Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have chosen their political destiny. They have chosen the path to likely political oblivion. There are few politicians who have come back from the Coventry of parliament to survive as an independent. To run as independent candidates is an ‘All-in’ bet. The two former liberal
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Alberta Politics: United Conservative Party introduces the Open for Fast Food Act – sorry about the 13% pay cut, kids
Premier Jason Kenney’s newly elected United Conservative Party introduced its second bill yesterday, calling it the Open for Business Act. The NDP immediately dubbed Bill 2 the Pick Your Pockets Bill, seeing as its provisions include a 13-per-cent pay cut to $13 an hour from $15 for students under 18
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Jody is Independent. Jane is Independent.
Wilson-Raybould has announced she’ll seek re-election in Vancouver-Granville as an independent. I expect her decision means that riding is lost to the Liberals even if she doesn’t win in October. So much for Jody. As for Jane, news crews are awaiting her arrival at some produce market in Markham-Stouffville. It
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: What JWR has to say
…about something that matters a lot. ** “A new nation-to-nation process,” they said. “We will renew the relationship between Canada and Indigenous Peoples. It is time for Canada to have a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples, based on recognition, rights, respect, co-operation, and partnership,” they said. “This is both
Continue readingAlberta Politics: B.C. Appeal Court’s Trans Mountain ruling may not be quite the slam-dunk Alberta thinks it is
The unanimous ruling Friday by the British Columbia Court of Appeal that the B.C. Government does not have the constitutional authority to control what goes inside the federally regulated Trans Mountain Pipeline is being hailed as a great victory in Alberta. Church bells didn’t actually ring on Friday, but the
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Exclusive in the Sun: JWR speaks!
The truth. She says it’s true — the actions of the Liberal Prime Minister should be “of great concern for many Canadians, across the country.” She says, truthfully, that Justin Trudeau has acted in a way that is “questionable.” She says what happened her is “a wake-up call” — and,
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Mr. Apology won’t apologize
From next week’s Hill Times column: Justin Trudeau’s father, Pierre, regularly refused to make apologies when he was Prime Minister. In 1984, when pressed by Brian Mulroney to apologize to Japanese-Canadians who had been interned during World War Two, Pierre Trudeau refused. “I do not think the purpose of a
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The “feminist”
Ah, The Feminist. There he was again, last week, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened. All moist-eyed sincerity, all sotto voce. The Feminist had just athletically jogged down a flight of stairs, and paused to take media questions, en deux langues, The questions were about the total and complete collapse of
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: the Trudeau regime gets caught – again
Don’t get caught. If your political party has been caught obstructing justice — as the political party led by Justin Trudeau assuredly was, in the SNC-Lavalin scandal — what’s the one thing you need to avoid, at all costs? Getting caught obstructing justice again, of course. And that’s what the
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: Trudeau, Liberals, and the inevitable sinking ship metaphor
Cue the soundtrack from Titanic. Once upon a time, Andrew Leslie was a star Liberal Party candidate. A decorated former commander of the Canadian Armed Forces, Leslie was hailed by Justin Trudeau as proof the Liberals were pro-military. Way back in 2013, when Trudeau named the 35-year veteran to an
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Joe and Justin: one’s a winner, one isn’t
Joe and Justin? There’s a connection. Stay with me, here. In 2015 and 2016, I proudly volunteered for Hillary Clinton in two states, and at her Brooklyn headquarters. I’m going to be proudly volunteering for Joe Biden in 2019 and (if he’s the nominee) in 2020. The reasons are threefold,
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: 100 days of #LavScam: Trudeau has defeated himself
One hundred days. A lot can happen in 100 days. Because, per the saying, a week can be a lifetime in politics. One hundred or so days ago, Justin Trudeau fired Jody Wilson-Raybould. One hundred days ago, the Liberal leader – the one who claimed to be feminist, the one who declared himself
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The game’s afoot in Ottawa as the moment nears for Jason Kenney to implement his ‘revenge platform’
Jason Kenney will be sworn in tomorrow as the 18th premier of Alberta, so we should know very soon if he really meant his oft-repeated pledge to make the repeal of the NDP’s carbon levy the first act of his government or if it was just another campaign whopper. Likewise,
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: #LavScam latest: PEI shows Canada the way
Nate Erskine-Smith is my MP. I have always liked him. I have always praised him and had a big sign supporting him in front of my house in 2015. But ever since Nate voted to deny Jody Wilson-Raybould an opportunity to appear before the Ethics Committee – ever since Nate
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