauchesne discusses the benefits of a wealth tax as both a means of reducing inequality, and a source of revenue for public priorities: Canada’s NDP has proposed a one per cent tax on wealth over $20 million as part of its
Continue readingAlberta Politics: More questions than answers in last week’s fallout from 2017 UCP leadership campaign
Eight Alberta United Conservative Party MLAs, five of them cabinet ministers, now admit they’ve been interviewed by the RCMP in the federal police force’s ongoing investigation into the curious goings on during the party’s 2017 leadership race, from which Premier Jason Kenney emerged victorious. Every time another UCP Caucus member
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Real Horror Of Andrew Scheer’s War On The Food Guide
It's been two days since Andrew Scheer appeared before a Dairy Farmers of Canada convention in Saskatoon, declared war on Canada's Food Guide.Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the new version of Canada's Food Guide is 'not based on sound science,' will hurt the dairy industry, and would be reviewed if
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne points out the options to make life genuinely affordable for Canadians – while noting that the Cons’ usual tax baubles don’t make the list. And PressProgress both reveals Doug Ford’s plans to slash Ontario’s already-insufficient housing supports, and lists Brian Pallister’s
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Highly-scientific survey™️: The Return of the Ger-i
Vote now, vote often! Gerald Butts return means the return of these #LPC problems: — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 20, 2019
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How The Economy Is Giving The Trudeau Liberals A Big Boost
For more than two years Andrew Scheer has been screeching and wailing about how the Canadian economy is an absolute disaster.And of course accusing Justin Trudeau of "failing" about ten times a day.But he won't be able to do that any longer without looking even more like a Con clown or a
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Rancid Racism of Andrew Scheer’s Cons
Two days ago Andrew Scheer was finally forced to answer questions about what he thought of Donald Trump's racist remarks, and it wasn't a pretty sight.He hummed, he hawed, he fidgeted like a fish on a hook. He looked really uncomfortable.And now we know why.For while Scheer called Trump's comments offensive,
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