Many of Rob Ford’s opponents are celebrating today’s surprising court decision to remove him from office for breaking the law. Apparently, Rob Ford intends to appeal the decision in court…
This week, I was happy to be interviewed for this Grid Toronto piece about the possible splitting of Toronto’s Gay Village into two federal/provincial ridings. Here’s an excerpt and link…
This article is one of a couple currently using a new Ipsos Reid poll to argue that Justin Trudeau is Stephen Harper’s newest friend. The last Ipsos poll earlier this…
Let me just quickly celebrate the great re-election of Barack Obama on Tuesday night. He's the first President of the United States to publicly support same sex marriage. I do…
Further to recent revelations about forcing voters to show government issued photo ID in certain Republican-controlled U.S. states this election, let’s look at another Republican tactic in this campaign: cancelling…
I was on this mailing list from George Smitherman (see email below), glad to say. I think George has made the right decision to stay out of the Ontario Liberal…
This was the shooting script for the 2009 short film, ‘The Golden Pin’, which I co-wrote with director Cuong Ngo. I also worked as Associate Producer on this production. The…
I’ve decided to end my political blogging and re-focus my online efforts to promoting my career as a screenwriter, producer and filmmaker. I’ll keep my existing content on this site…
The Commission looking into redistributing 338 ridings for the federal House of Commons for the next election (up from the current 308) has released its proposals. They include adding 15…
So It’s so very cool to see Canada’s official opposition, the federal NDP, lash back quickly against the Conservatives and give them a taste of their own medicine. For too…
Belated Happy Pride Day and Happy Canada Day wishes for all!This news from CNN star Anderson Cooper was a nice post-Pride gift this morning. The silver fox have finally made…
Very nice write-up on Xtra.ca about something I’ve been working on the last few months. I re-print it here in its entirety: Pride short-film showcase ON SCREEN / ‘It makes…
Yes, Bob Rae made the right decision yesterday when he announced he won’t be a candidate for the permanent leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. It was right for…
Third reading passage of a Conservative private member’s bill, Bill C304, this past week got little media attention, except from Postmedia and a great opinion piece by Warren Kinsella. The…
I have been following the ongoing debate in Ontario over the McGuinty government’s attempts to address rampant bullying in Ontario’s public schools. I support the recent amendment to Bill 13…
Today was a historic day. It’s the day President Barack Obama endorsed equal marriage in an emotional interview with ABC. I think it’s quite meaningful considering there is no consensus…
The Wildrose Party in Alberta has nothing on Toronto (in the bigotry department) as long as Rob Ford, aka Mayor Fraud stays in office. If there were any fiscal conservatives…
Consider this metaphor: Wildrose leader Danielle Smith seems to resemble a lovely flower in her party surrounded by dying weeds. She’s promising that the weeds won’t overtake her if she…
All those dolts who wanted a Conservative majority in Ottawa because they were tired of exercising their democratic rights every two years and they wanted some kind of “stability”, well…
