The View From Quebec
Last week, my wife’s cousin in Montreal sent her a link in an e-mail. It was a column by Josh Freed, who writes for The Montreal Gazette. It reminded us…
March 2019
The OECD Is Not Impressed
While many are trying to minimize the significance of allegations that the Trudeau government tried to subvert the course of justice in the SNC-Lavalin affair, there is one body that…
Five things Trudeau can do to stop the #LavScam scandal
A few journos have asked me what I’d do instead in #LavScam. I dislike “what they should’ve done” stories because they assume comms can fix anything. Comms can’t. #LavScam is…
Why the SNC-Lavalin Scandal Matters
For a month the news has been filled with details about the SNC-Lavalin Scandal that has embroiled the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This hasn’t been a salacious scandal…
Ten things Trudeau did wrong at his #LavScam press conference
How bad was Justin Trudeau’s early-morning LavScam press conference? So bad CTV Your Morning’s Ben Mulroney asked aloud if the Liberal Prime Minister had made things worse for himself. So…
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…
Whoppers, big and small
Charles Adler believes we should speak clearly. However, he said nothing about speaking accurately, a quality not always compatible with political propaganda.
Sonia Furstenau’s Letter-Please Post On Cowichan Conversations
Originally posted on Facebook Monday March 11th, 2019 Sonia Furstenau Jennifer Lawson to Richard Hughes Subject: SONIA FURSTENAU’S LETTER..PLESAE POST ON COWICONVERSATIONS Re: Request to Reject Re-zoning Estuary Date: Sun,…
Be careful what you wish for, Conservatives: Canadians may like a tougher Trudeau
Memo to Conservatives, New Democrats and others who are crowing about how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to have been revealed as a harsher and less cuddly politician than he…
Yellow Vests Canada Members’ Reaction To Ethiopian Airline Tragedy Is As Bad As You Would Think
Sometimes there are no words to describe just how horrible the membership and supporters of the reactionary Yellow Vest movement in Canada truly are. On Sunday, an Ethiopian Air flight…
"Orchids of Asia" – Trump’s Latest Scandal?
Heather Digby Parton writes of a new sex scandal that could embroil Donald Trump in a “new wave of sleaze and corruption.” It has seemed odd from the very beginning…
Can Theresa May Herd Westminster’s Cats. It’s Her Last Best Chance.
Theresa May has reached a “joint, legally binding agreement” with the European Union intended to quell dissent over Brexit in the House of Commons. The focus is on the Northern…
Forget J W-R. What If We Had an AOC in Government?
She’s something of a darling to Canadian progressives. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the brash young woman out to shake up the moribund Democrats and take down Trump and his Repugs. She’s out…
Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate
Screenshot from MSNBC “This new Cold War more dangerous than the preceding Cold War,” professor Stephen Cohen tells Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer in the latest installment of “Scheer…
Why The Fake Scandal Is Now More Dead Than Alive
Well the fake scandal is now more than a month old, and it's starting to look its age. A little wizened, a little flaky, a little green around the gillsBut…
Is The United States Already Waging War on Venezuela?
I ask that question because of what has been happening in that country for more than four days.When night falls on Venezuela’s ghostly capital, an unnerving hush grips the streets…
More Concerned Eyes Watching
With one week to go to the Federal Budget and everyone away on break, things promised to be quiet in Ottawa this week, even maybe around the SNC/PMO Scandal. Of…
Too 10 Legal Headlines for the week of March 11, 2019
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of March 11, 2019. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…