More Disrespect on a Solemn Day
A couple of days ago I wrote about and brought attention to the disrespectful antics of Ontario Conservative MPP Toby Barrett and his attempts to link the celebration of D-Day…
Cam Holmstrom
Year One of the Ford Government: A Review
It’s now been one year since Ontarians elected the Ford Conservatives to a majority mandate, and it’s been a whirlwind of a first year. We’ve seen cuts all over, we’ve…
Standing Up for the Watchdogs
In our democracy, we have certain institutions that are constant and that look out for all of us. We have different watchdog organizations set up all over government whose role…
Disrespecting Democracy, Again: An Update from the Senate
Back in April I wrote about one of the things I am proudest to have been a part of during my time on Parliament Hill; Bill C-262, An Act to…
Unprepared for the Fall?
The first week of June has finally come and with that the Fall Federal Election keeps getting closer and closer. There are only a few weeks left on the Parliamentary…
Disrespect on a Solemn Day
This week is a very solemn time for Canadians from coast to coast to coast. This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Day-D landings and the movements that led…
Grassy Under the Bus
It was just last week that I wrote about a different take on the fall out of the moving of Jane Philpott out of the Indigenous Services portfolio way back…
The True Cost of a Ford Government
It’s almost been a year since the election of the Ford Conservatives in Ontario, but for many it’s felt like so much longer. Part of that feeling is due to…
Disturbing Morning in Committee
Our parliamentary system has many different parts to it, some of which we don’t see as often. Everyday you can turn on CPAC and watch what’s going on in the…
A Call for Justice
Today is an important day in Canadian, as an important piece of work has been released to the public. The work of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous…
Power to Change the Channel?
In the past month there has been a lot of ink spilled over the various parties plans for the environment and to tackle climate change. The New Democrats have, in…
Unparliamentary Behaviour
The House of Commons is in the home stretch before the Fall election, as the final month of sitting is underway. We’ve heard time and time again that this election…
A Promise Unfulfilled
When the Trudeau government shuffled their cabinet for the first time this year in January due to the retirement of Scott Brison, a series of events was set off like…
Freedom Hyperbole
Language can be quite a thing and it’s amazing sometimes to see how people can take words, ideas and concepts and try to twist them into something that is totally…
Oops?
A lot has been said about and a lot of ink has recently been spilled over the idea of the independence of MPs and the ability of individual MPs to…
The Ides of Late May
Canadian politics over the past decades has come to ride more and more on the leadership of parties. All parties can point to this phenomenon and how it’s affected them.…
Updating the Oath
Canada is a country that has immigration as a big part of its history. Every year in this country, thousands of people complete their path to citizenship at ceremonies from…
Third-Party Engagement
In Canada over the past decade we’ve seen the continual growth of the phenomena of the “perpetual campaign”; when the campaign never seems to stop, running one into the next…
Independents Day
The day that many in the Canadian political scene has been waiting for has come. Both Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott held press conferences in their ridings, announcing their intentions…
Two Big Shoes
Ever since we saw the big flurry of events at the end of March/early April that led to the expulsions from the Liberal caucus of two well-regarded and like cabinet…