Paul Hellyer: Rest in Peace.
It is a form of masochism to be drawn to the obituaries these days. Too many of the good ones have gone to their reward—such as it might be. I…
Peter Lowry
And the CBC lies.
The old Canadian Broadcasting Corporation English headquarters on Jarvis Street in Toronto used to be referred to as ‘The Kremlin.’ I remember seeing my first videotape machine there. It was…
In the land of the laissez-faire.
When Milton and Rose Friedman published Free to Choose in 1980, laissez-faire economics was at a peak. Reaganomics was all the rage in the United States and Thatcherism was tearing…
Bill Davis: The Last Progressive.
There are few conservatives left to fit the Bill Davis mould. When I first met him at Queen’s Park, he was the young minister of education. Compared to what we…
Alberta’s not ‘second class.’
For once we have to agree with premier Jason Kenney of Alberta. Just the other day, the Toronto Star ran a news story with the headline ‘“Alberta’s not second class,’…
When Daylight Comes.
It will be like having another Christmas. We’re gonna have an election, we’re gonna have an election. Thinking about this opportunity for Canadians, I was musing the other day about…
Playing Pandemic Politics.
There was some interesting political posturing this past week in Ontario. New democratic party leader Andrea Horwath came out of semi-retirement to embarrass herself and, in the process, she reminded…
Election Breezes.
Don’t you feel those fresh election breezes from the Rock, flowing up the St. Lawrence River, across the Great Lakes, kissing the Prairies and cascading over the Rockies to say…
Defining Danger.
For all the arguments we have seen and heard about the danger of Enbridge’s Line Five at the Straits of Mackinac, nobody bothers to specify the danger. The arguments rage…
‘Cousin’ Kyle is leaving us.
It is hard to imagine anyone willingly wanting to go to Florida at this time. Not that I pay much attention to basketball. It was only when the Toronto Raptors…
Emancipation Day?
For a guy who pays close attention to politics in this country, I should admit I’m embarrassed. I was so busy celebrating Simcoe Day in Ontario I had no idea…
A Spectre from the Past.
He’s here to save us all from “rampant government spending.” Former prime minister Stephen Harper stuck his oar into Canada’s economic confusion last week. In a podcast, Harper warned Canadians…
Don’t fool with us Mr. O’Toole!
Federal conservative leader Erin O’Toole is starting to puzzle Canadians. Here is a guy with a fairly straight forward reputation as a bland, do-nothing conservative. Okay, he might even be…
Ontario’s Johnny Appleseed.
Ontario residents must have this image of the Ontario premier skipping along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway 401) throwing loonies and toonies left and right. That is his answer to every…
Red is Dead and Blue is True!
It is possible to get confused between the political colors of Canada and the U.S.A. The problem is that the liberal red in Canada is the color red of the…
An election is no distraction.
They obviously did not teach any Canadian history at the private school in Michigan attended by NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. He seems to be unaware of the King-Byng-Thing. That event…
Where are the Greens?
With smog from out-of-control forest fires on the west coast stretching over North America, blistering heat in the south west, Prairies without rain and tornados in Ontario, we need politicians…
The F-35 Canada doesn’t Need.
American airplane manufacturer Lockheed Martin’s sales staff had a marker event last month. They found that Switzerland wanted to buy 36 F-35 stealth fighter jets. It makes you wonder though…
Ontario’s Super-Saver Premier.
Maybe there are those of us in Ontario who do not appreciate our premier for his uncaring ways. Did you know that he saves taxpayers money even when he really…
The worth of a person.
Now that restaurants are re-opening across Canada in the wake of the recent wave of the pandemic, there are the expected complaints from hospitality businesses in finding it difficult to…