Take that, Trudeau & Co.
It’s a great country. One that deserves better leadership regarding obtaining and distributing vaccines — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 13, 2021
2021
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Sam Cowie writes about the devastating effect of COVID-19 in Brazil, where a particularly dangerous viral variant is combining with the anti-social…
From Sunny Ways to a Dark Day
Having spent a decade on Parliament Hill, there are times when one might think that I’ve seen it all. Sure there are a lot of ugly things I’ve seen along…
Freeland: the pandemic is “a political opportunity”
This is worse that shocking. It’s disgusting. If this 11 second video had 20 million views, there's a good chance it could cost Justin Trudeau the next election. pic.twitter.com/PUkJZLO2oN —…
Talking the Moving of Schools Online in Ontario with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest on the third wave…
You Don’t Have to Love Your Job
Too many people are told to follow their passion and find their dream job above all else. This is bad advice. Instead, go get a job that you can do,…
Ford’s Folly
Yesterday, Ontario’s education minister announced that all schools in the province are returning to online learning. Bruce Arthur writes: The schools … well, it’s really something when the province insists…
Covid Journal, April 13, 2021
More Conservative ‘Trojan Horse’ private members’ bills designed to steal the rights of women. Sigh. Nothing changes …
A potpourri of liberal promises.
Reading the list of 26 resolutions passed at the liberal non-gathering last weekend is frustrating. There are duplications of themes, confusion in intent and cost considerations. And there are a…
Another Alberta spring day: Premier lectures, Speaker apologizes, dissident pastor’s secret sermon revealed as anti-vaxxers chant ‘lock ’er up!’
Jason Kenney had barely decided what to do about his United Conservative Party’s dissident COVID-denial caucus when a mob of three or four hundred anti-vaxxers turned up on the steps…
I’ll miss the mayor
I was surprised when Naheed Nenshi won Calgary’s mayoral race in 2010. The odds-on favourite, a well-known alderman, had been running for years and, due to his popularity with developers,…
CNN: #TrudeauVaccineFailure
Canada’s vaccine shortage: Covid-19 cases per capita pass U.S. rate as doctors plead for more vaccines @paulanewtonCNN reports pic.twitter.com/IbGok749Ep — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 12, 2021
Ezra Levant and the Revolt of the Covidiots
There is only one story I wanted to write about today. The story of our heroic front line workers who are in a desperate struggle to try to stop Covid's…
“Because it’s 1715.”
This is so disgusting, so despicable. They're not "feminists," like they claim. They're liars. "Liberals move to end defence committee study on military sexual misconduct" https://t.co/lmN0cG3LtI via @CTVNews #cdnpoli #lpc…
Michael Sandel’s Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?
This excellent read, The Tyranny of Merit, by Harvard philosophy professor Michael Sandel, actually shifted some of my thinking, and I love a good lightbulb moment provoked by a book!…
A Year Late to the Fight?
For the past thirteen months we, as a nation, have been doing our best to fight back against COVID-19. Sometimes those efforts have worked, other times not so much, but…
Biden-led U.S. to power global economy
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Covid shrunk the global economy by 3.3 percent in 2020, the worst downturn since 1980. Almost 100 million people slipped into severe poverty.…