I’m voting NDP to stop Doug Ford and his cult of Ford Nation…
Honest Facebook meme making the rounds We saw this horror movie already in the 1990s and early 2000s. It was Mike Harris’ “Common Sense” Revolution which actually resulted in the…
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That moment when you’re reminded Doug Ford isn’t a good person…
Any decent person running for premier would’ve been able to say he’d support LGBT people and attend their annual parade. But not Doug Ford, who never misses an opportunity to…
The Ontario NDP replaces the Liberals this year as the slayers of crappy Conservatives…
The latest CBC poll aggregation – May 30, 2018 This ongoing Ontario election campaign continues to fascinate and surprise. The latest polls are showing Andrea Horwath’s NDP either neck-and-neck with…
Abandoning the Liberals in certain regions to vote NDP may actually get you a Doug Ford PC majority
NDP tweeter Derek Leebosh turning the tables. Some New Democrats have been having a field day on Twitter lately, getting their revenge it would seem on Liberals for previous elections…
Nik Nanos, please give us something more credible to help progressives stop Doug Ford
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.…
Don’t trust the pollsters nor the cynical pundits, Kathleen Wynne is going to do better than they think…
(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…
Granic Allen fired by Doug Ford after handing him the PC leadership…
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…
Tri-Curious gets the DVD treatment starting April 21st!
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,…
POLLSTER BOMBSHELL: “I pulled this one out of my ass.”
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…
‘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.…
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…