Somebody’s Blowing Smoke
The Ford government introduced its first budget yesterday. It’s interesting to look at figures for the budget deficit — which Ford claimed had put us on the road to Armageddon.…
April 2019
first bear sighting of the season
We see bald eagles every day here, and we’ve seen lots of elk — but they never stick around for a photo. This little guy was munching away, and let…
On Anonymity and Neil Before Zod Sells Out!
This is the type of post that I usually criticize others for. The self congratulatory and self promoting media round up has now come to Political Potshots. It reminds me…
Will Andrew Scheer’s Con Friends Help Justin Trudeau Defeat Him?
In Alberta the advance polls are open, and Albertans have started voting in a provincial election Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party are favoured to win.But the UCP has…
The triumph of Trump.
It is hard to believe the sizeable and immoral segment of American public opinion that supports American president Trump. There are pollsters who are now telling us that everybody loves…
Wikileaks: Assange Arrested in London
Assange has been a political prisoner for most of a decade and he still is one today, not a criminal hacker. Note that Ecuador revoked asylum, nationality 24h after we…
Notice to public employees: Jason Kenney and the UCP are eyeing your pensions again
If you’re a public employee in Alberta and you’ve been deferring your salary for years to build a secure retirement through your modest pension, Jason Kenney would like to take…
April 11:Warning – Depressing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-guaido-trump-pence-un-security-council-1.5092760 A lesson in hypocrisy and ignorance. There are many millions of Americans who will believe that the U.S. wants to restore democracy to Venezuela. They still don’t know that…
Talking Ontario Budget on CFRA with Evan Solomon
This afternoon I had the chance to join CFRA’s Evan Solomon again, this time with with Kate Harrison and Lindsay Maskell. We talk about the first Ford Conservative Budget in…
PCPO Budget Is Mild Stuff
I don't like the directions taken; cutting healthcare spending below the rate of inflation, and etc. But this government in this budget is definitely no Mike Harris Mark II. Mind…
PCPO Budget Is Mild Stuff
I don’t like the directions taken; cutting healthcare spending below the rate of inflation, and etc. But this government in this budget is definitely no Mike Harris Mark II. Mind…
Don’t Look Away
We’re on the cusp of the election and many moderate conservatives still don’t know who they’ll support. Will they ignore the allegations of vote tampering in the UCP leadership race…
Low taxes are nothing to brag about
I’ve written an opinion piece that appears in today’s Regina Leader-Post. The piece argues that the Saskatchewan government shouldn’t brag about the province’s low-tax climate (which it recently did). Rather,…
Trudeau’s Dodgy Ten Billion Dollar Bet
Justin Trudeau bet the farm on bitumen when he bought the Trans Mountain pipeline. Cutting a treasury cheque for $4.5 billion to the former owner, Kinder Morgan, and facing another…
New York Banning Plastic Bags
Everyone knows the harm plastics are bringing to the world, especially to marine animals and waterways. In an effort to reduce the harm done by plastics New York state is…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Donald Gutstein examines the crucial difference between advancing toward a zero-carbon economy, and incentivizing further fossil fuel development through misleading terms such…
Assange Turfed/Arrested
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has been taken into custody by British police. Assange was nabbed after Ecuador stripped him of his diplomatic immunity. He had been holed up in Ecuador’s…
An All-Out Attack
On the surface, the ructions in education occurring in Ontario may hold little interest to those living in other jurisdictions. However, those residing elsewhere would be well-advised to keep an…
For Diversity of Opinion. Against Undermining
I read in the comments on Willy’s post and mine from yesterday that others besides the Underminer should be delisted from Progressive Bloggers because what are seen as opinions that…