Tories Tell Us It’s Over.
It has been a tough two years of the pandemic but interim federal conservative leader Candice Bergen tells us it is all over. Isn’t it wonderful? She says that Omicron…
2022
Economic shock of border blockade grows; Canadian Conservatives change their tune … a little
The economic attack on Canada by the operators of trucks now blockading three major border crossings to the United States and occupying Ottawa is certainly causing more damage to the…
I’m back!
Sorry for the long hiatus — I took a temporary job in the fall and it kept me pretty busy but its over now and I’m glad to get back…
Malevolence, lies, and broken promises
As repugnant as protesting blockaders are, there is a connection between that behaviour and the lies and broken promises political operatives think unimportant.
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Zak Vescera reports on leaked information showing that Saskatchewan’s COVID hospitalization rate has reached a record high just as Scott Moe decided…
Behold evil
In the Middle East or anywhere else, really, using children as human shields is done by those who are no longer human. pic.twitter.com/GQgbIJX38c — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 10, 2022…
Also true: I despise them all
It’s possible to accept as true that the #LPC has cynically used the pandemic as a political wedge as much as it is true that the #CPC has cynically used…
In Alberta, COVID restrictions are out and even the truckers are unhappy
Members of the ‘Foothills Freedom Rally’ travel near Alberta’s Highway No. 2 to protest the provincial government’s vaccine mandate. Photo courtesy OkotoksOnline.com. Did you hear that sound? That slight puff…
Leadership Missing in Action
I hadn’t planned on coming back to the keyboard again today to write, because with everything that is going on, it’s been hard to keep up. But now that we’re…
Sun Media hit: how to end Occupation Ottawa
Plus: a double book plug! The post Sun Media hit: how to end Occupation Ottawa first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Stop coddling the maskless morons
Dumbass calls in bomb threat to wrong Ottawa.Maybe American conservatives should spend some money on their country's educational system instead of sending it to Canadian grifters and idiots. Especially since…
Stop coddling the maskless morons
Dumbass calls in bomb threat to wrong Ottawa. Maybe American conservatives should spend some money on their country’s educational system instead of sending it to Canadian grifters and idiots. Especially…
Woe Canada.
Canada has always survived in the shadow of the Formerly-United States of America. When I was younger, we tried in any way possible to distinguish ourselves from Americans. But it…
Comi-gate Continues to Plague Council
Mayor Saunderson and his gang of bullies continue to take flack for their hostile, childish behaviour towards the former Councillor Tina Comi, who resigned her seat late last month. The…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 10, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario says it’s not yet time to lift vaccine or masking mandates in the province #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3Jnflox – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Balancing the Narratives
We’re into day 14 in the occupation of Ottawa and this morning feels different. That’s because I think we’ve reached a point where people genuinely are not sure where this…
Political Myopia
Glen Pearson writes that the trucker convoy has revealed our political myopia: For the average Canadian attempting to muddle through the pandemic, the truck convoy that arrived in Ottawa seemed…
A Politicized Pandemic?
Joël Lightbound, MP for the Quebec City riding of Louis-Hëbert did something rare for a liberal MP the other day. He spoke openly to the Ottawa news media. He was…
The truckers convoy promotes social harm, not “mandating freedom.”
The organizers of the covid convoy have been demanding they speak to the manager of Canada. While they claim to fight for freedom and “vaccine choice,” this couldn’t be further…