New column day
Here, on how Scott Moe’s equalization bluster ultimately shows only that he’s more interested in political posturing than responsible governance. For further reading…– Gregory Beatty reviews how Saskatchewan’s effort to…
2018
#MeToo and #Trudeau
A snippet from next week’s Hill Times: Only two things matter, at this point. One, how has Justin Trudeau responded to the woman’s allegation in the Creston Valley Advance? That’s…
Kids Don’t Benefit from Helicopter Parenting
Being a parent must be hard since websites are constantly telling you what you’re doing wrong. If you’re letting your kid explore the world on their own terms than you’re…
A Bit Of A Break
I’ll be taking a break for the next few days. I must admit that recent events in the United States have disturbed me. Every time Mr. Trump claims that he…
Donald Trump and the Stephen Harper Missile
As we all know, relations between Justin Trudeau and the madman in the White House have been going from bad to worse.With Donald Trump doing all he can to try…
From Penny Dreadful to false news.
If you think false news is new news, you are only about 300 years behind the news. Watching the efforts of past politician Patrick Brown to communicate with his constituents…
A private room where customers deliver bags of cash
Liberals believed Dirty Money involved “victimless crimes” so they chose to tolerate illegal behaviour that provided a boost to economic activity. The Campbell/Clark Governments were more interested in gaining political…
Effort by religious schools to halt enforcement of Alberta’s GSA protection law tossed out by Medicine Hat judge
An effort by the so-called Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms to get a court injunction to halt enforcement of the Alberta law that prevents schools from informing parents when students…
This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt from the Driftpile Cree Nation tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended June 24, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
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Room with a View
I’ll be appearing on The View Up Here in about 20 minutes to discuss and expand on the column linked here. For those interested in a bit of light reading…
Help wanted
See that stretch along old Highway 2? More or less between Port Hope and Brighton? That’s where we are looking for a place. We are going to sell our cabin…
How Profoundly Stupid Are Trump Supporters?
Damned stupid, that’s how stupid. Stupid enough that they can’t tell a restaurant in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, from a restaurant with a similar name in Lexington, Virginia, God Bless the…
The Toronto Star misses something
Totally missing from this story: she is also a neo-Nazi, a former Heritage Front activist, and a columnist for the women-hating, Holocaust-denying, white supremacist rag, Your Ward News. Here.
Neoliberal Friends With Benefits
Kinder Morgan couldn’t have a better friend than Justin Trudeau: Texas-based Kinder Morgan made a seven-fold return on the sale of its Trans Mountain pipeline system to Canada’s federal government,…
A Death Sentence for Being Gay in America.
If this wasn’t from The New York Times you would never believe it. Some of the jurors who imposed the death penalty on Charles Rhines, who was convicted of murder,…
Eating up the Hill: Winner winner Chicken Farmers dinner
The annual Chicken Farmers reception is, for those who are fans of chicken, one of the top receptions of the Parliament Hill reception circuit, right up there with the Cattlemen.…
There’s Hope for Old Stoners
If you’re old enough, you may come to like your prime minister a lot more on October 17. That’s when the recreational use of marihuana will become legal in Canada.…
What’s amazing isn’t that Doug Ford is doing this
…what’s amazing is that Kathleen Wynne didn’t do it when she could’ve. (And, before any trolls take a shot at my friend Dalton, remember this.) Premier-Designate Doug Ford will build…