May 2022

Poilievre’s Peeve.

Ottawa area MP Pierre Poilievre has something to complain about. After his carefully choreographed campaign for the conservative leadership has led the field, he is starting to see his basic…

Sunday Afternoon Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – Judy Melinek offers a coroner’s perspective on the large number of ways in which COVID infection can result in death or severe…

Faux Populist

In his first quest for the brass ring, Doug Ford ran as an unapologetic populist. Robin Sears writes: Like Donald Trump, Ford’s deepest angst is being viewed by his hated…

A Hapless Hepburn.

As a former Torontonian and a life-long Ontario resident, the Toronto Star is a tough habit to break. Like many readers, I have a difficult time reading much of Rosie…

Saturday Afternoon Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Dayen discusses how manufacturing monopolies have produced the U.S.’ shortage of baby formula. And Alyssa Rosenberg recognizes that any reasonably-governed country would…

Not Their Party

If you want to know how far the Conservative Party has devolved, consider former prime minister Kim Campbell’s comments on what’s going on there now. Sarah Turnbull writes: Amid discussions…

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