Justin Trudeau, the Elephant, and the Moose
Justin Trudeau hasn't wasted any time taking his case against Donald Trump's tariffs directly to the American people.In an interview on the NBC News show Meet the Press he made…
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Donald Trump’s trade war, the Ontario Election, the Trudeau government’s pipeline and more
Photo: Donald Trump with United States Secretary of Commerce Kim Kardashian (kidding). There was no shortage of political news to talk about this week on the Ryan Jespersen Show. On…
Justin Trudeau and the Treason of the Cons
You might think that at a time when the maniac in the White House has declared war on Canada.And Justin Trudeau is fighting to save hundreds of thousands of jobs…
We bought a pipeline! How the federal government’s purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline impacts the key players in this never-ending dispute
We own a pipeline! Well, not yet. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced yesterday that the federal government plans to purchase the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline from Kinder Morgan Inc.…
Trudeau Liberals call the opposition’s bluff and ‘nationalize’ (sort of, maybe) the Trans Mountain Pipeline
OK, so Ottawa’s going to buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline for $4.5 billion and run it as a Crown corporation. That’s a good start. (Caveats to follow.) Theoretically, it could…
The Day Andrew Scheer Chickened Out On Doug Ford
When it looked like Doug Ford was heading for a crushing majority, him and Andrew Scheer were the best of buddies.And Scheer even made plans to hit the campaign trail…
Pipeline politics in Canada circa 2018: Destroying the rule of law in order to save it
Obviously, we have to destroy the rule of law in order to save it! With Kinder Morgan Inc.’s do-or-drop-it deadline set to arrive on Thursday, that seems to be the…
The Strange Return of Stephen Harper
A few weeks ago he was spotted at an Ottawa McDonald's, trying hard not to be recognized, and apparently content to be living in well deserved obscurity.But appearances can be…
Andrew Scheer and the Abortion Question
Last Wednesday Justin Trudeau was answering a question about abortion, which ended with him declaring that his government would always defend a woman's right to choose.When the Con MP Ted…
Andrew Scheer and the Con’s Cowardly Fear Factor.
For many months Andrew Scheer has been making a fool out of himself by trying to scare Canadians with the idea of a carbon tax.But it's just not working, the…
How Andrew Scheer Is Trying To Kill The Marijuana Bill
I watched Andrew Scheer's appearance last night on Tout Le Monde En Parle, Quebec's biggest talk show.And although I thought his French was (slightly) better than I had imagined it…
UCP draws huge crowds, huge controversy to its first policy convention
(Photo credit: @Alberta_UCP on Twitter) With more than 2,500 party members in attendance, this weekend’s United Conservative Party founding convention was one of the biggest political events in Alberta’s recent…
Andrew Scheer and the Day the India Story Died
For months Andrew Scheer tried to keep his hyper inflated India story going, in the hope that it would make him more popular than Justin Trudeau.And for a while it…
Michael Harris On Why Andrew Scheer Will Never Be Prime Minister
I used to admire Michael Harris. During the grim years of the Harper regime he was a bright candle in the darkness.But then when Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister, Harris…
Scheer Won’t Make It
Conservatives in Alberta and Ontario are poised for a come back. In Ottawa, they’re hoping that Andrew Scheer will bring them back from the wilderness. But, Michael Harris writes, there…
The Many Lies of the Con Artist Andrew Scheer
As you may know, I consider Andrew Scheer to be a serial liar, a man who lies almost as much as Donald Trump does.A liar who should have a flashing…
Andrew Scheer’s Most Miserable Birthday
It will be his birthday soon. One year since since he became Con leader and began his crusade to become Prime Minister.After a Con leadership race marred by the lack…
Chuckles brings home a report card.
Andrew ‘Chuckles’ Scheer has spent the better part of a year in Ottawa as leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. A report card is due. Will we like the report…
The Toronto Tragedy and the Trump Party Cons
It was already a horrible tragedy, an act of insane violence or murderous misogyny. The alleged attacker had posted praise for a mass murderer in the United States who was…
Jason Kenney joins attack on David Suzuki; complains too many U of A honorary degrees go to progressives
Where is the Globe and Mail, the National Post, federal Opposition leader Andrew Scheer? After all, they were all such convincing defenders of intellectual freedom on campus when the barbs…