Drowning My Sorrows in Harperland: A Cautionary Tale
Oh boy. It was such a beautiful day. I went for a long bike ride, and this evening from a distance Toronto never looked so pretty. At least the parts…
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Montreal and the Grand Prix Circus
It's Saturday night in Montreal, and the Grand Prix party is just warming up. Thousands of people are milling around on Ste Catherine street. Demonstrators, racing fans, tourists, party kids,…
When the Harper Oil Pimps Destroy Themselves
Last night I told you how the Harper regime was creating a Royal Canadian Oil Police to make sure that nobody but NOBODY stops their planned pipeline to British Columbia.…
Stephen Harper and the Silent Coup
I've been writing about Stephen Harper for a long time, and every year the picture on the screen gets darker and more sinister. Just as I always knew it would.…
Dean Del Mastro and the Ghastly Cons
Uh oh. I KNEW it was a mistake to make Dean Del Mastro, the Con point man on the robocall scandal. One moment he was leading the charge, bellowing like…
The Blackout Speakout Protest
I’m not sure I agree with this kind of protest. I’d prefer to see a million angry Canadians in the streets. But anything is better than nothing. To resist is…
Jean Charest and the Grand Prix Panic
Oh no. Somebody please stop him. It looks as if Jean Charest has finally, as we say in Québec, perdu ses pédales, or lost his pedals. He's so eager to…
Jason Kenney and the Royal Jelly
As you probably know I'm not exactly a fan of Jason Kenney. Ever since he said that gays should be free to marry, but only if they married someone of…
Quebec: When a Society Wakes Up
It was wet and miserable in Montreal today. But that didn't stop thousands of people from attending a rally to support the Quebec students. Thousands of people clad in raincoats…
The One Percent and the Party Animals
In 1985 the late Quebec filmmaker Pierre Falardeau made a short movie called Le Temps des Bouffons (The Time of the Buffoons).It showed members of the Montreal elite partying at…
Jimbo Flaherty and the Vanishing Economy
I'm sad to see that so many GM workers are losing their jobs in Oshawa. The Canadian Auto Workers union received official notice Friday that GM will begin shutting down…
Quebec’s Mad Emperor Strikes Again
They don't call Jean Charest the Mad Emperor of Quebec for nothing eh? For this is madness. Four days of negotiations ended in an impasse on Thursday when Premier Jean…
Tom Mulcair and the Tarry Bubbly
Whew. I see Tom Mulcair managed to gallop into Alberta today, cast his eyes upon the darkness of the Oil Sands, and make his getaway without dropping the dreaded T…
The Casserole Protest and the Two Solitudes
As a guy who has one foot in each solitude, I know that the Québécois tend to be a little more exuberant than Canadians in the rest of the country.…
The Police Execution of Paul Boyd
I think this is the most disturbing video I've ever seen. Paul Boyd, a mentally ill man in Vancouver crawls towards police after being shot seven times. And is finished…
The Quebec Students and the Occupy Movement
On my way home today I visited the park where Occupy Toronto once lived. And I could hardly recognize the place. The old gazebo where so many passionate speeches were…
The Triumph of Thomas Mulcair
The Cons and their stooges in the right-wing media have gone after him like a pack of rabid hyenas. They have attacked the man, claiming he was too angry and…
Quebec, the Con Media, and the Greek Obsession
It's funny eh? When I see pictures like this one I see people standing up for their rights, telling a corrupt government to take their fascist bill and shove it,…
Quebec and the Not So Quiet Revolution
There was another amazing freedom party in Montreal tonight. Thousands and thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets, beating pots and pans. Defying the police to arrest them for…