How Liberals Won?
It was a lengthy read. If you would even bother to count the number of words in four pages of a broad-sheet newspaper, you would come up with about six…
Peter Lowry
Trudeau Defines Hubris.
Marching across the sands of a wind-swept beach in B.C., an angry Justin Trudeau walked away. He carried his hubris—his arrogance and haughtiness, in the stiffness of his back. His…
Defining Del Duca.
Ontario premier Doug Ford would have taken the advice from his late brother Rob. The former Toronto mayor would have used the municipal measure of when a campaign begins. Hit…
Big Tent, Little Tent Tories?
You often hear the conservative and liberal parties referred to as big-tent parties. We would therefore assume, in contrast, that the greens, new democrats and peoples’ party are just little…
At War with Michigan.
The ongoing war with the State of Michigan is heating up. Canada’s federal government has now invoked a 1977 treaty that supposedly says that Canada can destroy the fresh water…
Dougie Dimes Us.
Ontario premier Doug Ford must think he is John D. Rockefeller. That was the Rockefeller who built Standard Oil of New Jersey into the industrial bemouth of today. It was…
Have you kissed a farmer today?
Reading the latest statistics about the urban-rural divide in Canadian politics the other day was a disappointment. It seems the split is becoming more pronounced. In Canada, our rural voters…
Blah, Blah, Blah.
I have never paid much attention to that young Swedish environmentalist, Greta Thunberg, but she certainly has good writers. The other day there was a clip on the news about…
Lessons for Conservatives.
My advice to conservatives among us is just to be what you are. That might be simplistic but there is concern that your party’s philosophy is wandering too far off…
Fair Vote’s Fancy.
A reader sent me some literature from Fair Vote Canada the other day. This piece was complaining about the number of Canadians who did not vote in the recent federal…
A Bicycle Built for Two?
The usual chorus is at it again. They are the ones unhappy with our first-past-the-post voting system. They think first-past-the-post is a bicycle built for just two political parties. And…
Lessons for the NDP.
You know what they call people that keep repeating their mistakes, election after election? They call them new democratic party members. There was an op-ed in the Toronto Star the…
Greens: Wasn’t That a Party?
Alright, times up. The only answer to Canada’ green party is dissolution. The party has been tested and found wanting. It is a fractious and unruly group. It practices regicide…
Ontario’s Ford Diet.
How is that for service from our Ontario premier? Being a bit overweight has followed me for many years but I found the solution last year. I went on the…
At the Political Circus.
Canada hardly needs to keep the leaders of three weakened and badly led political parties. The melee in the middle-of-the-road in this recent election was nothing but a circus. Some…
Kenney Kills.
Our beautiful Alberta hardly deserves what is happening today. The province’s medical system is being crushed under the severity and numbers of the fourth wave of Covid-19. Yet it is…
Over-Analyzing the Campaign.
We are in that period when all the pundits take credit for how smart they were during the election campaign. Frankly, if most of them would fall on their swords,…
The NDP Fail Us.
There were a few complaints the other day when I mentioned that the new democratic party had its hey-day back in the 1960s and 70s. What I did not explain…
Liberal Win, Trudeau Loss.
Liberals are in for a few more years of Justin Trudeau creating his legacy, but his time is limited. It is unlikely that he has more than three years left…
Keep Enemies Closer.
A friend was railing against China the other day. His stock broker had suggested that he invest in some Chinese share investment opportunities. He ended up lecturing the poor guy…