Harperites in denial over new NDP strength
Why aren’t the Harper Conservatives aiming their guns much yet at NDP Leader Tom Mulcair? I suspect that the Harperites are suffering from major denial when it comes to new…
Matt Guerin
NDP’s great, tough online ad "Enough" resembles my own
I’ve been waiting for Harper’s political opponents to give the creep a taste of his own medicine. I was thrilled this week when the NDP came out with this online…
So Eve Adams’ boyfriend is two-faced liar too?
It would seem so from this article. If this flimsy attack on NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is the best intelligence that Dimitri Soudas can offer the Liberals, it reinforces just…
Stephen Harper: Not the best person to be making the rules!
This is just a little video I created this week to stick it to our misguided Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose man-boy instincts and poor judgment have been degrading our…
Slimy Harperites battle to stop the bleeding as Trudeau recovers and Mulcair soars…
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair at Pride Toronto this weekend Before anyone believed the NDP under Tom Mulcair could win, Stephen Harper enjoyed a slim lead over slumping Justin Trudeau from…
Day of celebration: U.S. Supreme Court rules states must allow same-sex marriage
This is a great day in the U.S. I want to welcome all LGBT people in the U.S. to the full citizenship. The Supreme Court today legalized gay marriage in…
Stephen Harper quietly appoints another anti-gay academic to the Ontario Court of Appeal
Stephen Harper’s latest anti-gay judicial appointment Just in time for Toronto’s Pride, we learn today whose side Stephen Harper’s still cheering for when it comes to gay marriage, an issue…
Rob Salerno’s ‘First Day Back’ is a moving tribute to queer victims of bullying
Rob Salerno in ‘First Day Back’ I checked out the one-man show ‘First Day Back’ written and performed by Toronto-based actor Rob Salerno on the weekend at Toronto’s Storefront Theatre…
Equal marriage supporter James Moore quits Harper government
Outgoing Tory minister and MP James Moore James Moore today became the latest in a growing list of Conservative cabinet ministers and MPs to bow out of federal politics this…
Yet another Harper appointee accused of wrongdoing…
Disgraced senator Don Meredith…….and the guy who appointed him Don Meredith, the holier-than-thou religious dude who won such admiration from Harper for his work with youth that he not only…
Is Justin Trudeau more like Rachel Notley, Dalton McGuinty or Tim Hudak?
It’s been fascinating to watch Canada’s pre-election period change with Tom Mulcair’s NDP surging into first place in some polls, while Justin Trudeau’s Liberals fall into third place after a…
Mayor John Tory Calls for End to Carding in Toronto
I was very pleased and relieved yesterday to read this news that Toronto Mayor John Tory is calling for a permanent end of the police practice of stopping innocent people…
Are ‘promiscuous progressives’ like me abandoning the Grits to support Mulcair’s NDP?
Are ‘promiscuous progressives’ like me abandoning the Grits to support Mulcair’s NDP? For the moment, pollster EKOS says yes.Their latest poll out today shows the NDP on top with 31.3%…
Ontario becomes first Canadian province to ban ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ children
NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo, who sponsored the bill. Bravo to Ontario legislators who today unanimously passed Bill 77 (Affirming Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Act), a private member’s bill. The…
May the best progressive federal leader win (my vote)
For weeks, like most political junkies in Canada, I’ve been watching the polls indicate the federal race months out from the October election is turning into a tight three-way race.…
Inside Out Festival’s new gay film trend: the Post-Gay Man…
Scene from award-winning short ‘Hole’ The 25th annual Toronto Inside Out LGBT Film Festival has just wrapped up for another year. Dozens of films were consumed by audiences, many enjoyed,…
Anti-abortion groups actually helping Trudeau
By attacking Justin Trudeau so viciously by distributing repulsive flyers in mailboxes for everyone to see, groups like the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform and the Campaign Life Coalition are…
Hurray! Ireland votes ‘Yes’ to same-sex marriage
Counting is ongoing, but reportedly both the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ sides in the Irish debate are now declaring the pro-equality side has won the referendum in Ireland to legalize same-sex…
My thoughts are with Ireland today…
The Irish are voting in a historic referendum today on marriage equality. I’m mostly Irish by blood, although not by citizenship. And, as you can guess, I’m hoping that it…
Progressives look for champion to stop Harper
It’s been an interesting few weeks with a perfect storm producing a surprise NDP victory in Alberta. The Alberta NDP win does prove the NDP can win votes from Canadians…