A Sobering Reflection
These are difficult days, which seems to be an understatement to say at the moment. What’s worse is that we know they are going to get more difficult, as Covid-19…
Cam Holmstrom
The Mark, Completely Missed
Democracy can be a messy thing in the best of times and sometimes partisanship can be a Hell of a drug. Regardless of those facts, democracy is the best way…
Ended with a Silly Whimper
It’s amazing to think how much things can change in a year. It’s been just 12 months since Ottawa was completely caught up in the SNC-PMO Scandal, the words of…
The Factor Beyond Our Control
As the World reacts to Covid-19 and grapples with how to best protect people, we’re seeing a lot of examples of things that should be done. Here at home we’ve…
Talking Stock Markets Tumbling & Living Life in the Time of Covid-19 with Kristy Cameron
Today I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about a very bad day on the…
Misinformation on the Record
2020 has been a very hard year so far and with everything that’s going on in the World, I think we can agree that we are dealing with some very…
Talking the Impact of COVID-19 & Jason Kenney’s Big Endorsement 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 spoke about about the growing impact of COVID-19…
Hustling Backwards on Vancouver Island: No Apologies
Through out the entire Wet’suwet’en protests there has been one thing that I’ve always stood on and come back to as my touchstone; why are you there to protest? That’s…
#Cdnpolicast – Canada’s Political Context & Jason Kenney’s Big Endorsement
The newest episode of “Cdnpolicast” is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Susan Smith, Neil Brodie and I talk about Canada’s current political context and how it’s affecting decisions…
Now It’s a Race
It was just earlier today that I wrote about some of the events of the past couple of days in the Conservative Leadership race. While those two stories were interesting…
Starving for Compassion
My time working in politics showed me a lot of things and exposed me to a lot of situations. But one thing that I saw too much of that I…
Conscious Political Dehydration
It’s been close to a week since the first list of approved “applicants” for the Conservative Leadership race were announced, which included a surprise or two. Since then the race…
Bern-ed Out
As a total poli-geek, I can’t help but follow politics from all over the place to a certain degree. It’s a part of my nature and I always find what…
The Prerogative to be Tone Deaf
In 2019 we saw a lot of provincial elections come up, with big campaigns happening in a few provinces. But in 2020, it seems to be a lighter year for…
Talking Preparing for Covid-19 & the Wet’suwet’en Agreement with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison and Shane MacKenzie on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked how people are preparing for Covid-19, to…
Talking Wet’suwet’en Deal, Conservatives on Indigenous Rights & CoronaVirus 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 had a good conversation about the draft deal…
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
This weekend brought some welcomed and good news from Smithers, British Columbia. After a few days of talks and negotiations between Canada, B.C. and the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs arrived at…
The Final Eight
With all the attention that’s rightfully been elsewhere in Canadian politics, less attention has been getting paid to the Conservative Leadership Race, beyond the random words of Peter MacKay and…
Magpie Brûlé Podcast: Wet’suwet’en Protests & Covid-19
The newest episode of the “Magpie Brûlé” Podcast is now up! In this episode, I talks about the week that was in the House of Commons, the latest on the…
Overplaying Your Hand
It’s late Friday afternoon and after sitting for a couple of weeks, the House of Commons is taking a weeklong break. That means that we’ve now see proximately six sitting…