Brampton Brown Bifurcates.
It is amazing how Patrick Brown always seems to find the fork in the road of least resistance. For someone who has never held a real job, it seems he…
Peter Lowry
As Good as it Gets in Alberta.
Oh, to be in Alberta when the politicians are in heat. There is nothing more galvanizing than when all those narcissists come out to play. Once again, we have a…
Is it Good for You Too?
It seems like a good time to review the request of Rogers Communications to be allowed to buy Shaw Communications. It is not as though we really get a vote…
The ‘Deplorables’ are in play.
Nobody ever said that Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre was not a man on a mission. He will do anything to move himself along on the road to the prime minister’s…
Alberta’s Angst.
It was a long time ago, that as a teenage member of the Canadian Air Force, I drove from North Bay, Ontario to Cold Lake, Alberta. It was part of…
Upgrades are Unsettling.
A beleaguered Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has demanded that Rogers Communications explain to the commission what caused the catastrophic failure in their network last week. Frankly, the failure was…
Ford Among the Big Kids.
Ontario premier Doug Ford was out west this past week hobnobbing with the big kids. Canada’s provincial premiers and territorial leaders were doing the annual medicine dance to convince Ottawa…
How’s Your Rogers Deal?
Mother always taught us kids not to gloat when one of our little playmates got in trouble. It is hard not to gloat though when a company such as Rogers…
Is It the Canada We Want?
It’s an annual event. The provincial and territorial leaders gather to dine and feast on the supposed failures of the federal government. It is a blame game and it proves…
On Choosing Leaders.
I’ve got a novel idea. Let’s choose the next liberal party leader for Ontario with an honest election. It might even be precedent setting. What I would suggest is an…
Comes the Dark Rider.
They had Pierre Poilievre on horseback for the Calgary Stampede the other day. He was home. And he is promising Canada a dark era to come of a polarization of…
Opinions, We Have a Few.
The Toronto Star is overdoing this opinion business. There was an opinion piece by a new democrat the other day that confused how we vote with gerrymandering. I can assure…
Playing the Numbers.
The numbers game, as run by organized crime across the U.S., throughout the 20th Century, never really got a foothold in Canada. It looks like it has finally come today…
Destroying Democracy.
Is Canada a land that tolerates demagogues and populists and bigots? And do we know one when we see one? Demagogues are politicians who tell you what they think you…
Brown-Out for Brown.
From the first meeting with Patrick Brown some 15 years ago, I did not like him. He was a sallow-complexioned little man with a bad haircut. He wanted to shake…
Can We Re-Invent Liberalism?
With a small rump of liberals in the Ontario legislature and no leader, Ontario’s liberals have an opportunity to rethink the future of their party. We can plan on a…
Flying False Flags.
There is a discomfort in seeing hockey stick-mounted maple leaf flags flying from pick-up trucks. Maybe the flags that simply say ‘F*ck Trudeau’ are a clearer message. In any case…
Calling for “Free (the) Dumb”.
We think of Canada as a free country. And it is in many ways. Yet, our Charter of Rights and Freedoms notes in its first paragraphs that our freedom is…
But Not in Canada, Eh?
It was a hundred years ago when demagoguery was being preached in Munich. It was six years ago when a demagogue won the republican party nomination in the United States.…
Is Trudeau Sliding to Anonymity?
Watching the TV clips of prime minister Justin Trudeau’s recent travels, you have to wonder what good they are doing. His hobnobbing with the elites of the Commonwealth and the…