Catherine McKenna In Paris
The international community is “really excited” to see Canada back at the table for climate change talks in Paris, Canada’s new environment and climate change minister said Tuesday. May concrete…
Lorne
Redefining Government
Those of us who followed closely the dark years of the Harper regime are well-aware of its ethos: government is an impediment and an intrusive force, foisting itself upon people…
The Joy And Pride Continue
Although there will undoubtedly be some serious disappointments in the months and years ahead, the joy and the pride that Canadians feel over the election of the Trudeau government is…
Setting the Record Straight
While the Globe and Mail continues on its blind path of extolling the fallen (a.k.a. the Harper regime), its readers seem adamant about setting the record straight. These two letters…
A Shameful Legacy
Yesterday I attended a funeral service for the father of my good friend and former colleague, John. Although I never met John’s father, a retired Presbyterian minister, his son’s stirring…
Another Good Sign
I had a pretty busy day today attending the funeral service for the father of a good friend and former colleague, so I didn’t have time to write a blog…
An Auspicious Start
Today, the first full day of the new Trudeau government, is a day that suggests what is to come. The long-from mandatory census, whose importance I discussed in a recent…
A Special Day
Today is one of those days where all things seem possible, a day suffused with an optimism that many likely haven’t felt for a long time, given the dark times…
Sometimes, All We Can Do Is Bear Witness
What is the truth about Don Dunphy? I don’t know. But his story is surely worth sharing, given the terrible abuses of police authority that have been so much in…
Undoing The Damage
During this ‘interregnum’ period, I have felt less inclined to write my blog; with the incoming government yet to make its mark, and the outgoing one something I prefer to…
The New Trudeau Cabinet
While the eyes of many Canadians will be on the television screen Wednesday to witness Justin Trudeau’s swearing in as our new Prime Minister, equally riveting will be the introduction…
Revisiting The Old Days
I am old enough to remember the days here in Ontario when getting alcohol of any kind from the Liquor Control Board (fondly known here as the LCBO) was a…
The Devil Canada Has Made A Deal With
Although it generated some heated discussion during the election campaign, don’t expect the $15 billion armoured vehicle deal the Harper government signed with human-rights-hater Saudi Arabia to be rescinded now…
Rick’s Rant: About Those Conservative Newspaper Endorsements
Redoubtable Rick is relentless in his excoriation of both The Globe and Mail and The National Post for their corporate-driven endorsements of the Harper regime during our recent election: Recommend…
He Is Either Supremely Arrogant Or Extremely Delusional
“He” would be the outgoing but hardly lamented Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Alexander, who allowed his transfixation with power to corrupt and ruin him. The damage may indeed…
Potential And Reality
I remember when I first started teaching, everything seemed so clear, so obvious: students, for example, were no longer writing very well because they weren’t taught grammar; a rigourous and…
It Seems All The Rats Haven’t Deserted The Ship
I was catching up on my reading today, enjoying a brief break from blogging, when I came upon this; it seemed too good not to share: H/t Globe and Mail…
The Virtues Of Civility
Probably one of the most obviously distressing aspects of the last ten years has been the precipitous drop in political civility, earmarked by fractious and factious exchanges in the House…
Meanwhile, Beyond Our Borders
The world of U.S. politics is proving to be consistent in its insanity. Watch the following video in which Republican hopeful Ben Carson says, at about the 3:20 mark, what…
On The Post-Election Employment Prospects Of The Harper Fallen
In Power Play’s Don Martin’s considered opinion, they are decidedly dim: Recommend this Post