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…
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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…
The ‘Evolving’ Story Of Justin And Jody
Evolving is one of those words I have never particularly cared for. It can, and should, of course, most be used when pertaining to the growth and change over time…
Just Who Was The DPA Enacted To Help?
If you watch the following interview with law professor Jennifer Quaid, you will find her take on the Omnibus Bill provision for the DPA (deferred prosecution agreement) that SNC-Lavalin salivates…
A Political Mushroom Cloud
An atomic usually bomb expands its destructive range outward, so it is perhaps understandable that Mr. Trudeau does not yet realize he has unleashed a weapon of mass destruction whose…
Sounds Like A Version Of Victim-Blaming To Me
I doubt that this performance will endear Mr. Trudeau to women or indigenous communities: Recommend this Post
Breaking News! Wilson-Raybould Has Resigned
You can read her official announcement here. Recommend this Post
Where Is The Public Good In All Of This?
H/t Greg Perry His fulminations about the need for a public inquiry notwithstanding, it should surprise no one that Conservative leader Andrew Scheer met with officials of SNC-Lavalin to discuss…
The Shameful Behaviour Of Pharmaceuticals
Daniel Dale recently wrote a piece about how a provision in the new NAFTA could lead to higher drug costs in Canada. Some Democrats are demanding a change to a…
Some Habits Die Hard
In some ways, it is hard to believe that the old Liberal propensity for corrupt coziness with corporate chums has reasserted itself so quickly, barely three years into Mr. Trudeau’s…
Far Less Than Meets The Eye
The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly;…