The Habs have a fast Lane
(With apologies to the great Tracy Chapman)We got David SavardBlocks lots of shotsWith his Stanley Cup ringsBut his body’s getting old for defendin’Can’t keep up with the young new wingersNeed…
April 2025
The Habs have a fast Lane
(With apologies to the great Tracy Chapman)We got David SavardBlocks lots of shotsWith his Stanley Cup ringsBut his body’s getting old for defendin’Can’t keep up with the young new wingersNeed…
Happy Easter
The Soapbox family is not terribly religious, but every Easter we gather with the girls and their partners (if they’re around) for our favourite Easter tradition: colouring eggs. This year…
The Liberal Housing Plan
Canadians will vote in a general election on April 28. Here’s my ‘top 7’ overview of the Liberal Housing Plan: https://nickfalvo.ca/the-liberal-housing-plan/.
Poilievre’s Disdain For Democracy
The last time Pierre Poilievre was in government, he introduced a bill to make it harder for several segments of society to vote, more difficult to investigate electoral fraud, easier…
Easter
Happy Easter, everyone. In my faith, Easter is about the resurrection of Christ – but it also symbolizes hope, and our triumph over death. So, I hope and pray for…
Today’s Heros: Universities, Pope Francis, Canadian voters
Universities My love for my university is life-long and deep. After I got my own degree, I spent much of my working life as an employee of my university. I…
Priorities
A couple of election promises caught my attention. Perhaps these define different priorities established by politicians who aim to lead Canada's federal government for the years ahead. Maybe some of…
Points to ponder
There has not been much new material here at IN-SIGHTS because I've been working with a group of people to launch CANADA WEST FORUM. Busy days are further complicated by…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Doug Saunders discusses how Trump has made "anti-woke" messaging toxic around the globe by demonstrating how evil and destructive it is in practice -…
Now They Can Show Canada How to Really Suck
The CPC plan is now public and the capstone is a reintroduction of the plastic straw. The post Now They Can Show Canada How to Really Suck first appeared on…
Danielle Smith skips out on Corrupt Care questions, skedaddles off to Japan and Korea
Alberta’s United Conservative Party must really fear the potential impact of the Corrupt Care Scandal, as the NDP Opposition has dubbed the continuing brouhaha about dodgy contracts pushed on Alberta…
A Good Day
Yesterday was a good day. We went to the advance poll to cast our vote, and the turnout was robust; in fact, the entire process took over...
Finally, its time to vote, vote, vote…
Doesn't this feel like the longest election campaign ever? It's actually an average length of 37 days, it only seems like Canadians have been waiting FOREVER to get this election…
In the tariff war, Canada forgetting about Indigenous nations
Grassroots Indigenous resistance on Parliament Hill, Canada Day, 2017. Photo by Jonathan Reed. In the fear and fury generated by the Trump administration’s thuggish treatment of Canada and other...
Musical interlude
Flight Facilities feat. Dustin Tebbutt - All Your Love
Trump’s biggest threat
“The world is now seeing Trump’s America for exactly what it is becoming: a rogue... The post Trump’s biggest threat first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
PSA
For a long time, I’ve stood with Jews, I’ve defended the Jewish state, I’ve fought Jew hatred. Those coming on here to say I’m not an ally anymore because I’m…
Lambda Posters Year Four 1972-1973
This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda during the years I worked there while studying Political…