It’s raining in Greenland.
One can only hope you are paying attention to the reports of rain in Greenland. That rain spells the beginning of the end of human life on this planet, as…
Peter Lowry
Perusing Performances.
Some of our readers are getting curious about the upcoming changes in our betting line for the current federal election. As I said when publishing a morning line back when…
The Parked Progressives.
The other day, Chantal Hébert wrote in the Toronto Star that a Trudeau re-election was in the hands of the swing progressives. While it might be a bit early to…
“Well, here’s another nice mess!”
When comedian Stan Laurel used to comment on the mess they were in, to his partner Oliver Hardy, it would draw laughter from the audience. Now that it is used…
Ask your local candidates.
Maybe all politics is local, after all. It seems the key question for candidates in this current federal election is: When did you have your covid-19 vaccines? And be prepared…
Is Dougie at Summer Camp?
It is a strange thing to say but we really do miss Ontario premier Doug Ford. That shmuck has deserted us when we need him most. We need a break…
The Bloc Can Get Stuffed.
The Bloc Québécois announced its platform the other day. It read like it was designed to amuse Quebec’s Péquistes and annoy the Anglophones. It also aligns the separatist party with…
I didn’t forget you Ms. Paul.
How could I forget the leader of Canada’s green party? I park my vote with her party by telling all the curious pollsters that I am voting green this year.…
You want my vote Mr. Singh?
My vote is up for grabs. I have explained why I am disappointed with Mr. Trudeau. I have laid it on the line for Mr. O’Toole. It is now the…
You want my vote Mr. O’Toole?
Frankly, I don’t think you want my vote, Erin. I’m just not your kind of guy. The CBC’s Compass calculator says I am somewhere out to the left of the…
You want my vote Mr. Trudeau?
To win this Canadian’s vote, Justin, you have to stop the twinning of the TransMountain pipeline. That will be the only way Canadians can trust you on the question of…
O’Toole’s Hero.
Having heard it many times does not make something true. Suggesting that conservative leader Erin O’Toole’s hero is the guy in England with the bad haircut seems ludicrous. Brit PM…
“Wasn’t that a party?”
It seems as though, about now, that prime minister Justin Trudeau is wishing he had a political party behind him. It seems he worked so hard to trash the liberal…
You’d send anti-vaxxers to Ottawa?
What the hell are the media people thinking? One of the most critical questions to ask any candidate in this federal election is “What is your vaccine status? We have…
What Fool O’Toole?
The other day, our comment on conservative leader Erin O’Toole was that “he was a failure to launch.” He had a launch, of sorts, the following day. We watched aghast.…
Pollsters are Poor Prophets.
The important thing to remember is that polls are a picture from yesterday. They cannot forecast the future. And we live in volatile, rapidly changing times. We are struggling to…
The question of leadership.
It sometimes happens that the Toronto Star gets something right. On August 13, the largest newspaper in Canada used its front page for an editorial asking: ‘Show us leadership.’ If…
The Book is Open.
It is too bad that when individual sports betting is to be allowed in Ontario, I cannot run a legal book on the federal election. I could make a potful…
Religion on the Run.
That old adage about never discussing religion or politics is not observed in my home. It is my belief, in our increasingly secular society, that religion and politics are two…
One for the Good Guys.
Michael Coteau won the nomination for the federal liberals in Don Valley East last weekend. It is rare when you get a guy who is really dedicated to helping people.…