Red Tories
Pundits are suggesting that this election will be won or lost in Ontario — primarily because Ontario is Canada’s most populous province. When politicians come looking for votes here, Tom…
September 2019
#LavScam latest: Trudeau lies, shifts blame to bureaucrats
Globe: Legal and political experts are rejecting Justin Trudeau’s statement that it is up to Canada’s top bureaucrat to decide whether to lift the veil of cabinet secrecy over the…
Liberals won’t miss Jane or Jody.
There is an erroneous assumption that liberal voters in their B.C. and Ontario ridings would want to vote for former Trudeau cabinet members Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould. That is…
Sarcasm does not become a premier — especially as our placid boreal Dominion grows less gelid by the day
Methinks the premier doth protest too much! What else can we say about Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s bizarre 2,330-word public letter yesterday to Alex Neve of Amnesty International Canada, attacking…
Elections and Mounties Creep Me Out
I don’t like riding to Justin Trudeau’s defence but this business about the RCMP investigating supposed wrongdoing in the midst of an election campaign smacks of political interference by the…
Andrew Scheer Collides With The Abortion Issue. Again.
Anyone who has studied Andrew Scheer, and his strongly held religious views, knows that if he had his way, there would be no abortion rights in Canada.He is that kind…
Rising production, declining gas revenue
Sale of crown petroleum and natural gas rights in the first nine month of 2019 totalled $12 million. The average for the first nine months of the preceding 20 years…
Sept. 12: War without End, Aw-aw men.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-condemns-west-bank-annexation-plans-1.5278863 Israel is everything that Judaism is not about. And Israel gets full support from the U.S. -a country which is everything Christianity is not about._________________________________________________________________ Wednesday was the first…
The Greens’ election chances are being torpedoed – by the Greens Gary Mason
GARY MASON NATIONAL AFFAIRS COLUMNIST Green Party Leader Elizabeth May kicked off her party’s election campaign promising supporters she will guide the ship of state toward a safe harbour. But…
Certain Days 2020 Calendar: Knitting Together the Struggles
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER FROM LEFTWINGBOOKS.NET! Now in its 19th year of publication, the Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is required reading for radicals, leftists, and all who support…
In the fight against eco-fascism, we need to politicize nature
The Camp Fire burns near Oroville, Calif, Nov. 11, 2018. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images As the devastating effects of the climate crisis continue to be felt around the globe…
A Cheeky Delivery
During every election campaign many different groups come out to take positions on various issues of the day. In some cases, that involves taking a stance either against or for…
Breaking the Hold of Neo-Feudalism
It’s what Canada’s finance minister calls “job churn” when he tells Canadians that the gig economy is their future and they can lump it. Welcome to precarity, going from short-term…
The Canadian Government and Cryptocurrency
This is the result of a quick survey I did today on the Canadian governments’ stance on cryptocurrency, responding to an internal request. This is a policy-neutal document; that is,…
Round One Minus One
We are onto Day 2 of the 43rd General Election and after a first day that included some good speeches, some travel changes, some bus-on-plane contact and an interesting reminder…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Lily Patchelder and David Kamin study the policy options available to increase public revenue by focusing on the wealthy, and find that…
Andrew Scheer and the Baloney Campaign
When I saw Justin and Sophie Trudeau arriving at Rideau Hall to see the Governor General for a moment I thought we might have a real Canadian election.One that would…
#LavScam cover-up: follow the chain of command, media folk
If I was still a reporter at the @OttawaCitizen, I'd camp out on Privy Council Clerk Ian Shugart's doorstep and harass him until he confirms that he indeed ordered staff…