Well, Well, Well
For someone who is ‘for the people,” Doug Ford has a strange way of showing his fealty to them. Buried in last week’s budget bill is a nugget that will…
2019
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Riley Yesno rightly calls out the Libs for telling Canadians they have no choice but to settle for a slight variation in…
The Cost Of Ignorance
Donald Trump has been throwing the word “treason” around these days — alot. Dana Milbank writes: On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that the probe was a “Treasonous Hoax” and that “what…
#LavScam by the numbers: Trudeau is losing – badly
Wow. The Toronto Star, of all media organizations, commissioned a poll after Justin Trudeau martyred Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott. And, according to the most Liberal-friendly paper of all, he’s…
In the arrogance of ignorance.
You saw the big beaming smiles on their faces. If not in the newspapers or television news clips, you can imagine the smugness that Ontario’s conservative government felt bringing in…
Threats to Democracy (repost)
“An obstacle to democracy is that the value of its name often exceeds the principles of its practice.” From an old speech by former MP David Kilgore – In his…
Captive audience? Continuing care operators’ ‘reference document’ pushes residents, families to vote for UCP, shows NDP in negative light
A “reference document” implying residents of private for-profit and not-for-profit seniors’ care facilities and their families should vote for the United Conservative Party has been distributed by the Alberta Continuing…
Coded language of the Yellow Vest Mission Statement
I wrote the following specifically for a conversation in a Facebook group, but I suspect that conversation might be deleted and I thought I’d like to share these thoughts here:…
Aprill 13:Don’t "keep right on to the end of the road."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/climate-change-atlantic-ocean-dfo-report-1.5094133 Nah. There ain’t no climate change. If there were, New Brunswick’s Mr. Irving would have told us in all them provincial newspapers he owns. And he’s smarter than them…
Deep thought
Sure, on the surface one might expect refugee claimants to be displeased to be deported and subsequently killed based on Justin Trudeau’s decision to outsource their assessments to the Trump…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alex Hemingway points out that British Columbia has a long way to go in raising readily-available revenue in order to provide even the…
North Cowichan hit hard by WorkSafeBC fine
North Cowichan hit hard by WorkSafeBC fine By Larry Pynn A search of WorkSafeBC files reveals that North Cowichan received the highest fine for public-sector violations on…
Saturday Photo: What a Difference a Day Makes…
Crazy week: freezing rain that left 200,000 people north of Montreal without power for a couple of days, followed by a quick thaw and Spring! The first photo was taken…
The Method Behind The Madness
Like his Orange Cousin to the south, Doug Ford is a disruptor — and a master of distraction. Mitch Potter writes: From the vengeful, shock-and-awe downsizing of Toronto city council…
The Day Justin Trudeau Finally Went After The Cons
For nine long weeks Justin Trudeau has been forced to defend himself from the Cons and their media stooges, who tried to use the fake scandal to destroy him.But that…
Tories take a try at Toronto transit.
You really need to be a Torontonian to recognize the absurdity of the Ontario government’s latest plan for Toronto transit. It seems to be a right of passage for Toronto…
RCMP raid on UCP candidate’s business, polling trends, hordes of advance voters wind up the Internet
Alberta’s Internet was in a furious swivet last night. There seemed to be something to wind everyone up as we enter the final stretch of a provincial election both sides…
Musical interlude
Metric – Dark Saturday
Vote smart, Alberta
The choice in my home province actually isn’t hard. This sort of crap is disqualifying. Vote accordingly. #ableg #abvote2019 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/dcJIlb6QM6 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 12, 2019