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…
Matt Guerin
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…
Wow! How stupid can Ontario PCs be?
As I listened to the Ontario PC official read out the individual riding results minutes ago, with Patrick Brown winning most ridings (and eventually winning the leadership), I was struck…
Historic NDP victory in Alberta gets tonnes of reaction!
Last night’s historic NDP majority in Alberta was something to behold. Goodbye, Alberta PCs and Jim Prentice! The NDP took 53 seats, the Wildrose 21, the PCs just 11, the…
Canada now has two elected, openly LGBT premiers
PEI Premier Wade MacLauchlan With tonight’s majority Liberal win in Prince Edward Island, Wade MacLauchlan becomes the second openly gay premier elected in Canada (after Kathleen Wynne in Ontario.) Most…
Monte McNaughton shows his true colours on eve of Ont PC vote
Failed Tory leadership candidate/Lambton-area PC MPP Monte McNaughton hit new lows over the weekend with emailed attacks on his colleague Christine Elliott, who might end up being his political boss…
‘A Sinner in Mecca’ impresses at Hot Docs Toronto festival
Thousands of Muslims circling the Kaaba in Mecca, as seen in ‘A Sinner in Mecca’ I attended the world premiere last night of director Parvez Sharma’s controversial new documentary ‘A…
Could Rachel Notley’s NDP be heading to shocking win in Alberta?
I watched last night’s superb debate between Alberta provincial leaders. Yes, Alberta politics has become spell-binding for political junkies this election. Yes, NDP Leader Rachel Notley was amazing and PC…
Edward Snowden, Bill C-51 and the scary growth of government surveillance
I recently watched the chilling, superb documentary Citizenfour by director Laura Poitras. The film, which won the Best Documentary Feature award at this year’s Academy Awards, chronicles in detail the…
Michael Coren is my new hero
I really like the new Michael Coren, who’s undergone a mellowing that looks very good on him. Watching him debate the horrible Charles McVety in this Power & Politics debate…
Sorry, religious conservatives, Canada is a secular country
I’m immensely pleased with this Supreme Court ruling yesterday. It has struck me as wrong for decades that we continue to recite Christian prayers at public council and legislative meetings…
I hope local, longtime Liberal Marco Mendicino wins Eglinton-Lawrence Liberal nomination over Eve Adams
Sorry, federal Liberals and Trudeau inner circle members, sorry Tom Allison and others, this idea to let Eve Adams run for the nomination in Eglinton-Lawrence was a huge mistake. She’s…
Conservatives in Ontario and Alberta go topsy turvy…
With yesterday’s dropout by Monte McNaughton, the Ontario PC leadership race is down to just two: mainstream Tory Christine Elliott, who has represented the provincial riding of Whitby-Ajax since 2006,…