In truth, Canada needs a thorough and honest inquiry into foreign political funding, online manipulation and influence. Unfortunately, the $2.5-million probe into “foreign funded defamation” of Alberta’s fossil-fuel industry announced by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s government yesterday at a news conference in Calgary isn’t it. How could it be? It’s
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Montreal Simon: When Will The Media Callout Andrew Scheer For His Religious Extremism?
Believe it or not, Andrew Scheer is now trying to pose as a tough guy, in a desperate attempt to make Justin Trudeau look weak.Even though Trudeau makes Scheer look like a yappy Con chihuahua.The one they call Weak Andy, who would embarrass us on the world stage, by talking
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Roberts writes about the developing recognition that we all bear responsibility for consumption emissions – though even better would be a focus on limiting emissions produced, consumed and exported alike. Daniel Masoliver examines some of the steps we can take as
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: The failure of Justin Trudeau’s Senate.
It had to become obvious to Canadians eventually that Justin Trudeau’s version of a Senate is a disaster. Justin seems to think that an elite group of senators, picked by an elite committee will produce hard working senators. Well, it doesn’t and it won’t. This was the equivalent of Justin
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Happy Canada Day! In a troubled world, Canada stands out as a genuine triumph of bureaucracy
Happy Canada Day! One way or another, our Canada always seems to end up on every list of the world’s Top Ten economies. Granted, we are almost inevitably No. 10 of 10, which may leave the intensely competitive dissatisfied. But, realistically, this also means we’re No. 10 of 193, if
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Another week in the Annals of Diplomacy: in stormy times, half a loaf is better than none
From the sublime to the ridiculous, it would appear, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will do anything to keep Donald Trump sweet. Consider the dissimilar cases of Meng Wanzhou and Stephanie Clifford. The first we won’t allow to leave Canada, the second we won’t allow to visit. Both, obviously, because
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why The Scheer Cons Are Still The Harper Party
Ever since it was recently revealed that Andrew Scheer consults his mentor Stephen Harper before making any major decisions, an old and deeply disturbing question is being asked again.Who is the real leader of the Cons?Some say Scheer aka Weak Andy is just humouring Harper because he's afraid of him…Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why The Trudeau Liberals Are Rising Again In The Polls
It was a grim winter for Justin Trudeau and his Liberals. A series of fake scandals, whipped into a frenzy by our shabby Con media, dragged down their polls.And at one point it seemed that Andrew Scheer's sinister Cons were heading for a crushing majority. One that would finally allow them
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: ‘Chuckles’ challenges consensus.
There will be no apology for calling federal conservative leader Andrew Scheer, Chuckles. He practically giggled his way through a ten-minute on-air version of an interview with Mercedes Stephenson on Global’s West Block last Sunday. Mercedes might not have the gravitas of a Tom Clark or a Vassy Kapelos, but
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Andrew Scheer’s Climate Change Plan Is Such Sad Joke
When Andrew Scheer finally announced his "real plan to protect the environment" it was clear to me from the look on his face that he knew it was fraudulent.And that only Cons and other furry creatures could believe him. But since then the reviews have become even more brutal, even in
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why A Top Environmentalist Decided To Run For the Liberals
Steven Guilbeault is one of Canada's most distinguished environmentalists, and the co-founder of Équiterre, Quebec's largest environmental organization. So when he let it be known that he was interested in entering the political arena, the Liberals, the NDP, and the Greens practically fell over each other trying to recruit him.The
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest in the Sun: when they came for the Jews/Sikhs/Muslims, they said nothing
Silence. That’s all that could be heard from the federal party leaders, essentially: silence, or something approaching that. The occasion: the decision of assorted Quebec politicians to pass a law telling religious people what they can wear. Jews, Sikhs, but mainly Muslims. The law, formerly called Bill 21, was passed
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How Justin Trudeau’s First Mandate Has Transformed Canada
In the dying hours of the 42nd Parliament, Justin Trudeau and his Liberals were still hard at work, trying to pass two major bills which the Cons and their Big Oil masters had been desperately trying to kill.Bill C-48 which would ban oil tanker traffic off the north coast of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Disastrous Climate Change Announcement
Andrew Scheer must have put a lot of effort into finding a suitable green backdrop to finally unveil their long awaited climate plan.Before settling on a watery body near Chelsea, Quebec.But sadly for him he obviously put more thought into that than he did into his fake plan.So only the Cons
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer, Doug Ford, and the Con Assault on Medicare
I still like that bobble-headed Andrew Scheer ad. It still makes me laugh.But I do have one small problem with it.It does make Scheer look like a bumbling weakling, a man who would never NO to Doug Ford. Or a man who always says YES to Jason Kenney and Stephen Harper. But
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood offers an electoral primer for voters who want to avert a climate breakdown in this fall’s federal election. And Paul Wells takes a look at the Cons’ undercooked nothingburger of a climate plan, while Hilary Beaumont notes that it’s actually
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Greedy Canadians and the Pipeline Follies
If I was the Prime Minister of Canada I probably definitely would not have done this. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet have again approved the Trans Mountain expansion project, a crucial next step for the much-delayed pipeline project designed to carry nearly a million barrels of oil from Alberta's oilpatch
Continue readingAlberta Politics: TMX gets the nod from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet – masterstroke or master blunder?
With his cabinet’s second approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project yesterday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has either proved the Liberal Party of Canada’s old mojo is still intact or blown it all to smithereens. It’s too soon to tell. Alberta Conservatives and their legion of media cheerleaders
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Five free comms tips for Justin Trudeau
The Gettysburg Address it was not. Standing on the picturesque shores of some picturesque lake in Mont-Saint-Hillaire, Quebec, Justin Trudeau was asked what he and his family had done to cut single-use plastics out of their lives. Here is what he said, verbatim. “We…uh…uh…we have recently switched to drinking water bottles
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