Mattis Strikes Back, Kicks Trump To the Curb
Like most ex-Trump aides, former US defense secretary, general James Mattis, since leaving the White House, been the target of insults and abuse by Trump. Mattis said that he would…
2019
Electoral dilemmas and participatory theatre
A voting sign hangs in the window at 85 Thorncliffe Park Drive in East York, Toronto. Photo by Melissa Renwick/Toronto Star. It’s that time again when we get to exercise…
Where the parties stand on Indigenous issues
Justin Trudeau addressing the 2017 Families of Sisters in Spirit vigil for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, on Oct 4, 2017. Photo by…
NDP repudiates Quebec’s Bill 21 but falters in its explanation
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh delivers a stump speech in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Photo from Instagram. The NDP is fighting for its life in Quebec, where the Bloc Québécois supported by the…
What About The Common Good?
One of the things that has most disturbed me about this election campaign is the emphasis both the Liberals and the Conservatives have put on so-called cheque-book issues. Whether it…
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…