‘Love, Simon’ success a sweet sign of the times
Characters in ‘Love, Simon’ I’d like to take my mind off the nasty business of politics for a moment, and celebrate the recent success of the feature film Love, Simon.…
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Suddenly the moral imperative to re-elect Kathleen Wynne emerges with a vengeance
Which of these men has committed more crimes? It must be great to be a mediocre white rich straight male in the Conservative Party, where everyone else is considered unqualified…
The destructive influence of social conservatives seeping into Ontario PC leadership race
Former drug dealer and crack-filled circus enabler Doug Ford Despite his creepiness, former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown did at least understand how the worst instincts of conservatives need…
Patrick Brown and the politics of sexual harassment and backlash
Ex-PC Leader Patrick Brown (CP/Aaron Vincent Elkaim) This week saw the dramatic destruction of Patrick Brown’s leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario after allegations of past sexual misconduct…
Anti-gay discriminators now complaining about getting a taste of their own medicine re: Canada Summer Jobs program
For decades if not centuries, social conservatives and devoutly religious types have led the charge in favour of discrimination against LGBT people. They have fought tooth and nail to ruin…
My Favourite Films of 2017 (so far…)
Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer in ‘Call Me By Your Name’ I’m delighted to share my annual list of my favourite feature films released in 2017. Of course, I’m no…
2017 Politics in Review, and a couple Predictions for 2018
As 2017 draws to a close, a few political observations: 2017 saw the cancer that is Donald Trump assume the Oval Office and proceed to denigrate American democracy and government…
Trudeau delivers historic apology to LGBT Canadians
Happy to post this statement yesterday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in its entirety. Sadly, support for this important apology isn’t unanimous across the Canadian political spectrum: the Conservative Party…
When good people like Nancy Leblanc step away from partisan politics, we all lose…
As long as we’ve recorded human history, we’ve known that politics is a nasty business, perhaps the nastiest. But also one of the most important – the pursuit of power…
Australia becomes 2nd country to pass same sex marriage by popular vote
Results of Aussie vote on equal marriage, courtesy ABC Ireland was the first country in 2015 to pass equal marriage by national popular vote, by a margin of 62% to…
I never thought Frank Underwood’s comeuppance would look like this…
Actor Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood Netflix has announced that Kevin Spacey will no longer play any part in its series, ‘House of Cards.’ This follows a series of allegations…
Memo to Andrew Scheer: If you don’t support human rights for LGBT people, you’re a hypocrite for complaining about disrespect for the religious
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer (Justin Tang/Canadian Press) Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has opposed equality and human rights for LGBT people on every occasion he possibly could.When LGBT people have faced…
Jason Kenney sure can’t get enough of bullying LGBT kids
Jason Kenney’s at it again, arguing that public taxpayers which include many who don’t agree with retrograde Catholic beliefs, should have their tax dollars finance lessons that teach that LGBT…
Jagmeet Singh will change federal politics and Canada for the good
New NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Just a short note to express my happiness with Jagmeet Singh’s resounding victory in the federal NDP leadership yesterday. I did have a sense a…
Coming out of the closet: I joined the NDP and I’m voting for Guy Caron
NDP leadership candidate Guy Caron I wrote last week about the future of the New Democratic Party, as well as the future for progressive politics in Canada. Since then, I’ve…
How to beat those Liberals and Conservatives? My prediction in the NDP leadership race.
Ever since the horrible Donald Trump conned his way into the White House by winning working class support in the American Rustbelt, I’ve been consumed by the question: What mistakes…
U.K.’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers…
U.K. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Just a quick note about yesterday’s election in Great Britain. Called by Prime Minister Theresa May to grab a huge majority, she instead found herself…
Victorious thanks to social conservative lemmings, Andrew Scheer has zero appeal to Canada’s progressive majority
New Conservative leader Andrew Scheer While following the now-finished Conservative leadership race, I always felt supremely irritated when listening to Andrew Scheer speak. The same kind of irritation that hits…
BC election proves unabashed left-wing messages can win wide voter support
B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan on election night I wrote last weekend about how the progressive/socialist left needed to start winning elections in order to prove they (and not wishy…
Far left progressives need to put up or shut up when it comes to beating Conservatives in key electoral tests
French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron Last year, we heard often from Bernie Sanders supporters and other sympathizers that the Democratic Party had forgotten about their poor and progressive base. Choosing…