The Charlottetown Calamity.
The Charlottetown Accord was rejected by Canadians 30 years ago. It was not one of our country’s finer moments. Historians might puzzle over its failure in years to come but…
Peter Lowry
Mr. Ford Regrets.
You never know why some people extend regrets to a friendly invitation. Everyone seems to be going on and on about the premier of Ontario going to his lawyers to…
Danielle’s Daily Dose.
Reading news from Alberta makes you wonder just where the current premier gets her daily dose of news. Being a news junky myself, I seriously worry about Danielle Smith’s sources…
Freeland Fails.
Before making her deputy prime minister and finance minister, did anyone check to see if Chrystia Freeland was really a liberal? She does not often talk like one. She sounds…
On the World Stage.
Maybe we really do sometimes have the right actor in the right role. I was talking to a friend the other day about the war for the Ukraine. We began…
Policing Police.
There is more than one benefit of the inquiry into the use of the emergencies act by Justice Paul Rouleau. It is showing how antiquated and inefficient our approach to…
Bring Back Boris?
It must be the bookies who are running the United Kingdom these days. They are giving 2-to-1 odds on Boris Johnson returning to 10 Downing Street. The Truss solution did…
Freeland’s Faux Pas.
Where does finance minister Chrystia Freeland get off boosting one of conservative Pierre Poilievre’s dumber ideas? We thought he was stupid to say that, under a conservative regime, there would…
The Apprentice.
No film influenced me for life more than Walt Disney’s Fantasia. The 1941 animated film gave me a lifelong love of classical music. And it also provided lifelong images of…
For Whom Bell Tolls?
It was 22 years ago that Bell Canada spun off Nortel—the jewel in Canada’s communications crown. What Jean Monty of Bell Canada really did was to dismiss Canada’s world leadership…
The Blame Game.
It is like making sausage. You really did not want to dig into the process. That is what Justice Paul Rouleau and his ‘Freedom Convoy’ Inquiry has gotten into. The…
Following the Math.
I made a mistake last week and you would have thought I would have had a bunch of e-mails having a laugh at my expense. I got none. It was…
The Trump Disease.
It has travelled far. It has infected many. They call it the Trump disease. It infects the incompetents, the crazies of world politics. It encourages them to reach for the…
A Tale of Two Cities?
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” No, no, not in those cities as told by Charles Dickens. This tale is of two cities in…
The Price of Freedom.
Justice Paul Rouleau provided a very informative and thorough discussion of the why, what and how of the Emergencies Act inquiry last Thursday. It was a step forward in Canada…
Brown Out.
Yes, we are aware that the Ontario government is concerned about the supply of electricity to the province. The question is: Can we get the Brown Out we need? We…
The Fruit-Cake Carries On.
Bet you thought the fruit-cake would change her tune as soon as she became premier of Alberta? Nope, no such luck. This is libertarianism at its nuttiest. Danielle Smith is…
Putin’s War.
Where does Putin get off here? He is losing a war that Russians do not want. He murders civilians and complains when somebody attempts to damage his bridge to the…
The Next Can of Worms.
Just when you think things are going to quiet down a bit, we have another Ottawa can of worms being opened. Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star tells us that…
The Fat of the Land.
The only person pleased with Doug Ford as premier of Ontario is likely his tailor. You can take old suits in but it is obvious if you try to let…