Use It or Lose It.
Have you ever noticed that a building site is acquired, plans go through municipal council, everything is ready and for the next two years, nothing has happened. There are many…
Peter Lowry
Doug Doesn’t Do Decency.
There are people in our society who do the right thing without being asked. Ontario premier Doug Ford is not one of them. There are people in our society who…
Nothing For Sure in Quebec.
Say it in English or in French, nothing is for sure politically in Quebec. Yet all the talking heads are referring to the upcoming Quebec provincial election as a cake-walk…
Are We There Yet?
It must be the frequency of conservative party leadership contests that make them seem to go on forever. No wonder Canadians seem bored with politics. In a week when the…
Writing the B.S.
In a career in public relations, I wrote for many clients. And I occasionally advised against some things clients thought I should write for them. What was critical in every…
Ye of Little Hope.
It is being called ‘The Chill on the Hill.’ It’s the assumption that MP Pierre Poilievre is going to win the brass ring on the merry-go-round of the conservative leadership.…
Poilievre’s Petulance.
It’s hard to believe that a person born and educated in the Province of Alberta would not question the past three years of continuous drought conditions in that province. Pierre…
Dougie Did It.
As one of six siblings, I found as a child that blame tended to run downhill. It was not geological but based on age. My youngest brother, Douglas, tended to…
Democracy Denied.
It could have been planned or it might be accidental. When it happens, it is wrong. It can deny voters the representation they deserve in the provincial legislature or in…
Things to Come.
When H.G. Wells wrote his science fiction book The Shape of Things to Come, it was in the middle of the Second World War. You can see the influence the…
Political Pitfalls.
It’s a wonder that the way we vote hasn’t been blamed for bad breath. It has been blamed for everything else. Fewer people vote, blame it on first-past-the-post (FPTP). A…
Hell’s Bell.
It was twelve years ago when we had to get in line to tell the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) why Bell Canada should not be allowed to buy…
Ford’s Foolish Fumbles.
Ontario premier Ford has fallen on failing times. It was not just swallowing a bee the other day—that, at least, was funny. It is incidents such as watching him read…
Freedom and Friends.
It reminds us of the yahoos who visited the Nation’s Capital last February looking for freedom. The people in this case found freedom but this Freedom is only allowed if…
A Problem’s Time Has Come.
It was bound to happen. I assumed we would hear more the other day when I read American Express’ latest plan for its ‘cash back’ card. This was the most…
Looney Tunes in Alberta.
If I had a bucket list of places I have not visited in Canada, I would have to include Nunavut in the north and Gander in the east. It is…
GOV: The Conservative Version.
It’s called Get Out the Vote (GOV). All political parties do the best they can at it. We beg people to get involved in it. It is the most critical…
Ford’s Missing Ingredient.
Some days, you wish that Ontario premier Doug Ford knew what he is doing. As premier, he is busy rearranging Ontario’s municipal politics. It shows how much harm a little…
The Tax Credit Con.
This is not exactly a love note to Ontario premier Ford and his pathetic finance minister. The wife and I are seniors on a fixed income and these idiots are…
Singing Singh’s Song.
New democrat leader Jagmeet Singh is certainly not kidding. Justin Trudeau’s liberals will either carry out their end of the deal with Jagmeet’s party for their support or feel the…