Enough said
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve always gotten.” That was the advice of Jessie Potter, the featured speaker at the opening of the…
September 2021
Election 2021’s most significant 11th hour story: Can the PPC hang onto its unexpectedly strong support today?
Today is election day in Canada, typically presenting members of the pundit class with a practical problem. This is the day on which interest in election news peaks. It’s also…
Casino cash tied to property-backed loans
Originally published by The Vancouver Sun by Ian Mulgrew and Kim Bolan We lead this edition with reporting from Vancouver Sun journalists Ian Mulgrew and Kim Bolan. Ian has the…
This came out tonight.
@JustinTrudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, on the left. Isn’t it well past time we end this? #cdnpoli #lpc #cpc #ndp pic.twitter.com/9pcv52jq9i — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 20, 2021 The post…
Kenney’s Awesome Summer and Disastrous Fall
“So, no, I don’t apologize for the decision to relax public health restrictions in the summer.” – Jason Kenney Let’s recap what’s happened since July 1 when Kenney waxed eloquent…
Living in the Past
I find the print of my web is often terrible. Luckily, my blog also appears on a website called The Decarie Report. and that is much more pleasantly readable. Some…
And They Wonder Why They’re Barely Clinging to Life
Depending on whose numbers you like, the Trudeau Liberals are up on O’Toole’s Conservatives a full 0.3% or down around 1.0%. It’s enough to have Mr. Trudeau and his Liberal…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Victoria Nicolau reports on the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s campaign scorecard, showing the NDP well ahead of other parties in addressing…
Why A Vote For The NDP Is A Vote For The Cons
One of the worst things about this ugly election campaign was seeing Jagmeet Singh turn into a real Con monster. Morph into a vicious toxic Trudeau hater who attacks the…
KINSELLACAST 177: Lilley, Mraz skate through the final week – with Hot Garbage, Mouse Rat & Me
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What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast – The End of #Elxn44
The latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Susan, Neil Brodie and Alyson Fair is now out. In this episode we…
The March Of The Misinformed
Yesterday’s protest in Washington was a dud. Chris McGreal writes in The Guardian: As a protest, it was a flop. Turnout was at best half of the 700 predicted by…
Rats, sinking ship
Butts is in the @nytimes this morning saying the @JustinTrudeau #LPC campaign is “struggling” and “having trouble getting the message across.” #cdnpoli #cpc #ndp — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 19,…
Why vote Communist?
A vote for the Communist Party of Canada is not going to send them to parliament anytime soon, but it will expand the political imaginary of this election, writes CPC…
Hey, White Man?
The Toronto Star has gone over the edge. They found a professor in Ottawa who thinks it is alright to call Canadians of European origin “white men” and infer that…
Election Follies and Funnies #28: Covid Critical Care Stage Fuck!
Here’s today’s good news about the election: The LPC lead in Ontario is so large that I am not even going to report it (will confirm tomorrow ). I am…
Bonhoeffer on Stupidity
In 2021, we see strange people in BC — humans I suspect Dietrich Bonhoeffer would categorize as stupid — mobbing to prey on politicians, healthcare workers, hospital patients and now…
Preston Manning, godfather of the Canadian right, charts a plan for dealing with another Liberal government
Neoliberals, like rust, never sleep. So we shouldn’t be surprised Preston Manning already seems to be looking ahead to a post-election go at the new Liberal government, same as the…
Saturday Photo: The Salish Sea from Space…
The Salish Sea–the Puget Sound, Strait of Juan da Fuca, Georgia Strait area– is one of the regions I look at carefully in my new book Against the Seas: Saving…
Taking care of business…
Husband, dad and small business owner Sean Wood posted an item on Facebook that is worth our attention. With permission, it is repeated…