Crombie Causes Concern.
It is good to see that Bonnie Crombie has already put the fear of God into the conservatives at Queen’s Park. While she has already been to the Ontario Legislature…
Peter Lowry
Ford is No Academic.
Earlier this month, Martin Regg Cohn of the Toronto Star tried to tell us that politicians do not care about universities. I thought at the time that I could add…
Bums on the Doorstep.
One of the challenges of publishing a blog is the daily sweeping away of the myriad of organizations who send you story ideas to influence your output. The worst of…
Poilievre’s Protagonist.
There is only one target that interests conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. It is the prime minister’s job. It is the job the conservative wants and it is one he has…
Conservative Comrades?
They are certainly not comrades at arms. Recently Toronto Star writer Martin Reg Cohn wrote that the cancellation of the splitting up Peel region into the stand-alone municipalities of Mississauga,…
The Trouble in Toronto.
Have you heard what Toronto Council has done now? They have renamed Dundas Square at Yonge and Dundas Streets as Sankova Square and Centennial Stadium in the old Etobicoke Area…
The Turn-Around Tories.
The Ontario conservative government has broken another record. It has turned around and cancelled more schemes than thieves trying to figure out how to rob a police station. What Doug…
Poilievre’s Hell.
There should be a special place reserved in Hell for a political poseur such as Pierre Poilievre. I was reading a column by Jaime Watt of Navigator in the Toronto…
The Luck of the Liberals.
In all the inept arrangements of the recent leadership race for Ontario’s liberals, many observers lost sight of what was really happening on the Yellow Brick Road. The event took…
Concerning Calandra.
Paul Calandra is now the go-to guy at in the Ontario government for apologies. It is his ability to feel the pain. He is the guy who cried for the…
The Web We Weave.
The wife’s health has not been the best lately and she spends much of her time in her electrified Lazy-Boy chair. It is where she keeps two Apple I-Pads in…
The Social Media Weapon.
After 12 years of writing Babel-on-the-Bay, I find it energizes me and gives purpose to my days. I enjoy the approbation of some readers and the criticisms of others. My…
Hold High in Honour.
Honouring people for their contributions to our society is a timeless human tradition. There have also been those times when we have taken down the statues or have erased the…
Liar, Liar.
One hates to see the scion of the Weston family lying to our parliamentarians. He blames his international suppliers now for his stores’ unconscionable profits. He says that his giant…
How Shallow These Mortals Be.
It tells a story. All by itself, once more, the talent of Time magazine comes to the fore. It tells tales of these terrible times. Yet it ignores the wars,…
Ford Wrong Twice.
Anyone in Ontario who has voted for premier Doug Ford should be embarrassed. This guy can’t get it right, no matter how hard he tries. Did you hear that he…
Poilievre, the Common Man?
As the farmer who spreads manure over his fields, Canada’s federal opposition leader lays it on for his party’s right-wing supporters. It is why Pierre Poilievre would feel at home…
Seeds of Civil War.
Recently I wrote that I was tired of writing about Donald Trump. He was boring everybody. That was until he started entertaining his followers with how he intended to use…
Co-opting COP.
We should not be amused. This year’s United Nations conference on climate change has brought the foxes into the hen house. Whomever chose Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as…
Crowning Cinderella.
It took time. It took patience, but Ontario has a new party leader for its liberals. The television networks missed some great programming opportunities in the finale. For all its…