#MeToo, #cdnpoli and #questions
Timing is everything, in comedy and in politics. Late on a Friday – just as Maclean’s was breaking a huge story about the Harper Conservatives knowing that they had a…
2018
Apropos of nothing, I bring you iPolitics, Martin Patriquin’s platform of choice
I’m sure it’s all a great big coincidence. I am told that Public Accounts show the government annually shovelled thousands at iPolitics for most of the past decade – more,…
‘We’re Under Assault’: Feds Quietly Approve Deepwater Oil Drilling Off Nova Scotia
While much of the country’s attention was focused on the rapidly escalating stand-off between Alberta and British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline this week, another major environmental announcement went…
Not Very Bright
Walter Shapiro writes that the Nunes memo is a 21st Century version of the Piltdown Man: perhaps the most famous fraud in the history of paleontology combined a 600-year-old skull,…
From the archives: Martin Patriquin is a corrupt, over-refreshed scumbag
Always has been, too. The passage below is from this web site, on September 26th, 2010, as passed along by Dan Shields. I actually forgot I wrote it. Patriquin didn’t,…
Andrew Scheer and the Harper PMO Scandal
Ever since he became leader Andrew Scheer has been able to avoid the ghastly legacy of Stephen Harper and his Con regime.The leader and the regime he served so faithfully.But…
The Awesome Courage and Class of Justin Trudeau
When I saw this picture of Justin Trudeau preparing to face a town hall in Edmonton the other day, I wondered how it must feel to go where no Prime…
Justin’s dad had no rule book.
Frankly, I am getting tired of this schmaltzy feminist dialogue from the prime minister. Enough is enough. He needs a new playbook. This business reminds me of the time his…
Groundhog Day 2018: Liberty Conservative ‘Didsbury Derek’ dispatched into deepest darkness
PHOTOS: Derek Fildebrandt as he hoped to be perceived when he went hunting in rural Alberta (photo grabbed from his Facebook account). It didn’t work out as planned. Below: Mr.…
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (repost)
My dad emigrated from Colombia to North America when he was 18 looking looking for a better life. For my brother and I that meant a lot of standing outside…
The Terrifying Rise of Alt-Right Fight Clubs (repost)
Anastasia Yankova, a Russian model-turned-mixed martial artist who has appeared in a Nike commercial, was a month away from her professional debut when she took to Instagram to post a…
Check this out, #ONpoli
Wow. And, postscript: Jenni Byrne is a bit of hero, no?
Musical interlude
Phantogram – You Don’t Get Me High Anymore
‘This Might Get Nasty’: Why The Kinder Morgan Stand-Off Between Alberta and B.C. is a Zero-Sum Game
The stand-off between Alberta and British Columbia over the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline seems to grow in intensity by the minute. On Tuesday the B.C. NDP announced a proposal…
The Real Threat to Boreal Caribou: Our Elected Leaders
Anyone who saw pictures of caribou being flown on government helicopters from one remote Lake Superior island to another could have been left scratching their heads, wondering just what was…
Trudeau’s Magical Thinking Falls Flat in Nanaimo
Straight from the horse’s mouth today in Nanaimo: “We wanted a national carbon reduction plan, a national emissions plan that is going to allow us to reach our climate goals,…
Site C Dam Decision Causes Friction Within NDP Ranks Ahead of Provincial Council Meeting
When B.C. cabinet members arrive at the NDP’s provincial council meeting tomorrow in New Westminster, they will face a group of “very concerned” delegates and party members who are urging…
Canada’s Offshore Petroleum Boards Under Fire for Conflict of Interest
Rumoured changes to the way the federal government makes decisions about offshore oil and gas projects have fishermen and environmentalists crying foul on Canada’s East Coast. The changes would give…
Fish Farm Lowballed Number of Escaped Atlantic Salmon, Misled Regulator: Report
It’s been a nightmarish year for Washington State’s only active Atlantic salmon farming company — Canada’s Cooke Aquaculture Inc. On Tuesday, a Cooke subsidiary was found responsible for an August…