Mulcair way off base on Quebec separatism
Thomas Mulcair is playing a dangerous game trying to win over separatist voters in Quebec. He’s also putting in question his ability to be a federal leader. Mulcair is defying…
Ron Waller
Time for Justin to get down to business
Trudeau must realize that although politics may be a popularity contest, it is not a personality contest. Being able to charm an intimate audience in a causal setting is not…
Harper’s hidden “starve the beast” agenda
Neo-con columnists from Maclean’s and the National Post are praising Harper’s efforts to “starve the beast.” In case you’re not familiar with this morally-bankrupt strategy, it’s a 4 point program…
Phony political correctness run amok
People who live to rant and rave are having a good week. First they got to be outraged over Justin Trudeau’s “sexist” event in Toronto — a charity fundraiser organized…
Lest we forget the real purpose of Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day has never been about glorifying war. People who think that are forgetting the symbolism. Why do we hold a minute’s silence on the 11th month of the 11th…
Justin was kidding around. Lighten up!
First Trudeau was called a sexist for taking part in a charity fundraiser organized “by women for women.” Now people are busting his chops over a facetious remark he made…
Why women’s issues are crucial to society
Many accused Justin Trudeau of being sexist for holding a women’s-only fundraising event titled, Justin Unplugged. Emma Teitel of Maclean’s points out the irony that it was actually a charity…
RoFo 2014!! (This is your democracy on drugs)
What’s worse than having a crack-smoking, alcoholic mayor who hangs out with criminals and indulges in violent outbursts? Watching one get re-elected… Under siege This is your democracy on drugs.…
Senate a corrupt mess long before Harper
Some people are claiming the senate was this wonderful institution of “second sober thought” before Harper came along. Pure hogwash. Let’s not forget one of the four corrupt senators caught…
Proportional Representation ensures “equality of ridings”
The Cons have started a new misinformation campaign. They claim democracy is founded on the “equality of ridings” and somehow First-Past-the-Post is the only voting system that can deliver it.…
If we had ranked ballot, Reform party wouldn’t rule the country
Ranked ballot voting is a modest kind of electoral reform that accomplishes a lot. It changes the ballot letting voters rank candidates by number instead of marking one with an…
Conservative ideology and brain damage
Colby Cosh of Maclean’s muses how the cold winter weather of Edmonton produced the “cradle of leadership” in Canada. He bases this on a study out of Japan which claims…
Tarsands are disgusting, but not the real threat
It wasn’t long ago pundits were talking of the impending peak oil disaster (caused when demand outstrips supply.) It turns out we got worse: an endless supply of unconventional oil…
Fair Vote to “seize the moment” — yet again
According to FVC, the Liberal party is at a “turning point.” Prominent Liberals such as Bob Rae, Stephane Dion and Joyce Murray advocate Proportional Representation. So FVC is targeting the…
The senate: imagined and real
It’s human nature to cling to institutions. They are what stands between us and anarchy. People tend to think it’s radical to question them. Yet if we didn’t, we never…
Ten point Liberal lead not enough for majority
According to a recent EKOS poll, the Trudeau Liberals have a 10 point lead on Harper. Yet it’s not nearly enough to secure a majority government. Game changer Most Canadians…
Cost of shirt shows zero reason to exploit workers in developing countries
Maclean’s breaks down the costs of bringing a $14 shirt to a retailer near you: The 12 cents spent on labor in countries like Bangladesh makes up less than 1%…
Trade does not equal jobs
In my last blog, Free trade ideology much ado about nothing, there was a broken link to a blog from Paul Krugman which exposes the fallacy that free trade “creates…
Free trade ideology much ado about nothing
The idea that free trade deals create wealth and jobs is a fallacy according to Paul Krugman. Who is he? A “leftist” columnist for the New York Times? No, actually…
The truth about government debt
Jim Stanford writes an enlightening piece about government debt titled, The only thing we have to fear? Fear of debt itself. Nothing personal The first mistake people make about government…