Fueling the Fourth.
The fourth of July is Independence Day in the U.S.A. It is a day for patriotic parades, barbeques, family gatherings and fireworks. And it has something else to celebrate this…
Peter Lowry
Grievances of the Greens.
What can they be thinking? The rank and file of the Green Party of Canada must be outraged. The idea of a dust-up between the executive of the party and…
A Question for Ms. McKenna.
It is possible that the news media forgot to ask Catherine McKenna a key question when she was talking to them at Ottawa’s Flora Footbridge the other day. It seems…
Celebrating Canada.
In celebrating Canada today, the message is that we need to try harder. No country is perfect. We have made some false steps in the past. We will do better…
You Want Better?
Reading a new democratic party version of ‘building back better’, the other day, it was surprising that there was no new thinking involved. It is something we are not getting…
Conservative Confusion Continues.
Not only does federal conservative leader Erin O’Toole have a problem but he is part of the problem. I like to think of it as Erin O’Toole meets the Three…
In Disdain of Demagogues.
It was easy enough to identify U.S. president Donald Trump as being a demagogue. He exhibited all the hallmarks while in office. He was a brash, boisterous braggard. He would…
You can’t cancel Canada Day.
Trading barbs and cheap shots, Canada’s 43rd parliament rose for the summer recess this past week and will likely not return in the fall. The mood of the house and…
“A Call to Arms.”
It might not be up to the style of a Hemingway opus but the complaints by Canada’s military ombudsman the other day seemed to be from a man who does…
Doug Ford Stands Alone.
Like his hero, Donald Trump, Ontario premier Doug Ford has few friends. He has followers, he has some like-minded associates and he has those who pander to him. He is…
“If I can make it there…”
“I can make it anywhere, New York, New York.” You can almost hear Frank Sinatra singing ‘New York, New York’ in the background. It is a last chance for ranked…
Does the Pandemic Divide Us?
While there might be light at the end to this tunnel we have been in, will we come out divided and insular to our fellow Canadians? Have the restrictions on…
In the Orthodoxy of the Right.
Have our politicians really dismissed the orthodoxy of the right? Have we realized the dismal future of countries ruled by the cult of American president Ronald Reagan and British prime…
‘Show and Tell’ for Political Promises.
Politicians in power tend to deal with problems by telling us they will throw our money at the problem. They have some confused idea that we will all feel good…
Mr. Ford’s “Good Ship Lollypop.”
Get it while you can. Like the career of Hollywood child star Shirley Temple that peaked from the time she was 3 to 13-years-old, the Ford government in Ontario is…
Sajjan Is Not the Sex Police.
The opposition parties in Ottawa have voted for a politically motivated censure and are demanding the resignation of Canada’s defence minister Harjit Sajjan. The opposition parties are complaining that he…
Ottawa: The Greens have a Problem.
Sorry Justin, your liberals will have to delay your election plans. The Green’s have problems with their leadership, membership and people jumping ship. And it is partly your party’s fault.…
Bell Canada Tolls for Thee!
Looking at a two-page, aren’t-we-nice advertisement for Bell Canada in the Toronto Star yesterday, it brought memories of a friend who passed away some dozen years ago. When I first…
Teaching Tolerance
Running home in heavy rain as a youngster, I noted, while passing a small black lady on our street, that she was wearing a raincoat just like mine. When I…
Crocodile tears from Bell Canada.
The new owners of the Toronto Star should be ashamed. When reading an article on a business opinion page on the weekend, it became apparent that I was reading an…