Hope for Alberta in 2023.
Alberta will always have a special place for me. It is standing on the high prairie watching the beauty and contortions of the Northern Lights. It is making love in…
Peter Lowry
The Political Story of 2022.
It was not the events of February 2022 in Ottawa that were the story. It was the examination of those events at the end of the year by Ontario Justice…
The Kiss Principal Works.
This might come as a surprise to prime minister Trudeau. The Keep It Simple Stupid (Kiss) principal works. I can tell you of those times when the liberal party used…
The ReTrumpian Republicans.
There are many people living south of North America’s Great Lakes. I have known some of them. And I have family down there. I also have a brother, a sister-in-law…
Here Comes the Choo-Choo.
Did Ontario premier Doug Ford really ask Santa for full-size trains this year? It is amazing how far that gravy train can chug. When at city hall in Toronto, Doug…
The Naughty and The Nice.
It hasn’t been a banner year for the politicos. No wonder politics is falling out of favour. And obstetricians can make more than your member of parliament any day. The…
Not a Creature Was Stirring.
The House of Commons sits vacant. Workers’ tools are scattered here and there, ready to be picked up as restoration resumes. And yet, it is the ghosts of politicians past…
Death of Democracy.
We should all wait patiently for the time soon when we have to admit that democracy might be a ghost. A ghost is something that people talk about but we…
Poilievre’s Plan.
The secret is out. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has been telling his fellow conservatives his secret strategy to win the country. The fact that it is the same strategy as…
Mayor Tory Betrays Us.
It must be a conservative thing. Mayor John Tory of Toronto seems to have been brought over to premier Doug Ford’s conservatives. Once a Tory, always a Tory, I guess.…
A Toot to the Past.
What the liberals take away, the Tories can replace and the cost be damned. The Ontario Northlander rail service from Toronto to Timmins and Cochrane is expected to be back…
Downey Does It His Way.
Ontario attorney general Doug Downey is accepting applications for the position of Ontario chief justice. In a rare turnabout in the process of selecting senior legal personnel in Ontario, Downey…
In Ayn Rand’s Tutelage.
A recent opinion piece in my daily paper invoked the image of “Ayn Rand’s Apostles.” It is hard to believe that forty years after her death, a Russian-born script writer…
Bravado and Excuses.
It was a bad day last Monday for federal conservative leader MP Pierre Poilievre. We were watching for his secret weapon in the Mississauga-Lakeshore bye-election It seems the secret weapon…
In the Third World with Ford.
It is beginning to seem we are living in a banana republic with premier Ford and his conservative government. The other day, the Ontario government officially asked the Red Cross…
Canada is Not a Buffet.
Despite the obvious disagreement of some of the provincial malcontents in this country, Canada is not the product of its provinces. This country came together for mutual benefit. It grew…
Inviting Mr. Schreiner.
It is not something you think of and rush to write about. For some time, I have wondered if green leader MPP Mike Schreiner might be a prospect as leader…
Confounded Capitals.
One of my readers messaged me a complaint about my use, or lack of use, of capital letters in my blog. The simple answer is, that he might be out…
A Contest of One.
That is what you call a political boo-boo. It was an opportunity for attention. It was a time to be heard. You forego it at your peril. A new leader…
Democracy Damned.
You have to admit; doing things democratically is tough work. Doing things openly and honestly is even tougher. You would think that Ontario premier Doug Ford would understand that by…