Looking Toward The Future
I’m feeling an unaccustomed lightness of spirit these days. The growth of Green Party support is at least in part responsible: Recommend this Post
May 2019
A High Minimum Wage is Good for Everybody
Raising the minimum wage helps you no matter how much you earn. The next time the debate about whether or not your region of the world should raise wages you…
It’s not a game, Mr. Ford.
Ontario premier Doug Ford has yet to realize that he is not in a life-size game. There are repercussions and blowbacks and consequences for his whims at governing. Like the…
Election 2019 – First Poll #nlpoli
While the MQO poll shows the Liberals in the lead, a new poll from Abacus – released with an hour of this appearing – will likely show that since the…
Feeling blue? Don’t worry, Jason Kenney’s got a ‘blue ribbon panel’ sharpening its razors for you!
Brace yourselves, people. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has announced his “Blue Ribbon” panel to do a “deep dive” into the province’s books and figure out how to get them into…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Bagged cats.
The Band Played ‘Waltzing Matilda’
No matter how much things change, they remain the same.
Beware the Library-Loving Seniors
Having worked on Parliament Hill for close to a decade, one thing that I gained a huge appreciation for is people who work in the constituency offices of elected officials.…
A Giggle from the Washington Post
I was reading a few of the comments to a WaPo story on the measles when I had the good luck to stumble across this one. Enjoy “How anti-vaxxers sound…
Bastards
These bastards bankrupted this man, tried to destroy him, and now are abandoning their show trial – because they realized they are the ones who were going to get destroyed.…
Tory is the best Grit
Here’s a poll that will rock Toronto and Ontario politics. And it is not a bad idea. At all. Full story here. It could take a Tory to topple the…
Greens to be Ignored No More
“From where I’m sitting, this whole “green surge” thing – there doesn’t seem to be a lot of actual evidence to back it up. Yet.” -Sudbury Steve May, “Is the…
The Myth of the Single-Issue Party
The Liberals seem to be getting a bad case of “swamp ass” with the way they’re smearing the Green Party. Some dig deep and claim it’s a racist party because…
Cutting Dignity
Over the past month in this space I’ve had a lot to say about post-budget cuts that have come from the Ford Conservatives in Ontario. Fact is that there have…
Everyone can be replaced
Everyone.
Coyne – How Canadians Fell Out of Love with Justin.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil Liberals insist that Justin Trudeau is a victim of anyone and everyone but himself. The mainstream media was just dandy while…
May 7: To hell with everybody…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-global-biodiversity-report-1.5124089 _https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/07/the-future-of-life-on-earth-lies-in-the-balance-a-picture-essay Yes. This really is happening. And we are doing almost nothing about it.________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/06/us-deploys-aircraft-carrier-and-bombers-after-troubling-indications-from-iran The U.S. has not done well in most of its wars since 1945. And…
Five points about Nanaimo-Ladysmith, which, inter Alia, is a cool riding name
1. The Justin Trudeau Party – which isn’t the Liberal Party – came fourth. Fourth. Trudeau is in big trouble. 2. This isn’t an aberration. The Green Party has been…
Conservative ‘Blue Wave’ Sweeps Across Canada
Photo by Doug Ford/Twitter The federal system under which the Canadian state operates, places a great deal of decision making power in the hands of its provinces. While the dubiously…
My wife drop-kicks Herr Bernier
Fuck off, Max. https://t.co/o0suqbbx63 — Lisa Kinsella (@lisakinsella) May 6, 2019