Conflict, Disorder and Whatever the Hell This Passes As
There are many saying and idioms that we have when we talk about Canada, our politics and just how we usually go about things. Some are cliches but others are…
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O’Toole Out
Well all of political Canada has watching Parliament Hill this morning, as all parties held their respective caucus meetings. With all due respect to all parties, we all know which…
A Big Blue Groundhogs Day
It’s been quite the 24 hours in #cdnpoli, but not for the reason why we expected at the start of yesterday. With a move to try to give Conservative Leader…
The Ground Letting Loose Under Stornoway
I’ve seen a lot of comments lately about how this has felt like a very long January, and I can’t help but concur. Between Omicron, snowstorms, deep cold and now…
The Morning After: The Second Day of Whatever the Hell That Was
Yesterday in this space I gave a summary of the awful things that happened in Ottawa on Friday and Saturday, where a group of self-proclaimed “peaceful protesters” settled into the…
The Morning After: The First Day of Whatever the Hell That Was
In the past I’ve written some of these “Morning After” pieces to discuss elections, debates or more normal political things. It was an approach I always felt worked well for…
What You Need to Know: The Return of Parliament
The latest episode of Bluesky Strategy Group’s “What You Need to Know: A #CdnPolicast” with my colleagues Andrew Leslie, Neil Brodie and Alyson Fair is now out. In this episode…
The Tories Josh Hawley Moment?
Today the small cars, passenger trucks and a much smaller number of transport trucks than advertised started to roll into downtown Ottawa. Yes, the moment is before us, and after…
Rubicon Crossed
Having not written in almost two months, I hadn’t pictured that I’d end up writing again twice in the same day the first time back. Yet things are moving fast…
The Wakeup Call?
This space has been a bit quiet for a while, mostly because I’ve been quite busy and haven’t had the time to write. It’s not that I haven’t had anything…
Talking the arrival of Omicron on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Josh Zanin. We discussed the arrival of the Omicron COVID-19 variant,…
Talking the Return of Parliament on CTV News Channel
Saturday I joined CTV News Channel with Akshay Tandon for the “Political Pulse” panel along with Marcel Wieder and Maureen Harquail. We reviewed the first week of the return of…
“True Blue” Redo
We’re coming to the end of the first week of Parliament and it’s been nice to see the place up and running again. But there has been another development that…
A Bad Start
Today was the day that the 44th Parliament got back to the nitty gritty of work. After a five-month break for the summer, an election, and another two months to…
The Nature of Irresponsibility
We are living in very tense times, there is no doubting that. The past 20 months of COVID has raised all of our anxieties, and on top of that you…
Talking BC Floods and the return of Parliament on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the disastrous flooding taking place in British…
Tension Under the Big Blue Tent
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything in this space, mostly because I’ve been taking some time to disconnect and take some time for myself and my family. At…
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…
MB Podcast – The Final Week
The latest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast is now live. In this episode, Cam & Alise talk about the latest developments from the 44th General Election, the last leaders’…
Talking the Fourth Week of #Elxn44 on CTV News Channel
Saturday I joined CTV News Channel with Akshay Tandon for the “Political Pulse” panel along with Colin MacDonald and Maureen Harquail. We reviewed the fourth week on the campaign trail,…