Putting Things Into Perspective
Many Canadians, including The Star’s Heather Mallick, are under the impression that the Liberals are a truly progressive party, intent on offering all of us a better future. Indeed, in…
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A Very Pungent Odour
H/t Theo Moudakis The source of that pervasive and rank smell bedeviling Ontario has been found. It is coming from an array of spineless politicians in the Ford government who,…
Is Resistance Always Futile?
If I ever had the chance to sit down and chat with Randy Hillier, I doubt I would have much to say to the libertarian Progressive Conservative MPP recently permanently…
What Fair Taxation Could Achieve
From the print edition of the Toronto Star comes this response to a recent column by Linda McQuaig, a response that strikes me as eminently reasonable: Re Debunking billionaire claims…
A Different Kind Of Terrorism
While I have written extensively on Omar Khadr in the past, the former child combatant has not been much in the news of late, and so I assumed he has…
The OECD Is Not Impressed
While many are trying to minimize the significance of allegations that the Trudeau government tried to subvert the course of justice in the SNC-Lavalin affair, there is one body that…
Going Off Half-Cocked
In the best of circumstances, measured, critical thinking is hard work. And as the antics of the gun lobby group the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights amply demonstrate, thinking while…
The Hysteria Surrounding Alleged SNC-Lavalin Job Losses
I was watching The National ((aka The Whore of Babylon among those who reflexively defend all things Liberal) last evening, and was surprised to learn that there seems to be…
Your Wednesday (Rueful) Smile
If you have been following Ontario politics lately, you will probably appreciate the latest from Theo Moudakis: Meanwhile, Brad Blair, the OPP whistle blower, calls his firing a reprisal by…
An Attack On The National Soul
It grieves me to resign from a portfolio where I was at work to deliver an important mandate. I must abide by my core values, my ethical responsibilities, constitutional obligations.…
Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth the Ford
In almost biblical fashion, Premier Doug Ford has smote his enemy, aided and abetted by the OPP union. Brad Blair, the OPP whistleblower who complained loudly and very publicly about…
You Probably Don’t Want To Hear This
…. but new research suggests that yet another climate-change feedback loop could be in the offing as we plunge headlong toward disaster: The stratocumulus clouds, the layer of cloud shielding…
Corporate Corruption
With corrupt corporate practices so much in the news these days, thanks to the Trudeau government’s attempts at subverting justice for SNC Lavalin, I couldn’t help but be struck by…
A Fascinating Rorschach Test
Reading the newspaper this morning, it occurred to me that the reactions to Jody Wilson Raybould’s testimony before the Commons Justice Committee constitute a kind of political Rorschach Test, one…
The Dark Underside Of Sunny Ways
Her testimony was riveting, her aura of integrity palpable. One could only come away from the testimony of Jody Wilson-Raybould into the SNC-Lavalin scandal drawing at least two conclusions: politics…
A Cowardly Silence
Human nature is a strange, wondrous, and sometimes shameful thing. For every Nelson Mandela who takes a stand against arbitrary authority, there are countless millions who will simply go along…
Following The Trail Home
Letter-writers in today’s Star ask questions that demand to be answered. The first makes a point that occurred to me early on when SNC-Lavalin averred that bribery and fraud charges…
For What It’s Worth
I would like to use this post to comment on one of the questions swirling around the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould, one that came up yet again on last night’s…
Dissecting Justin
The first cut, they say, is the deepest. And now, for something completely different: Recommend this Post
Breaking News: Gerald Butts Resigns!
For those who claim the SNC-Lavalin affair is much ado abut nothing, this is certainly an interesting development: OTTAWA—Gerald Butts, Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary and long-time friend, has resigned amid…