The Chaos Premier
In the run up to the American election, Jeb Bush called Donald Trump “the chaos candidate;” and he predicted that Trump would be “a chaos president.” Doug Ford has proved…
Owen Gray
He’s Running True To Form
Doug Ford has announced that public sector wages in Ontario will be capped at one percent — because the province is in a fiscal emergency. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Doug…
He Smells After Three Days
The Brits have endured Donald Trump for the last four days. The upper echelons of British society have shown remarkable restraint. The Guardian reports that Prince Charles tried to engage…
Bad Business
So called free trade deals with the United States are worthless. Consider, Tom Walkom writes, the recently re-negotiated USMCA: It has been under renegotiation since Trump became president in 2017.…
It’s Always Been Hard To Find Them
Peter Wehner offers a few thoughts this morning on the difficulty of governing. He writes in The New York Times: In the late 18th century, Edmund Burke wrote to a…
No Roosevelts
In the First Gilded Age, Robert Reich writes, an oligarchy controlled the United States. Teddy Roosevelt went to war against it and ushered in The Progressive Era: Teddy Roosevelt called…
Signifying What?
Jason Kenney is all about oil. And, given what’s happening in the rest of the world, it’s clear that he’s living on another planet. As this one warms because of…
Doug’s Way
Since being elected, Doug Ford has plastered “Open For Business” signs throughout Ontario. But his actions in office undercut that slogan. Alan Freeman writes: Sure, companies love reduced corporate income…
Is Independence Worth It?
When Jody Wilson-Raybould announced that she would be running as an independent in the next election, she also declared that she was “not a party person.” — which begs the…
The Disease Is Spreading
Paul Koring writes that Trumpism has gone viral: An ugly contagion of xenophobic populism threatens to poison democracies, turning them inward-looking just at a moment in history when the crises…
The New Mass Media
Chris Hedges writes that there have been three media revolutions in the last thirty-five years: the rise of right-wing radio and Fox-style TV news that abandon the media’s faux objectivity,…
Hiding Under The Bed
Andrew Scheer says that his environmental policy is a work in progress. But it really is hard to know what his party is thinking. It changes gears frequently. Rick Smith…
Have They Not Seen?
Max Boot used to be a clarion spokesman for the American Right. Now, having seen what the Right hath wrought, he is horrified. Last week, he writes, Trump hit two…
Utter Incompetence
If you take a close look at Doug Ford’s first budget, Martin Regg Cohn argues, you begin to understand how incompetent he and his government are: By rejecting the bureaucracy’s…
At Each Other’s Throats
American politics have always been partisan, Glen Pearson writes. But Canadian politics used to be different: Americans have always remained divided along partisan lines, while the Canadian context has been…
Ford Nation Never Noiced
Doug Ford sold himself as a man of the people. His first budget was supposed to underscore that perception. But things didn’t work out that way. Martin Regg Cohn writes:…
Turning Back The Clock
For over seventy years now, conservatives have been working hard to turn back the clock. And, lately, they have been achieving what they see as victories. The latest evidence comes…
An Overcompensating Bully
Chas Danner reports in New York Magazine that things are heating up in the Middle East: On Sunday, a rocket was fired into Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone for the first…
Something’s Got To Give
For those of us who would like to see the Green Party hold the balance of power in Ottawa, Robin Sears turns to recent history and offers a cautionary tale:…