One aspect of the ongoing Ontario election campaign is unfolding as I expected: most less-than-stellar pollsters are showing the PCs in the lead with the NDP moving into second place.…
(Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS) The Ontario election campaign has begun in earnest. I’ve got a few observations I’d like to share and some predictions. DON’T TRUST MOST POLLSTERS…
Social conservative extremist Tanya Granic Allen was removed yesterday from the Ontario Progressive Conservative candidate roster by leader Doug Ford after more of her homophobic bigotry was revealed. Yesterday, the…
The DVD cover for CAS As many know, on top of my political inclinations, I’m also a filmmaker on the side. In 2016, I was very proud to write, produce,…
In an exclusive interview with Queer-liberal (exclusive because the short attention spans of other Queen’s Park reporters caused them to sashay away after the question was asked), pollster Lorne Bozinoff…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’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…
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…
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…
