So. I’ve been reading some of the commentariat’s year-end stuff. Short version: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in trouble, blah blah blah. He isn’t. Five points: • Trudeau has had the longest honeymoon of any Prime Minister in the history of polling. It is extraordinary, and it hasn’t ended. •
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Warren Kinsella: Awan v. Levant
My exceedingly-small role in this case, which has been going on for years: when I saw these young people being brutalized in print by Messrs. Whyte, Wells et al., I got in touch with them. I told them to forget about the human rights actions, and to get a real
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Joe, we hardly knew you
Joe Strummer – our hero, our muse, our shining light. Fourteen years today. Miss him, still.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Oil and hydro: the bane of Trudeau’s existence
Oil is way down in Alberta, hydro is way up in Ontario. Justin Trudeau isn’t responsible for either, but he’s apparently being blamed for both. From our buddies at Abacus: And, in their words: As 2016 winds down, approval of the performance of the Trudeau government sagged a bit to
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: LGBT, politics and regrets
This came across the transom early this morning. Read this part, about PC leader Patrick Brown and the LGBT “issue,” if you will: Brown has expended considerable political capital since becoming leader in trying to make the Progressive Conservative Party more “progressive”. In particular, he has reached out to the
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: On CFRA now! My political top five surprises in 2016!
On @EvanLSolomon @CFRAOttawa for 5 big '16 political things: 1. Trump win 2. Trudeau honeymoon 3. Brexit 4. Leitch "values" 5. NDP collapse — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2016
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Mr. Glass Half-Full
Assassination in Turkey. Terror attack in Berlin. Shooting in Zürich mosque. Electoral college confirms Trump. 2017 will be like Monday was. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2016
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: This week’s column: f!@k 2016
Inspiration sometimes comes in the unlikeliest places. In this case, it came at Lee’s Palace on Tuesday night of last week. The Toronto club was dark, sweaty and noisy – as all such clubs should always be – as Chicago’s Off With Their Heads stepped onto the puny stage before
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Trump Virus: NYC, a friend, a book
A friend from my Calgary law school now lives in New York City with her family. She posted the words below last night. Facebook leaves a little white rectangle to respond to what people put up, but I found myself lacking any useful words. Since November, this sort of thing
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Donald Trump: still an asshole
And get this: the unpresident can’t spell “unprecedented.”
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: I lead a morally complex life
Ah, the wonders of a winter morn! The crest of snow! The hearth of fire! The merry children! The Swedish death metal! The Drano hot shots! — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 17, 2016
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Apropos of nothing
I am resigning my family to spend more time with my politics. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 16, 2016
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Love for Justin Trudeau
…Angus Reid says our love for the Liberal Prime Minister has diminished, here: And I guess my response would be: we may love him a bit less, Angus, but we still love him, you know? What’s really happening, of course, is that the perilous state of the Ontario Liberals – cf.,
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Canada in a Trump world
I’m hosting, and we’ve got an amazing panel. Please come.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: BC NDP leader gets the weathervane treatment, and it’s brutal
That John Heaney photo, below, prompted some BC friends to send me a great video about John’s good pal, the BC NDP leader, John Horgan. I always love a good weathervane ad. This one is particularly deadly. Brutal, even.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Punk rock makes for strange political bedfellows
Okay, my pal Brian Topp is coming home. That’s good for him and his family, not so good for Rachel Notley. Her new top aide is a guy named John Heaney. Who is John Heaney, you ask? Well, he’s the young guy in the picture, to the far left (typical).
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Trump Virus: now in Newmarket
Here. A young woman is left troubled and worried for her safety after finding three ‘alt-right’ propaganda flyers posted around the parking lot of the Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket Monday. The woman, who is bi-racial and in her early 20s, has asked not to be identified by name. She
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The future of the Alberta NDP
…Alberta Liberal brothers and sisters, here we go! I'm not saying it's impossible for @RachelNotley to be re-elected. I'm saying it's now TOTALLY impossible. #ableg https://t.co/WCfXnWAGZG — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 14, 2016
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Arf
Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, festive Kwanzaa, and jolly holidays from Daisy Group! (Daisy Dogs Sloane and Roxy say hi, too.) Hilarious scene staged by Daisy’s Emily Lawrence.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Dear Trump voters
Over the next four years – as you lose your health care, as your country’s environment is destroyed, as joblessness soars and the cost of everything rises, as your sons and daughters are being sent off to fight in wars declared by your president – know this: you deserve every bit
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