A speech in Calgary last week by the last white president of South Africa in which F. W. de Klerk suggested the challenges faced by
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Alberta 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
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Mad at Donald Trump? Money talks (to him)
I don’t think I need to go into details again to my readers about Donald Trump’s antics at the G7, or him and his advisers
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The State of Manitoba’s Activist Left
Photo from Solidarity Winnipeg Twitter page This is the first in a three-part blog series. In this post, I give a brief overview of Manitoba’s
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Who loves ya, baby? Canada’s conservatives urgently need to reassess their dalliance with Donald Trump
A photograph of last weekend’s G7 conclave in Quebec showing several national leaders apparently trying to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to act like a
Continue readingwmtc: what i liked, what i hated, and what i don’t understand: a list about my election campaign
I agreed to stand for election because it was an opportunity — an opportunity to bring a progressive perspective to a riding where those ideas
Continue readingwmtc: on poppies, veterans, trolls, and doxing
First of all, I do not apologize. I have nothing to apologize for. No one should apologize for having an unpopular opinion, or an opinion
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Ontario Election Post-Mortem. ON Election 2018=Fed Election 2011
Some thoughts/observations on last night’s result; The NDP had momentum 2 weeks ago, but obviously lost it at the end, as their final percentage of
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Hopes and Prayers, Ontario … Now, let’s get back to Dr. Suzuki and the U of A honorary degree …
Premier Doug Ford. You have our hopes and prayers, Ontario. Our hopes and prayers. And I’m sorry for my friends and readers in Ontario …
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The Day We Burned Ole D.C. Down … I blame Stephen Harper for Canada’s latest trade troubles!
I blame Stephen Harper. Face it, Canada’s latest trade troubles wouldn’t have happened without him! If Mr. Harper hadn’t spent $30 million or so of
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Canada’s Dirty $20-Billion Pipeline Bailout
Cartoon by Ingrid Rice Finance Minister Bill Morneau has proposed sacrificing Canadian taxpayers to bail out an uneconomic U.S. pipeline owned by former Enron executives.
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Kinder Morgan bailout to cost north of $15 billion
Oil tanker at Kinder Morgan pipeline terminal • Photo by Roy Luck Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced on May 29 that the Government of Canada
Continue readingAlberta Politics: CLAC’s big role in the Trans Mountain expansion: Another political pipeline problem in the making?
If Canadians are going to have to pay the $10 to $15-billion cost of expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline, it’s important they aren’t bound by
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
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The Ontario Election isn’t about Deficits, and that’s a good thing
Photo from Public Domain How big is your deficit? This Ontario election, no one seems to care – and that’s a decisive positive to emerge
Continue readingAlberta Politics: 28 years and counting, Conservatives in Alberta and Ontario continue to misrepresent Bob Rae’s record
Now that he’s sworn to be nice to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Opposition Leader Jason Kenney is running against Bob Rae. Ralph Klein was a
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: State of the Ontario Election Campaign
With around 2 weeks to go, Ontario voters are beginning to look more carefully and thinking a lot harder about whether they really want a
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Rebuild Public Hospitals and Long-Term Care
Photo from Public Domain After touring Ontario in recent weeks, Ontario Health Coalition spokeswoman Natalie Mehra returned to Toronto on 16 May 2018 at a
Continue readingAlberta Politics: 11 days from the brink, and Rachel Notley’s dice roll brings back memories of Mulroney and Meech
Rachel Notley, Alberta’s tough NDP premier who has clearly concluded her government’s survival depends on there being shovels in the ground building a pipeline by
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Andrea Horwath is going to win Ontario on June 7 – that’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it!
Happy Victoria Day! I’m feeling good about my prediction that the next Premier of Ontario will be Andrea Horwath. When I made that prediction back
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