https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protests-thursday-peaceful-1.5173320 For a couple of centuries, Hong Kong has been more a nation than being a part of a nation. For a very long time, it was forced to be…
Kevin “No Show” Goudreau may finally be facing the consequences years of making online threats. Today he was served by Peterborough Police with a summons to appear this morning for…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – PressProgress offers its annual reminder not to be taken in by the Fraser Institute’s anti-tax spin. And Robert Frank reports that support…
Apparently Jean Chretien thinks it might be time for Canada to cry ‘uncle.’ Jean Chrétien is floating the idea of having Canada’s Justice Minister exercise his legal authority to stop…
Grief is part of the caregiving experience and when a loved one passes away, unbearable sadness and loneliness can overwhelm. Today, I am happy to host this guest post by…
NEW: Elections Canada says it will monitor provincial government interventions in the federal campaign https://t.co/J8UfrINIlR #onpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli — Marieke Walsh (@MariekeWalsh) June 13, 2019 What’s that mean? You’ve heard…
As the clock winds down on the 42nd Parliament, it’s reception and garden party season in Ottawa. And on Wednesday, Liberal staffers gathered at 24 Sussex for a garden party…
From next week’s Hill Times column. It’s pointy, like a juice box straw. The Gettysburg Address it was not. Standing on the picturesque shores of some picturesque lake in Mont-Saint-Hillaire,…
Here, on how the developing issue of plastic pollution has brought out the worst in both PR-focused Liberals and regressive Conservatives alike. For further reading…– The U.S. National Oceanic and…
The Canadian government announced plans this week to ban all single-use plastics by 2021. This is a great step in protecting the environment from the wastefulness of stars and plastic…
Donate today and some well-heeled campaign sponsors will match it. Up to $500,000 It’s a cardinal sin to leave money on the table. That’s one of the things I learned…
Things are going really well with the new pack of five. Having three dogs isn’t that big a deal! Who knew? But I should qualify: it’s not that big a…
Over the past year we’ve seen a bit of a blue wave wash over parts of Canada, as conservative governments have gotten elected in various places. This has made Federal…
Yesterday, Eric Hoskins introduced the results of his panel’s research into a national pharmacare program. Ontario’s former Minister of Health is thinking big. And so is Justin Trudeau. Susan Delacourt…
The question is if you paint a pig green would it no longer roll in the mud? And if we are concerned about the environment, should we vote for a…
I always get the giggles when one sanctimonious Alberta premier after another berates other provinces for thwarting their insane designs to flood the world with high carbon, high cost, low…
Using the wording of its collective agreement with Civic Service Union 52 as an excuse, and the United Conservative Government’s minimum wage reduction for students under 18 as the trigger,…
One thing you can say for Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party Government: they don’t even pretend to act in good faith! Early this month they mailed public sector unions a…
It was just yesterday that I was happy to be able to report about some good news from the Senate on Romeo Saganash’s Bill C-262; after much delay and attempted…
It's been an embarrassing week so far for Andrew Scheer. On Monday he skipped Question Period so he could pose for pictures of himself dressed in a Raptor's red hoodie.So…
