Rest in Peace, ‘Grassroots Guarantee’ – Jason Kenney’s famous promise is gone with the wind
You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but, as Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have observed, you…
Canadian Politics
In Flanders Fields? It’s time to encourage another generation of school kids to read some better poems from the Great War
A civilization that forgets its poetry is barely worthy of the name. Like fiction and unlike non-fiction, poetry is how a culture’s most profound truths are told. Unlike fiction, poetry…
On Alberta’s anti-equalization referendum, BQ’s Blanchet tells UCP’s Kenney: Bring it on!
As the folk wisdom goes, be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. Jason Kenney got his wish yesterday when Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told him,…
Canada’s eviscerated democracy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a campaign rally in Vancouver, November 18, 2019. Photo from Facebook. On September 20, Canadians voted to hold the line. While forty seats changed hands,…
Sorry, Justin Trudeau: There is no equivalence between the extreme right and the extreme left
A billboard featuring the portrait of People’s Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier and its message “Say NO to Mass Immigration” in Toronto, August 25, 2019. Photo from Twitter.…
Jason Kenney will try to spin his anti-equalization referendum vote as a huge victory – don’t believe him
Deeply unpopular with Alberta voters, distrusted by many in his own divided caucus, and with his United Conservative Party in financial disarray, Premier Jason Kenney will try to spin the…
It’s good the Two Michaels are on their way home – but let’s not forget they weren’t the only hostages
Surely most Canadians rejoiced last night when they learned the Two Michaels were on their way home from their long imprisonment in China. It’s equally certain that some very well-placed…
Uppercase Imperialism?
Dr. Linda Manyguns has stylized herself as Dr. linda manyguns because she stopped using uppercase (capital) letters to protest the “symbols of hierarchy.” Manyguns is the associate vice-president of indigenization…
The election everyone lost
In many ways, every single party—along with the Canadian electorate—lost this disappointing election, writes Canadian Dimension columnist Christo Aivalis. Photo from Twitter. The 2021 Canadian federal election is over, and…
Alberta Health Minister shuffled to Labour; Labour Minister shuffled to Health … premier says he won’t quit
VICTORIA – Say what you will about Jason Kenney, he never fails to disappoint. When the buzz hit social media yesterday morning that Alberta’s premier would attempt to shore up…
It’s déjà vu all over again
Justin Trudeau during an election campaign stop in Montréal, October 17, 2019. Photo from Twitter. Two years of minority parliament and several weeks of rather bland campaigning later the election…
Justin Trudeau’s status quo election
Justin Trudeau speaks during a Liberal Party election night event in Montréal, Québec, in the early hours of Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Still image from YouTube/Yahoo News. According to the…
De-facto voter suppression came to Canada yesterday
Justin Trudeau visits his campaign office in Papineau, Montréal. Photo from Twitter. The story most are telling about Canada’s 44th federal election on September 20, 2021 is that it produced…
It’s Election Day in Canada: If you work, even if you don’t have a union, you’re entitled to three consecutive paid hours to vote
The Canada Elections Act entitles all eligible voters to sufficient time to vote on Election Day. This applies to employees without a union as well as unionized workers. The sign…
Election 2021’s most significant 11th hour story: Can the PPC hang onto its unexpectedly strong support today?
Today is election day in Canada, typically presenting members of the pundit class with a practical problem. This is the day on which interest in election news peaks. It’s also…
Preston Manning, godfather of the Canadian right, charts a plan for dealing with another Liberal government
Neoliberals, like rust, never sleep. So we shouldn’t be surprised Preston Manning already seems to be looking ahead to a post-election go at the new Liberal government, same as the…
What I’ll be watching for Election night (PPC – Rural ON/AB) #Elxn44
We’ve had a month of campaigning in the Federal Election 2021. I don’t need to recap everything that’s gone on, except to say it APPEARS (with large emphasis on that…
What I’ll be watching for Election night (PPC – Rural ON/AB) #Elxn44
We’ve had a month of campaigning in the Federal Election 2021. I don’t need to recap everything that’s gone on, except to say it APPEARS (with large emphasis on that…
NDP platform the most progressive and fiscally responsible of top three parties
All three parties are promising similar deficits over the next five years, but only the NDP’s plan would reduce the amount of wealth controlled by the rich while adding $106…
Jason Kenney proves that Alberta provincial leaders can still influence federal election campaigns!
Who says Albertans don’t have influence in Confederation? Jason Kenney proved once again Wednesday that an Alberta political leader, just by calling a news conference and speaking a few words,…