#Elxn44 Roundup
Assorted reactions to a federal election which changed so little. – The Canadian Labour Congress points out that we can’t afford to be stuck with the status quo when there’s…
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An Open Letter To Jason Kenney
Dear Premier Kenney, The time for you to step down has come. It actually arrived in July of 2021 when COVID-19 modelling was showing Alberta going into a fourth wave…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Alert cats.
How The CPC Snatched Defeat From The Jaws of Victory on September 20
Last night's election was an object lesson in how the CPC has failed as a party. Practically speaking, they failed horribly last night. On paper, they garnered more of the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alexander Quon reports on Alexander Wong’s call for far more public health measures to alleviate COVID’s unmanageable strain on Saskatchewan’s health care…
Can the Greens Ever Come Back?
Whether she stays on or takes the honourable route and leaves, Green leader, Annamie Paul, may have dealt her party a lethal blow. Ms. Paul not only lost her third…
Looking Back
When he ran on Stephen Harper’s record, promising a new dawn, a Liberal renaissance, we gave him a majority. Sure it was a “false majority” but, hey, it would be…
The Dumbest Line Of The Evening
The election that no one wanted, Justin Trudeau excepted, ended predictably. The award for the dumbest line of the evening has to go to perpetual bridesmaid, Erin O’Toole, who claimed…
Don’t Stay Up Tonight
If the predictions are right and this election turns out to be a nail-biter, save those nails for tomorrow. Elections Canada says the 1.2 million mail-in votes it received won’t…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Doug Cuthand discusses how everybody is worse off as a result of the combination of government negligence and individual vaccine hesitancy. And Liam…
#Elxn44 E-Day Links
News and notes as Canada’s federal election draws to a close. – David Moscrop discusses how a campaign nobody wanted is leaning toward grudging continuation of the status quo which…
On This, Our Electoral Sabbath
As we go to the temple of the ballot box, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on the imperiled state of democracy in the 2020s. There’s an idea making the…
In Search of a Real Government
There was a time when governing Canada meant dealing with all issues critical to the wellbeing of the nation. No prime minister was ever entirely successful at that. All had…
And They Wonder Why They’re Barely Clinging to Life
Depending on whose numbers you like, the Trudeau Liberals are up on O’Toole’s Conservatives a full 0.3% or down around 1.0%. It’s enough to have Mr. Trudeau and his Liberal…
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Victoria Nicolau reports on the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s campaign scorecard, showing the NDP well ahead of other parties in addressing…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes that it’s long past time for Jason Kenney to resign as utterly unfit for public office. The Globe and Mail’s…
#Elxn44 Roundup
News and notes from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Cam Fenton discusses how “strategic” votes for the Libs in the name of climate change figure to be anything but, while…
Scab Pickers. That’s All They Are.
I don’t know that it matters much who wins on Monday. The country will muddle along undefended, unprepared, neglected by Team Trudeau or Team O’Toole, grey suits stuffed with wet…
Musical interlude
Sigrid – Mirror
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Wallis Snowdon reports on what critical-care triage caused by a combination of COVID-19 and mismanagement will mean in Alberta’s ICUs (at a time…