You Jest Sir!
A long-time NDP apparatchik, Robin Sears, writes his opinion in the Toronto Star. And no, I am not jealous. I had my fill of writing for Toronto papers years ago.…
Peter Lowry
Bitumen Bust.
It seems the Oil Gods have looked down on Alberta’s tar sands bitumen and damned it to further discounting. It would seem that at a time when the world needs…
Poilievre’s Plaint.
Writing about Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre the other day, we failed to resolve the key question. How can he expect the anger of his ‘Convoy’ followers to co-exist with the…
“There is no joy in Mudville.”
In writing “Casey at the Bat” E.L. Thayer spoke of the depth of disappointment felt by the people of Mudville when their champion is defeated. It is the same disappointment…
Ontario Omertá.
It was somewhere between Thomas Harris’ Silence of the Lambs and the Mafia’s Omertá, a vow of silence. The only difference was that it was Ontario’s electorate that was being…
Freeing Poilievre.
“Freedom” is the clarion call from Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre. ‘“Freedom’ from what?” you ask. And now we know. Poilievre had promised his followers in the protest convoy, that came…
No Lament for Liberalism.
Liberalism is still with us. It is a concept of governance that will not go away. People around the world have fought for it. It lives on as despots die.…
Look Like a Leader.
Ontario liberal leader Steven Del Duca made an admirable effort. The liberal leader’s only problem was that to be elected leader of a major political party, you have to look…
Campaigns Gone By.
This has been both the shortest and seemingly the longest campaign in Ontario history. I felt uninvolved. I was left out. The days of bounding up steps to knock on…
A Chance to Choose.
We will have a chance to see tomorrow how many of our fellow Ontario voters got to the polls in this provincial election. I might be surprised if more than…
Done Like Dinner.
It would seem that Ontario’s conservative leader Doug Ford has never missed a dinner. He is the proverbial ‘fat cat.’ He is a salesman without scruples. He uses people. He…
They Lie, You Know.
Leaked memos, a quiet word with someone ‘in the know.’ You hear a lot of tall tales from politicians as they come to the end of their campaign. It is…
Run-off Elections are Best.
An acquaintance was berating me the other day for preferring first-past-the-post voting. The truth is though that I would really prefer run-off elections in every electoral district where needed. It…
Pierre Poilievre Pivots.
Canadians laughed at Prime Minister Mackenzie King during the Second World War when he said “Conscription, if necessary…but not necessarily conscription.” Any serious student of Canadian politics understands what the…
America Bleeds.
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.” Watching that hard-luck hypocrite, the governor of Texas blathering about the events in Uvalde, Texas, I thought of William Shakespeare’s Henry…
This Campaign Sucks.
The current election campaign in Ontario should go down as the worst campaign in the province’s history. I told liberal leader Steven Del Duca that a 15-day campaign was not…
Legault’s Gestapo.
History has a slower pace in Canada’s Quebec Province. Old wounds are often rubbed raw as the shibboleths of long ago, such as Duplessis’ Padlock Law, are repeatedly turned against…
Kenney’s Comeuppance.
Jason Kenney is leaving the building. He is a political has been. I first noticed him in 2007 when he was a parliamentary secretary to prime minister Stephen Harper. Harper…
Be Careful What You Wish For.
We are often berated by people who favour proportional representation as opposed to the first-past-the-post voting we use today. They think proportional representation would be better. Well, they are wrong.…
Ford’s Frolic.
If you want to frolic with an elephant, now’s your chance. It is the beast snickering behind you as you cast your ballot. Sure, you can vote for Doug Ford…