Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire.
How can we always tell when Ontario premier Doug Ford is lying to us? It is when he announces a program for the third time. He has found out that…
Peter Lowry
The Power of Populism.
It is not all that surprising that most politician’s today want to be seen as populist. We all want to walk the walk and talk the talk. We want to…
Pondering the Political Phoenix.
How many times over the years have we heard speculation about this or that political party being able to raise itself from the ashes? Would the federal conservatives ever survive…
Who is Harrying Harry?
No, there is no insight here to the royal who defines himself as a spare. Life is too short. I can hardly think of a reason why I would ever…
The Little Plane that Flew.
The lady who is going to fix all things wrong with our military has announced the purchase of our new fighter plane. To nobody’s surprise at all, defence minister Anita…
Cutting the Trans Mountain Ribbon?
You did know that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is to be completed in the second half of 2023? It only cost the Canadian government $4.7 billion, when it was…
Conning on Electoral Reform.
You can prove just about anything with polls. I was laughing the other day at a poll for Fair Vote Canada that claimed 76 per cent of Canadians wanted a…
Free Enterprise, Not Free Rein.
Once when introducing former premier Bill Davis at a function, I put on a little too much emphasis when I said “And on my far right is Premier Bill Davis.”…
Is the Party Over?
Did you see the Toronto Star article on why the Ontario liberals lost the 2022 provincial election? They admitted what they had done wrong. Everything. And to add insult to…
The Tax That’s Time Has Come.
Have you ever wondered why the rich get all upset and angry at the mention of a wealth tax? I got to thinking about it when the former president Trump’s…
Taxing Excess Profit?
It really is disgusting. As inflation is eating away at your paycheque, the boss of your company could be going home with more than 200 times the salary of the…
Champagne’s Clarion Call.
It is Canada’s last hope for a break in cell phone pricing. We have been betrayed by the Quislings in the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and the Competition Tribunal…
The Clear Future.
As a child, I spent many hours at the windows of inter-city trains in Ontario. When the trip included Toronto’s Union Station, I would be particularly excited. The vast dome…
Peace, Order and Good Government.
In turning loose former colonies, the United Kingdom often use the direction for Peace, Order and Good Government somewhere in their initial constitutions. And here we are 158 years later—still…
Poilievre’s Perspective.
It is quite unlikely that the Christmas break from parliament has brought any new perspective to conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. His problem is that he needs to see the report…
Brown Let Us Down.
It is all Patrick Brown’s fault. I was rereading one of my blogs complaining about the past year in politics and I realized that it was all that damn Brown’s…
Bad Days for Barrie.
Reading one of those on-line newspapers for my city and area, I found a quiz asking readers what they consider the most serious issue our community faces. I wasn’t surprised…
Only in Ontario.
Looking ahead in Ontario for 2023 is not a pretty prospect. We are faced with three more years of the ineptness of premier Doug Ford and his conservatives. He does…
Only in Ontario.
Looking ahead in Ontario for 2023 is not a pretty prospect. We are faced with three more years of the ineptness of premier Doug Ford and his conservatives. He does…
Trained for the Job.
It was difficult watching our new king the other day. With lots of references to his late mommy, he spoke some carefully crafted words to the Commonwealth. His tone was…