October 2019
Why Canadians need to vote strategically in 2019…
Most people do not remember Stephen Harper’s 2006 and 2008 minority governments… Jack Layton and the NDP propped up Stephen Harper’s 2006 minority government for 2 years and Stephen Harper’s…
Dude, where’s my bus? How the election failed public transit
Public buses line a busy street in Ottawa. Photo by Dylan Passmore (Flickr). We are now only days away from the federal election, with the Liberals and Conservatives locked in…
Vote splitting is not progressive…
REPEAT AFTER ME: Vote splitting is NOT progressive. That’s not Canada… that’s the reality of this election. PLEASE DO NOT SPLIT THE VOTE. Vote strategically. Find your riding and vote…
One Hundred And Seventy Years Later
What’s really behind Brexit? Owen Jones writes that it’s all about Margaret Thatcher’s attack on workers: Seven years ago, a group of Tory MPs published a book entitled Britannia Unchained…
Election 2019: It’s a horse race
Top row, from left: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, Bloc…
Pot foils police and politicos.
After a full year of government legalized and regulated marijuana sales, nobody is making money other than the criminal element that has been in the business all along. These people…
Liberal minority govt predicted
Forum Research predicts Liberal minority govt — Liberal 133 seats, Conservative 121, NDP 46, BQ 37, Green 1.FYI, Forum was the only pollster 2015 to correctly predict the Lib Majority,…
Edmonton Strathcona voters should vote for NDP’s Heather McPherson, says former Alberta leader Brian Mason
No name was mentioned, but it was pretty clear exactly whom former Alberta New Democratic Party Leader Brian Mason had in mind Wednesday when he posted a social media comment…
"Trudeau Should Step Down" – Yeah, Sure, Chuckles.
Andrew Scheer says “modern convention” holds that, should Justin Trudeau’s Liberals fail to win more seats than the Conservatives next week, Trudeau must step down and allow the Conservatives to…
Oct. 17: Canada is in danger
A reader said of my last blog that I obviously didn’t proofread because I had a sentence near the top that had a word in error. That reader is right.…
Hypocrisy It Isn’t
Notable climate crisis musician and activist Laura Stewart in the Leader Post explaining why climate activists aren’t hypocrites for pressuring governments to take action they cannot personally: leaderpost com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-oct-17-2019-climate-change-protesters-arent-the-major-emitters Climate…
The Ugly American and the Road to Catastrophe
As you know, I always considered Andrew Scheer to be more American than Canadian, long before it was revealed that he had been hiding his dual citizenship.His scary religious fanaticism,…
Ending homelessness in St. John’s: Ten things to know
I’m co-author of a recent blog post about the fight to end homelessness in St. John’s (Newfoundland and Labrador). Points raised in the blog post include the following: -Recent increases…
"Get Over It" – Trump’s New Strategy
At first they adamantly denied there was any quid pro quo to Trump holding up $400 million in military aid to Ukraine while asking the Ukrainians to dig up dirt…
Vote now in the Daisy Group election pool!
Aaaaand all the Daisy Group folks have all voted. Have you? Post your prediction in comments now, so we can all be wrong together! (Whoever is closest to the final…
Macleans-The latest news, analysis and primers for election 2019
Countdown to E-day Did someone forward you this newsletter? Sign up here to get it delivered weekday mornings. Happy Thanksgiving. We’re taking one last break before the campaigns move into…
Kenney’s Beloved Tar Sands at Heart of New York Fraud Trial
Somehow that sounds believable – Jason Kenney, Athabasca Tar Sands, Exxon and the biggest of them all, Exxon, on trial for defrauding company shareholders. In fairness, Kenney isn’t a party…
The NDP never did explain…
THE NDP NEVER DID EXPLAIN… WHAT IS WRONG W/ RANKED BALLOT?! In case you forgot, the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform, AKA ERRE, was an all-party Parliamentary…
Glow in the Garden at VanDusen back for another season of Halloween fun
With the evenings getting darker and the air crisp and cool, the lights and displays offer an exciting and fun way to experience the beauty of VanDusen, under the spell…