The Old Divisions
John Crosbie was laid to rest yesterday. And, Susan Delacourt writes, the old and ugly divisions in the Conservative Party were on full display at the funeral: While one former…
2020
Thought For The Day
This resonates on oh so many levels. Recommend this Post
When do we get back to the environment?
Between Mr. Trump’s tantrums, the concerns over Meghan and Harry and the disaster in Iran, the prime minister is not getting much done about the environment. And why would we…
Stephen Harper and Preston Manning, joined at the hip by history and not particularly liking it, make changes
On Wednesday, former prime minister Stephen Harper abruptly quit the Conservative Party of Canada’s fund-raising board, supposedly to give himself time to prevent Jean Charest from becoming leader of Canada’s…
The Ugly Cons and the Return of Stephen Harper
In one of my recent posts I mentioned that Stephen Harper had been spotted stumbling around in his zombie crypt.And was threatening to intervene in the Con leadership race, to…
The strangers came today
My God, what a genius he was. Miss him.
January 16: Yes, there is a climate emergency.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/15/climate-emergency-2019-was-second-hottest-year-on-record And the world is nowhere close to having a plan. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-2019-1.5427586________________________________________________________________ https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-time-for-trudeau-to-draw-a-line-with-trump/ In fact, Trudeau has done just that – and this is quite remarkable. In our world, it…
Maybe I’ll move
Considering moving LondOntLife to Tumblr. The major following is off Twitter for the very localized cartoons, so it really doesn’t need WordPress as a storage place for the images. Clicks…
Increasingly Transparent
The thuggish illegalities of Donald Trump are obvious for everyone to see. Everyone, that is, except for those inexplicable sludge marks on human rationality known as Trump devotees. Marie Yovanovich?…
Promise of a Collective Voice for the Precariat
Along with much else, the workplace has seen a transformation. Fifty years ago, workers looked forward to full-time, secure jobs with good wages and benefits. Often, the quality of their…
Why Canadians Should Pay Attention to Fort Frances: An Update with a New Question
It was just on Tuesday that I wrote about the struggles that so many small rural and northern towns are facing in this day and age. In that piece, I…
The Cornerstone
Sean Illing writes that we live in an age of “manufactured nihilism:” The issue for many people isn’t exactly a denial of truth as such. It’s more a growing weariness…
Keeping Cool While the Planet Warms
Air conditioning demand is expected to triple by 2030 which means that the energy demand from cooling is to rise sharply. As the planet warms the need for air conditioners…
‘Unencumbered as I am by experience.’
Ontario education minister Stephen Lecce is no mystery. Politics is full of people like him. Their ability as a con artist is far more important than any particular experience or…
Brace yourselves, Alberta, Premier Kenney’s promising us another spring of renewal!
Good Lord, can Alberta survive another spring of renewal like the last one? Another springtime of renewal — that’s what Government House Leader Jason Nixon and the United Conservative Party’s…
Justin Trudeau, Iran, and the Trumpling Cons
For days after the shooting down of that Ukrainian airliner Justin Trudeau spent most of his time demanding answers from the Iranians, and mourning our dead.He didn't have time to…
Ins and Outs: A Conservative Leadership Race Update
It’s only Wednesday but this week we’ve already seen some major news come from the Conservative Leadership race, as some big shoes start to drop and we get a better…
Peter MacKay: he’s in
Does this mean Jean Charest is in or out? Does this mean Team Mulroney is going elsewhere? Does this mean Stephen Harper will not support anyone in the race, because…