It had to be one of the most obscene sights I have ever seen. Donald Trump using the dead to smear illegal immigrants as criminals.President Trump hit back on Friday at criticism over his administration’s hard-line stance on immigration, lamenting the “death and destruction caused by people that shouldn’t be here,”
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Montreal Simon: When Will Andrew Scheer Ever Stop Lying?
As you probably know, I began portraying Andrew Scheer as a compulsive liar long before the Cons made him their lying leader.For who can forget this scandalous story? Conservative leadership candidate Andrew Scheer exaggerated a cute story of sleeping at his parents’ home while working in Ottawa, his office said Monday
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau and the End Of the Great War on Marijuana
I started receiving text messages from some of my friends in Scotland before I even got out of bed yesterday morning.And they all basically wanted to know the same two things:Was Canada really legalizing weed, and if so when could they come and visit me?And it felt really good to say yes,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Tainted Racist By-Election Victory
Andrew Scheer finally won a by-election last night by appealing to Quebec nationalists and playing footsie with former separatists. But don't expect him to brag about it too much. For it was a tainted victory.And there is a reason he didn't mention this at the Con's victory party.Scheer has said he'd give
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Should Justin Trudeau Call An Early Election?
As you probably know Donald Trump's decision to declare war on Canada has sent Justin Trudeau's popularity skyrocketing.According to the latest poll his approval rating hasn't been as high since he won the 2015 election.But since the tariffs we have imposed on the United States don't come into effect until July the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau, Michael Harris, and the Trump Bump
For months Michael Harris has been looking for any excuse to attack Justin Trudeau, blaming him for just about everything.From his failure to disarm Saudi Arabia to the state of the weather.But not any longer.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Trinity Western Decision
If Andrew Scheer had a fantasy university it would almost certainly be a nightmare version of Trinity Western University.For it has a so-called covenant that blatantly discriminates against LGBT students.And he is a religious fanatic and ghastly homophobe who chooses to treat gay Canadians as if they didn't exist.As did his
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Former Ontario MP Jeff Watson running for UCP nomination in Calgary-Peigan
Photo: Jeff Watson (left) speaks at a rally in support of Ontario PC candidate Chris Lewis (right) on May 11, 2018. Former Essex Member of Parliament Jeff Watson is the fourth candidate to enter the UCP nomination contest in the new Calgary-Peigan district. Watson served as the Conservative Party MP for
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Is Andrew Scheer Trying to Kill Plans to Legalize Marijuana?
If everything had gone according to plan, marijuana would have been legalized in this country on July 1, Canada's birthday.But now it looks as if we will have to wait until at least Labour Day. There is a slim but very real chance that it could take years before it is
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Episode 13: Doug Ford’s big win, Andrew Scheer’s deal with the Cheese Mafia, and more.
In this episode of the Daveberta Podcast, Dave Cournoyer and Ryan Hastman discuss Doug Ford’s win in Ontario’s election, the NDP’s mid-campaign surge, and the Green Party’s surprising growth across Canada. We also tackle Andrew Scheer’s deal with the Cheese Mafia and his purging of Maxime Bernier from the Conservative
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer boots Maxime Bernier, self-appointed chief party ideologue, from Opposition front bench
It’s hard not to feel some sympathy for federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, what with right-wing purists jumping all over him for canning Maxime Bernier from the Opposition party’s front bench. In addition to being the normally ineffectual Mr. Scheer’s chief rival for the hearts and minds of the country’s
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Phony Trumpling Capitulation
In my last post I looked at how hard it was proving for Andrew Scheer to end his treasonous campaign of cheerleading for Donald Trump, and undermining his own country.The idea of putting his country before his party and his foaming hatred for Justin Trudeau being just too hard to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Shaming of the Monstrous Con Trumpling Andrew Scheer
Ever since Andrew Scheer became Con leader he has been attacking Justin Trudeau like some kind of zombie from Hell, or Trump's America.Day in day out with the support of the country's shabby Con media he has tried to debase him or portray him as a failure.Or worse, tried to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, and the Treason of Andrew Scheer
Nobody can deny that Justin Trudeau worked really hard to try to get Donald Trump to agree to a joint statement at the G7 Summit.No Prime Minister has ever worked harder to try to convince a madman to see reason.And for a while he thought he had succeeded.And that the summit
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau and the Shameful Surrender of Andrew Scheer
It's been a few days since Donald Trump declared economic war on Canada, and imposed punishing tariffs on our steel and aluminum exports.And for most of that time Andrew Scheer has shocked many Canadians by appearing to cheerlead against his own country.Claiming that Justin Trudeau hadn't done enough to stop Trump
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau, the Elephant, and the Moose
Justin Trudeau hasn't wasted any time taking his case against Donald Trump's tariffs directly to the American people.In an interview on the NBC News show Meet the Press he made the case that those tariffs not only make no sense, they're an insult to this country."The idea that we are
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Donald Trump’s trade war, the Ontario Election, the Trudeau government’s pipeline and more
Photo: Donald Trump with United States Secretary of Commerce Kim Kardashian (kidding). There was no shortage of political news to talk about this week on the Ryan Jespersen Show. On Friday morning I joined political analyst John Brennan, Global News provincial affairs reporter Tom Vernon and Ryan Jespersen to talk about
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau and the Treason of the Cons
You might think that at a time when the maniac in the White House has declared war on Canada.And Justin Trudeau is fighting to save hundreds of thousands of jobs in this country. And by most accounts doing an admirable job of letting Donald Trump know that nobody bullies Canadians.You might think that
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: We bought a pipeline! How the federal government’s purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline impacts the key players in this never-ending dispute
We own a pipeline! Well, not yet. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced yesterday that the federal government plans to purchase the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline from Kinder Morgan Inc. by August 2018 if another investor cannot be found. The federal government has committed to help the Texas-based corporation find a
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Trudeau Liberals call the opposition’s bluff and ‘nationalize’ (sort of, maybe) the Trans Mountain Pipeline
OK, so Ottawa’s going to buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline for $4.5 billion and run it as a Crown corporation. That’s a good start. (Caveats to follow.) Theoretically, it could ensure transparency and accountability, even responsibility, to a business in which the private sector adamantly refuses to deliver any such
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