My early 2015 federal election prediction
I’m extremely proud that I was able to predict way back in the fall of 2013 that Kathleen Wynne would win re-election with a majority government in Ontario. Good friends…
Matt Guerin
Stephen Harper’s taxpayer-funded campaign of lies against marijuana backfiring…
Stephen Harper is being taken to task a lot lately for spending $600 million of taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars on ‘Government of Canada’ advertising that does little more than promote his…
Let’s dissect Andrew Coyne’s little lies and bad arguments…
Columnists are not reporters. Facts are less important to them than spouting off on their biases. They’re not supposed to outright lie in their commentaries. They can omit important facts…
Harper continues to snub Wynne; I guess he thinks he has too many lesbians in his life?
Stephen Harper is proving he can be as classless as the worst of men. I’m tired of his petty arrogance being described as “competence” and “good judgment” by his supporters…
Poland makes history by electing its first openly gay mayor, Robert Biedron
Poland makes history by electing its first openly gay mayor Wonderful news! Gay rights campaigner Robert Biedron has pledged to ditch the limos and ride a bike 01 December 2014|…
Hey Kathleen Wynne! This is wrong: Catholic school principal shuts down Grade 6 students’ project on gay rights
Polly Hamilton, left, and Quinn Maloney-Tavares, both 11, wanted to do a social justice school project on gay rights, but their principal at an Ottawa Catholc Catholic School vetoed the…
The sensational ‘The Way He Looks’ plays at Toronto’s Brazil Film Fest this Saturday…
Opening scene from director Daniel Ribeiro’s ‘The Way He Looks’ I sadly missed a previous Toronto screening for Daniel Ribeiro’s feature film ‘The Way He Looks,’ at the Inside Out…
Rob Ford still lying and delusional to the end…
Simple minds cling to their simple talking points: “These guys are getting fully loaded… It’s nonsense….I’ll be on them. I’ll try to make sure it doesn’t happen again.” Despite everything…
By-elections show federal NDP is no longer a national force or real alternative to the Conservatives
I’m disappointed that Canada has another climate change denier going to Ottawa in Pat Perkins, the new Conservative MP for Whitby-Oshawa. But I was impressed with the ability of Liberal…
Sunday round-up: the confusing Horwath hangs on; gorgeous ‘Malificent’ star hints at bisexuality…
This Martin Regg Cohn opinion piece pretty much sums up most of my thoughts on Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, whose unfortunate leadership was renewed yesterday by skeptical NDP delegates…
Campaign for Harper’s climate change denier in Whitby-Oshawa now complains about political smears
It’s extremely rich of Harper Conservatives to be complaining about political smears coming from their political opponents in the Whitby-Oshawa byelection, which takes place tomorrow to fill the seat formerly…
Justin Trudeau to protesters: ‘Take a minute to explain’; Harper would’ve had them tackled and arrested
What a remarkable contrast! As we know, Stephen Harper has such tight restrictions at his events, only card-carrying Conservatives with long party histories can get in. No one except the…
I’m with Greg Sorbara on ending separate school funding in Ontario
I could write today about Russia’s latest petty move in that country’s despicable campaign against LGBT people by removing a memorial to Apple founder Steve Jobs in St Petersburg after…
John Tory wins! Homophobic school trustee Sotiropoulos loses! Toronto moves forward!
I’m glad that John Tory won the Toronto mayoralty and that the Ford era is now over. I hoped to see more progressive councillors get elected across Toronto, but sadly…
My final decision: John Tory, Kristyn Wong-Tam and Chris Moise all have my support!
It has been a grueling municipal election race in Toronto since it began all the way back in January, when the repugnant incumbent Rob Ford jumped into the race for…
Check out 80s musical spoof ‘Eternity: The Movie’ at the Carlton this week…
Tonight, my boyfriend and I saw and thoroughly enjoyed the charming 80s musical spoof comedy film, ‘Eternity: The Movie,’ at Toronto’s Carlton Cinema. I wanted to give the flick a…
Students want consequences for trustee after tweet about transgendered people
The newspaper reports on this were awesome to read. But the TV story below from Global really does it justice: “A dozen Toronto high school students are striking back at…
Habitual liar Doug Ford denies he called female reporter "a little bitch"; Toronto students fight back against bigoted school trustee
Several journalists have reported that Toronto mayoral candidate Doug Ford, the thuggish brother of Rob Ford, said after last night’s CTV debate: “I can’t stand that little bitch.” Ford was…
Rattlesnake Logic
After the shock and sadness wears off, there’s no doubt that many conservatives will use yesterday’s attack by a lone gunman in Ottawa to justify their ongoing anti-Jihad crusade. I…
But then again, Olivia Chow gave her best speech yet last night
I must admit that I’m very torn still about how to vote in the Toronto election, despite my last post. Some, including myself, previously have said Olivia Chow hasn’t articulated…