My latest: the greatest Prime Minister
Free political advice: always look both ways. It’s a sunny, warm June day in 1990 in Calgary. Along with Eleanor McMahon – one of Jean Chretien’s press assistants, and a…
July 2020
FBI Nabs Ghislaine Maxwell. Will She Sing Like a Canary?
Her newspaper mogul dad, Robert Maxwell, died mysteriously, vanishing from his sail boat at sea. Her longtime companion and confidant, Jeffrey Epstein, died mysteriously in a New York jail cell,…
Is that $300,000 Non-Refundable?
Tory Party leadership contenders coughed up what, for Canada, is a pretty steep entry fee – $300,000. That’s the kind of money you might risk for a shot to become…
Covid Journal, July 2, 2020
Another Canada Day, another opportunity to reflect on our past treatment of First Nations people in Canada. Vladamir Putin: ‘elected’ dictator for life in Russia.
We’re Lucky
Another Canada Day has come and gone. Each anniversary should remind us that Confederation is a work in progress — and that we still have much work to do. But,…
Defunding police not on Toronto’s agenda.
No mayor seems to read his city council better than John Tory in Toronto. With a few simple proposals, Tory defanged the move by the council’s inner-city left wing to…
Canada Day Mystery: What happened between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. to Jason Kenney’s holiday message?
It’s a true Canada Day political mystery! What happened between 9:03 a.m. and 1:02 p.m. that dramatically changed Jason Kenney’s holiday message? Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Photo: David J. Climenhaga).…
Start them young
I love your niece. https://t.co/f78vOOAlq1 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 2, 2020
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger and El Jones on #CancelCanadaDay
Migrants Rights Network hosted an online teach-in for “so called Canada Day” with two revolutionaries: Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, a Dënesųłiné (ts’ékui) member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, and Executive…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sarah Hansen reports on new research showing that the U.S. could save 5% of its GDP merely by imposing a mask mandate during…
It’s Tesla Time
For years, Toyota has been the most valuable automobile company on Earth. Until now. The most valuable auto company today is Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors. Tesla’s stock jumped to a…
On Canada Day
On this day it is often difficult for us not to feel smug when we look at so much of the world beyond our borders. While such complacence is never…
The Great Beetle Canada Day Adventure
Right here, in tweets! And so it begins. #GreatBeetleCanadaDayAdventure pic.twitter.com/uppjyBH5ud — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 1, 2020 I’ve gotten as far as the car wash near Vic Park. Major achievement.…
Remember Climate Change?
We have a strong survival instinct that has us focus on immediate dangers at the expense of potential long term dangers. So we’ve been immersed in trying to solve Covid19…
Canada Day 2020
Canada Day in the Time of COVID. Tourism is the lifeblood of our town. And the tourists have arrived in groups, shoulder to shoulder. They don’t wear masks. When the…
Happy Canada Day Mr. Prime Minister.
Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star hit the nail on the head recently when she ran a commentary saying that “Trudeau doesn’t want advice from his dad’s friends. She ‘s…
On this blog I normally write about politics but today is Canada Day
On July 1, 1945 - 75 years ago today - an event took place in Ottawa that was of critical importance to my family. Both my mother and father moved…
On this blog I normally write about politics but today is Canada Day
On July 1, 1945 - 75 years ago today - an event took place in Ottawa that was of critical importance to my family. Both my mother and father moved…
On this blog I normally write about politics but today is Canada Day
On July 1, 1945 – 75 years ago today – an event took place in Ottawa that was of critical importance to my family. Both my mother and father moved…
Mandatory masking, this is going to be a mess…..
My own views on the utility of cloth masks in the Covid era notwithstanding, it looks like they’re going to be required in many if not all indoor public places…