Scheer And The Environment
When you look at Andrew Scheer’s plans for the environment, Stephen Maher writes, there’s not much there. Consider what happened during this week’s French language debate: Moderator Pierre Bruneau asked…
Owen Gray
In His Pocket
Robert Reich writes that both Richard Nixon and Donald Trump abused the power of the presidency. But there is one big difference between the two men: The difference between Richard…
Defeating Scheer By Taking Out Ford
In this election, Justin Trudeau is fighting Andrew Scheer by taking aim at Doug Ford. Martin Regg Cohn writes: The point is to draw a direct line between an unpopular…
Scheer’s All About Canada First
Yesterday, Andrew Scheer declared that he would cut Canada’s foreign aid budget to fund his tax cuts. Canada has not been very generous to foreign countries for quite awhile. The…
A Matter Of Time
Bill Blum writes that Donald Trump is finished: Donald John Trump, the 45th president of the United States, is going to be impeached. Not only that, but whether or not…
More Fordian Folly
Today is the day that support staff in Ontario’s schools begin work to rule. Doug Ford’s mouth always gets him in trouble. Martin Regg Cohn writes that, if Doug Ford…
Democracy Is Alive and Kicking
The last few years have given Democracy a rough ride. But last week, Robin Sears writes, we learned that Democracy is not down for the count: Early on Tuesday, by…
When They’re Being Conned
The Conservatives are pitching Andrew Scheer as a Canadian Everyman. Alan Freeman writes: The Globe and Mail’s fawning profile of Andrew Scheer starts with a bit of a fib. It…
Ignorance Incarnate
Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office has crunched the numbers. And Victoria Gibson reports that: Ontario is set to lose more than 10,000 teaching positions over the next five years, due to…
Northern Reflections 2019-09-26 08:59:00
A year ago, the Conservatives were predicting a juggernaut. Chantal Hebert writes: Maclean’s December 2018 issue captured the belligerent spirit of the time with a cover picture featuring Ontario, Saskatchewan…
Now Is the Time
The Democrats have decided to hold hearings on the impeachment of Donald Trump. Those hearings were inevitable simply because Trump has always been unfit for office. But the timing of…
So, Boris, How’s It Going?
The Supreme Court in the UK has ruled that Boris Johnson illegally prorogued Parliament. Martin Kettle writes in The Guardian: The supreme court has delivered a comprehensive demolition of Boris…
Hell To Pay
Yesterday, Robin Sears warned that, out in the hinterland, there is palpable rage: My neighbours in northeastern Ontario are quick to vent their rage about all manner of foolish government…
Tuned Out
Canadians are turning out this election. Bob Hepburn writes in The Toronto Star: I’ve overheard a woman talking to her 20-something daughter about the election and the daughter responding: “There’s…
Why Republicans Play Dirty
Donald Trump is not the only person dedicated to sabotaging democracy in the United States. Professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write in The New York Times: The greatest threat…
When You Live In A Glass House
I’m disgusted. When you live in a glass house, it’s not wise to throw stones. But throwing stones is what our politics is all about. I have no idea how…
Political Honesty
It’s better to be honest than to say — as Doug Ford has — that you “believe in honest conversations.” Martin Regg Cohn writes: A year ago, Ford told Ontarians…
Racing Toward An Uninhabitable Planet
William Rees believes that the climate crisis could cause mass human extinction. He writes: On Aug. 15, in a memorable session of the BBC’s HardTalk, Hallam irritated multiple cultural nerves…
Locked And Loaded
Donald Trump says his country is “locked and loaded” for a confrontation with Iran. Before he wanders into the desert again, Andrew Bacevich writes that Trump would do well to…
Pas Comme Les Autres
Martin Patriquin writes that there are stark parallels between the Adscam scandal of the 1990’s and the SNC-Lavalin scandal of today: A quick refresher: In 1995, utterly spooked by Quebec’s…