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…
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,…
On this Good Friday, when all North Americans (and many others in the West) get a statutory day off – a privilege not extended to any other faiths, yet some…
On all levels, this is wrong. The CEO of a major news media organization, like Paul Godfrey, who runs Postmedia Network Inc. which includes the National Post, should not be…
On this ‘Trans Day of Visibility,’ I give you Laverne Cox. And a link to this nice story about Yasir Naqvi and Cheri DiNovo working together to fight federal Tory…
After watching this sobering, fascinating interview with famed political philosopher Charles Taylor on yesterday’s Power & Politics, I’m more convinced than ever that my headline is true. Taylor was commenting…
PM Harper, another Tory and evolution-hater MP James Lunney. Yuck and yuck and yuck. It seems the thinly-veiled, socially conservative extremist face of the Conservative movement in this country is…
Wednesday was Pink Shirt Day in Canada, a day to stand up against bullying. But in Ottawa, where Tories act like bullies most of the time, attacking anyone who can’t…
A few hundred social conservatives reportedly gathered outside the Ontario legislature Tuesday to protest the province’s revised sex-education curriculum, claiming ignorance is a virtue when it comes to their kids’…
Director Michele Josue, father Dennis Shepard and mother Judy Shepardaddress crowd at gala event in Toronto last night. I attended the gala screening last night of the documentary feature ‘Matt…
OPEN LETTER to Senator Don Plett, I understand from this Hill Times article that you are planning to introduce amendments in the Canadian Senate to this democratically-passed private member’s bill,…
Due to parliamentary rules that few Canadians understand, the Senate is threatening to kill an NDP MP’s democratically-passed Transgender Rights private member’s bill when it’s amended in the Senate’s Legal…
Tea Party Ontario PC leadership candidate Monte McNaughton I love Kathleen Wynne dearly and greatly appreciate her style of leadership. I find that I agree with her on most issues.…
I want to give a quick shout-out for a feature film I saw last weekend: ‘Tru Love,’ by co-directors Kate Johnston and Shauna MacDonald, which is playing for a second…
In yet another disgusting abuse of power and waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars by Stephen Harper and his government, it’s now been confirmed that a laughable “Health Canada” ad campaign…
This story about Billy Crystal has been making the internet rounds this week. I thought I’d comment, mostly to post a link to this great article by Noah Michelson, executive…
When you tell someone they’re not going to be your party’s candidate in an upcoming byelection, that you’re going to appoint someone else if they even try to run, but…
I have been busy lately catching some 2014 films I missed last year. Scene from ‘Selma’ The most recent viewing was director Ava DuVernay’s superb ‘Selma,’ (pictured on the right)…
The events this week in Paris were horrifying. It’s true that the West is currently being targeted by Jihadist militants, some isolated and deranged, some well-funded and trained. Our values…
It’s about time! After months of dumb stubbornness, Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally relented and met yesterday with Ontario’s duly elected premier, Kathleen Wynne. She only got less than an…
