If It’s Intrigue You Want, Ottawa Is Still Small Potatoes.
Rumours abound of plots to topple Justin Trudeau and pluck some successor out of the ashes of an engulfed Liberal party in time to fight this fall’s general election. Relax,…
The Mound of Sound
They Engineered the Fracture Because It Works.
It has long been my belief that the deeply divided societies that have become standard fare across the West were cultivated. We didn’t get into two camps inadvertently. We’ve been…
Here’s Something We Can Learn from Twitter
A team of researchers went to social media to assess how we’re responding to climate change. Their findings have just been published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy…
Oh, To See Ourselves as Others See Us
Full disclosure: the only reason the SNC-Lavalin scandal matters to me is that it might clear a path for Andrew Scheer’s Tories to win the October general elections. That’s it.…
The Great Oceanic Die-Off Now Underway
A new report in Nature Climate Change warns that heat waves are sweeping the oceans causing a die off of sea grasses, kelp and corals, leading to a dangerous loss…
Toronto Star – Justin, It’s Do or Die.
The Toronto Star editorial board has a message for Justin. Only the prime minister can now stop the bleeding and he has a lot of catching up to do. It…
Coming to Your Newsstand Soon
The April Macleans cover. It’s going to make that trip to the grocery store a bit of an ordeal for Liberal faithful, especially Justin’s acolytes. I read Paul Wells takedown…
Well He’s Still Got Dame Cathy – I Think.
Do you think Justin made a mistake when he went for that gender-balanced cabinet? So far he’s had two prominent cabinet ministers resign, Jody Wilson-Raybould and now Jane Philpott. You…
Treasury Board President Quits Trudeau Cabinet.
Jane Philpott has had enough with the prime minister’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. The Treasury Board President has resigned from cabinet. “I have been considering the events that have…
Sitting on the Fence
Venezuela. SNC-Lavalin. Those are just two issues on which opinion is deeply divided to the point where the force of partisanship is inescapable. In my case I end up sitting…
Why We Cannot Escape Neoliberalism – Ask Machiavelli
Machiavelli would have understood that we’ve trapped ourselves.
"There are Thousands Like Him"
News cameras devoured footage of Chris Hasson’s arsenal – assault rifles, shotguns, pistols, a sniper rifle, ammo boxes stuffed with rounds and a manifesto of those he was out to…
The Case for Lowering the Voting Age
I’ve never been a fan of the idea of enfranchising younger people – until I realized the arguments against it are bollocks. We’ve gone along with this notion that until…
LavScam – Does That Bring Back Memories
Just the name “LavScam” rekindles memories of Liberal scandals past, especially the AdScam or Sponsorship Scandal that condemned the Liberal Party to wander in the desert, unloved, unwanted for a…
Nikiforuk Tackles SNC-L’s Criminality
“The misuse of public procurement processes in the construction industry, the manipulation of the rules governing the financing of political parties and the infiltration of the industry by organized crime…
A Point Well-Taken. The Hopeless Position When an Attorney-General is Also Justice Minister
Ottawa U. Faculty of Law dean, Adam Dodek, hits the nail squarely on the head – it’s nigh impossible and fraught with conflicts to appoint one person to serve as…
Autocracy Ascendant
You can’t have an over-populated, resource depleted world ravaged by climate change, under the heel of late-stage neoliberalism and not expect destabilization and people eager to exploit confusion, dislocation and…
Gerry Butts In
Trudeau’s recently departed principal secretary, Gerald Butts, reportedly is asking for a chance to appear before the Commons Justice Committee.
Breaking Faith with Democracy in Canada
I knew, almost from the outset, that there was something deeply wrong with the government of Justin Trudeau. The freshly-minted prime minister, perhaps in a moment of hubris, chose to…
I’m Sorry But the Dauphin Screwed Up
The Trudeau brand has taken a few hits since Justin became prime minister but this latest fiasco involving ex-Justice Minister Jody is an ugly, possibly even indelible stain on that…