It pains me to say this, but I have to admit I was wrong about Maxime Bernier. I always knew the man known as the Bobo from the Beauce was a Con clown, obsessed with the dairy cartel.But I thought he was essentially harmless.And sadly I was wrong.Read more »
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Babel-on-the-Bay: “We’re off to see the Wizard”
Canadians will face many adventures as they whistle their way down the Yellow Brick Road in 2019. They can travel hand in paw with Dorothy, Toto and their companions. It will not be the predictable adventures with witches and wizards as in L Frank Baum’s book The Wonderful Wizard of
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Alberta Political Traffic Report: Watch out for flaming clown cars on the right
With the announcement of the Freedom Conservative Party’s election platform yesterday, leader Derek Fildebrandt appears to have taken Alberta’s already bizarre case of Trudeau Derangement Syndrome to a new level – one that is actually deranged! To do so, Mr. Fildebrandt had to execute a rare political triple flip-flop. Well,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Andrew Scheer Exposed His Far Right Face
A long time ago I started warning people that Andrew Scheer was not what he appeared to be. He was an alt-right sympathizer and a threat to this country and its values.Some laughed at that warning, finding it impossible to imagine that the apparently bland nerd with the creepy smile could
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Mad Max Bernier Effect
I think it's safe to say that Andrew Scheer is not the man he used to be. His creepy smile has been replaced by a werewolf snarl.He's angry, he's desperate, his polls are tanking, some in his party are already talking about quickly replacing him if he loses to Justin Trudeau.And
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The Day After: Alberta heavy crude prices squirt upward in wake of Rachel Notley’s production cap announcement
It was nice for Alberta’s New Democratic Party Government that the first thing the price of Alberta heavy crude did the morning after Premier Rachel Notley’s announcement her government would cap production of Alberta oil by 8.7 per cent for three months was to squirt upward. On Friday night, Western
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Big Oil wants a milk break … and supply management’s foes are all over the media – except when they’re not
On Tuesday, the president of Cenovus Energy Inc., one of the Big Five players in the Alberta oilsands, called for temporary production cuts across the Canadian oil sector to push the sinking price of oil back up again. It’s all about supply and demand, as the well-educated readers of this blog
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Selling Well
Doug Ford’s Conservatives are ripping away at each other. And Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives are engaged in the same self-flagellation. Maxime Bernier is attempting to blow up the federal Conservative Party. Tom Walkom writes: Bernier says his People’s Party has signed up more than 30,000 members. He promises to field candidates
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Bernier’s bonus: “No more political correctness.”
As MP Maxime Bernier continues to build his new party of the far right, he is finding easy hunting in Alberta. The MP from Beauce claims some 30,000 memberships sold to-date and Bernier remains quite confident. The former conservative’s People’s Party of Canada (PPC) is reported to be up and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Maxime Bernier Hurting Andrew Scheer’s Cons Already?
Ever since Maxime Bernier left the Cons to form his own party, the People's Party or Max Party, Andrew Scheer has been desperately trying to ignore him. Trying to pretend, in public at least, that Mad Max is not a real threat to Scheer's fevered plan to DESTROY Justin Trudeau. And no
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Maxime Bernier Went Over The Deep End. Again.
As you may know, Maxime Bernier has always reminded me of the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz.The one who is travelling with Dorothy and the others, in the hope that the Wizard will give him a brain.Because as he proved again yesterday, he clearly doesn't have one.Read more »
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Alberta Party and Freedom Conservative Party leaders form weekend blips on provincial political radar
Here comes the leader of the One True Conservative Party! Here comes the leader of the other One True Conservative Party! Actually, there are three One True Conservative parties in Alberta nowadays. Maybe more if you don’t blink. But there are three that have the potential to play a consequential
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: T-minus ~365 days to #elxn43…
The 43rd Canadian federal election is scheduled to take place on [or before!] October 21, 2019… that means, we’re +/-365 days. REMEMBER: Stephen Harper was turfed last election. FYI: Maxime Bernier will do his best to split the vote, exiting in a blaze of glory and creating the People’s Party
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Conservatives would have fought harder to protect Canadian dairy farmers? Don’t believe it!
A lot of Canada’s Conservatives were wearing long faces yesterday about the impact of the freshly inked United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on this country’s dairy industry. As political sins go, this small hypocrisy is a minor one. Why not let the sitting government take the rap for a treaty with our
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Bernier bids from the Beauce.
The beauty and tranquility of the La Beauce makes the region a must for tourists seeking the essence of Quebec’s joie de vivre. Each season in La Beauce offers its special attractions. This year, a new season has been added: it is political, it is the ‘silly season.’ It is
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The People’s Party and the Monarchy
Maxime Bernier On September 14th former ConservativeParty leadership hopeful Maxime Bernierannounced the founding of a new party. This ‘People’s Party‘ still has not fullydefined its party policy. Mr. Bernier doesn’tgive me much to go on either. As somemight recall I surveyed all of theConservative Party leadership candidates awhile back. Bernier’s response
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Chairman Max and the People’s Party of Canada
It was for Maxime Bernier the end of a long journey. And the beginning of a whole new adventure.He finally got to see the Wizard, and he got his new party.But he didn't get a brain.And sadly it shows.Read more »
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Irreconcilable differences? Gulf between the Alberta and federal NDP is wide, and could grow wider
The rift between Premier Rachel Notley’s Alberta New Democrats and the federal NDP led by Jagmeet Singh over the Trans Mountain Pipeline is wide and deep, but it is not unbridgeable – yet. That could soon change, though, if two likely political scenarios unfold in tandem: an early federal election
Continue readingAlberta Politics: How far is the United Conservative Party prepared to go to be tolerant of intolerance? Quite far, apparently
MLA Richard Gotfried defeated candidate Cindy Ross last night for the United Conservative Party nomination in the Calgary-Fish Creek Riding. Mr. Gotfried, narrowly elected as a Progressive Conservative candidate in a tight three-way race in the May 2015 Alberta election, has detractors within the UCP. Still, his victory has to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Increasing Desperation Of The Con Clown Andrew Scheer
Lordy, what are we going to do with that old Con artist Andrew Scheer?He's still claiming he's more popular than Justin Trudeau, even as his nose grows longer and longer.The Con website is still running that ridiculous graphic, right at the top of their page.Even though the latest polls suggest
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