While the rest of North America were out on an Easter egg hunt this morning, Albertans were out beating the bushes looking for the pipeline that their politicians have been foolishly promising them. This could be one of those blue-sky political promises on the same track as a chicken in
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Babel-on-the-Bay: Where’s Jagmeet Singh?
Somebody needs to check the potholes on the Yellow Brick Road. Could NPP leader Jagmeet Singh have fallen into one of them? If it was not the daily feed of twits on his Twitter account from the NDPer’s office, we could assume he might be on holiday somewhere. Mind you,
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Not just a pocket to be picked.
The chickens came home to roost faster than expected. While I have been forecasting dire consequences as Justin Trudeau downgraded the liberal party to a fan club, we are starting to see the problems. Chatting with an active liberal just the other day, he told me that he was annoyed
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Quit bitching and drink your Kool-Aid.
We hear that there is no federal liberal party. Instead, we are told it is the Trudeau cult. The only thing is that, before we drink our Kool-Aid, we need to check to see whose idea this was anyway. It was nine years ago that the MP from Papineau electoral
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Tip-toe through these tulips (Part 2).
Was it spite? The story of Jody Wilson-Raybould and her side-kick Jane Philpott has yet to be fathomed. What benefits them? They both had so much to offer. Wilson-Raybould was the first woman of aboriginal ancestry to serve in the cabinet. Her people needed her wisdom in that role. They
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Ontario liberals need a leader.
It is good to see that there are a number of worthy contenders already at the starting line for the upcoming leadership contest for the Ontario liberals. More important than the names of those individuals, at this point in time, are the rules for the race. And the simpler the
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: If Harper is a bully, what is Trudeau?
The last two prime ministers tell us much about this country of Canada. In June 2015, I wrote a comment on PM Stephen Harper, accusing him of being a bully. It seemed to be his way of making up for his deficiencies as a human. A reader reminded me of
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Team Trudeau tells the tale.
An invitation came from the liberal party the other day to sign up for Team Trudeau Campaign College. It is just $25 for the day and you have your choice of attending campaign management, official agent or a single stream covering the three areas of digital management, volunteer management and
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: The Liberal Party has bungled SNC-Lavalin terribly.
I can’t say I agree with much of my Liberal social media/blogger colleagues who are thinking this is a great thing that former Cabinet Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott got booted over their dissent as to how SNC Lavalin was being handled and the pressure being sent JWR’s way
Continue readingPolitical Potshots: Jody Wilson-Raybould – Ah, Buh-Bye.
Jody Wilson surreptitiously recorded a member of the Cabinet, Michael Wernick – and possibly has recorded others according to a Tweet sent out by Warren Kinsella. Take what you will from that Tweet, but we do know that connections exist between the two. The concept of an Attorney General recording
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Trudeau cannot un-fumble this ball.
A chick does not spring new-born from the egg knowing which worms are the tastiest. Life can be a game of trial and error and nowhere is it more treacherous than in the game of politics. Politicos, the hangers-on of the political scene have much to learn but are a
Continue readingPolitical Potshots: The Best Acting Award Goes To…Jody Wilson-Raybould, For Inappropriately Recorded Phone Call With Michael Wernick!
Jody Wilson-Raybould, the patron saint of self-promotion. I am sick and tired of Jody Wilson-Raybould. I am tired of the constant deification at the hands of the opposition and some in media. I believe it is time for the Liberal Party of Canada to cut ties with Jody, and Jane
Continue readingPolitical Potshots: To My Fellow Liberals
Fellow liberals. I have a few questions for you. Are you worried about the 2019 election? Are you worried about what Andrew Scheer and the Conservative Party of Canada have planned? Are you scared? If any of the answers are yes? Good. We see the polls, we all see the
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Trudeau trashes his flight of fancy.
It was nine years ago that I met Justin Trudeau. Working through liberal party friends in Ottawa, I had invited him to a party fund-raising dinner in Barrie. While we raised enough to get the party out of debt in Barrie, the conversation I had at the time with Justin
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: The pundit’s putsch.
It is fun to forecast chaos in these frightful times but we have to compete with some very convincing pundits of the news media. Just the other day Chantal Hébert of the CBC and Toronto Star tells us that Jody Wilson-Raybould MP and Jane Philpott MP are planning a putsch
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Something for everyone; Nothing for all.
There is supposed to be a little something for everybody and it turns out there is nothing overly impressive for anybody. It is a strange feeling going over this federal budget. Nothing is particularly surprising. Nothing impresses. What is with these Liberals? They are a big tent of neoliberals, right-wing
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: The perils of punditry.
Despite putting the idea aside a number of times, I have made the effort to stay away from comparing Pierre Trudeau in 1972 to Justin Trudeau in 2019. I was sitting in the boardroom of the principal advertising agency for the liberal party that evening in 1972 when Pierre announced
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Watering the wine of Canadian politics.
Canadians deserve better. We are promised much but so little is delivered. Prime minister Justin Trudeau promised doctor assisted suicide to relieve people the pains of protracted death and all Canadians got was some comfort for the rich. He promised voting reform but had never thought it through. He has
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: The storms on the Yellow Brick Road.
As we battle our way to the Land of OZ and the looming federal election, what we are hearing across the land is becoming more and more concerning. When normally respectful and erudite people vent with expletives, they are angry. When the prime minister of our country calls a public
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: No Butts about it!
With the Trudeau government, even a recently-resigned principal secretary to the prime minister sticks to the talking points. Gerald Butts appeared before the Commons justice committee yesterday and tried valiantly to salvage what he could of the reputation of the liberal government. He danced a fine line between trashing the
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