Lead from your strength, Justin.
Please Justin, just shut up and listen. The other day, you told Campion-Smith of the Toronto Star’s Ottawa Bureau that the economy will decide the next election. You had better…
Peter Lowry
What is this mantra of debt?
For years we have been listening to right-wing politicians, bankers and other busybodies complaining about debt. It seems to be their constant mantra that debt is bad, tax cuts are…
Liberals we have heard on high.
It is only fair after introducing the local Conservative candidate, we mention that there is also going to be a Liberal candidate. We actually have a contest to determine the…
“Well look, Mr. Mansbridge” said the Hair.
To be interviewed by his nemesises at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on a bad hair day was really more than the Hair should suffer. And what has befallen Michelle Muntean,…
Mentioned in Dispatches.
We have heard from the front lines of the coming federal election. Our first of many big, full-colour brochures from our local Conservative candidate hit the door last week just…
Selling what you don’t understand.
Only a banker could dream up this one. Former TD Bank head Ed Clark insists on the Ontario government selling electricity distribution to private sector people who could then make…
Trudeau’s “Free, open, transparent nominations.”
Do you want honesty or do you just want to get rid of the Harper Conservatives? That seems to be the conundrum facing members of Canada’s Liberal Party. The fact…
Causing premature election.
We always knew that having fixed elections in Canada would cause the same problems as in the United States. You end up in an almost permanent condition of premature election.…
Defining public-private partnerships.
Before damning something, we should always be careful to say what we are talking about. The recent report of the Auditor General of Ontario has brought about a spate of…
Arm-wrestling with police services.
Just like Toronto Mayor John Tory, this writer once thought he could make a difference on the local Police Services Board. The boards are made up of elected municipal politicians…
Time to retire Mr. Chiarelli.
Some people age faster than others. There are people in their 80s who you would swear were 20 years younger. And then there are people such as Ontario Energy Minister…
The Beer Store on a slow news day.
You know it is a slow news day when the Toronto Star gives front page space to beating on Ontario’s awful Beer Store. It is one subject Babel-on-the-Bay and the…
‘Harpernomics’ is in the dumpster.
Hold on to your hats folks. Mr. Harper’s chickens have come home to roost. We let Stephen Harper blow off our manufacturing in Ontario and Quebec. We let the Conservatives…
Did you think Gordon Gibson was a Liberal?
Life is a journey and Gordon Gibson’s travels from the Prime Minister’s Office of 1968 to 1972 to being a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute in 2014 were unusual.…
Politically correct sex?
What is this sham we are presenting to younger generations of Canadians? Our federal politicians seem to have their heads in their pants as they “tut-tut” about human sexuality. With…
It’s those toxic tailing ponds.
It makes you wonder. When we first heard of the vast tailing ponds for Alberta’s bitumen production, we were concerned about what they were leaching into the rivers. We knew…
These people can’t even spell ‘Rabbit.’
There is a group in Toronto promoting ranked balloting in municipal elections. They call themselves RaBIT. This means Ranked Ballot Initiative in Toronto. They seem to be also linked to…
The one in short pants ‘no’s’ electricity.
Our boy from Barrie is stirring up a storm on his way to the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives. At the first of the party debates in Sudbury, he…
The Tory-Wynne Two-Step.
They might not be Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire (if you are old enough to remember the era) but Toronto Mayor John Tory and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne have more…
The Hair helps with bigger bribes.
We are supposed to appreciate how the Hair helped Michaëlle Jean become the new head of the la Francophonie. While not outwardly supporting Canada’s former governor general, the Hair reminded…