No drama. No surprise. Pierre Poilievre won without breaking into a sweat. So what else is new? After last night, or maybe today, the good voters of Battle River-Crowfoot will…
The Conservative Party of Canada yesterday handed Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney an opportunity to do something bold that would be good for Canadian working people, improve the country’s labour…
It must have nearly killed Danielle Smith yesterday to come out and advocate for Canada to drop its 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Admittedly, Alberta’s premier did so half-heartedly.…
A government lawyer will be in court today in Edmonton to intervene on behalf of a group that wants Alberta to separate from Canada. A letter yesterday from a Justice…
Please see my letter to the editor, published in today’s Globe and Mail, in which I support lowering the voting age in Canada: What’s in a number? Re “Lower the…
No sooner was Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer embroiled in a back and forth with Danielle Smith and her justice minister about his decision to ask the courts if a referendum…
Regardless of what you think of the Longest Ballot Committee’s call for Canadian electoral reform, you have to admit that Elections Canada’s solution yesterday to the mischievous addition of more…
Back in 2018, I asked, “Do we need a Canadian version of the Logan Act to put a stop to dangerous freelance diplomacy?” The proximate cause of this rhetorical query…
Late last year, I blogged about Canada's shameful role in ongoing and illegal animal abuse: the importation of long-tailed macaques, an endangered species of monkey, for use in drug experiments.…
Late last year, I blogged about Canada's shameful role in ongoing and illegal animal abuse: the importation of long-tailed macaques, an endangered species of monkey, for use in drug experiments.…
Prime Minister Mark Carney kept his promise yesterday and expeditiously called a by-election in Alberta’s Battle River-Crowfoot riding so that seatless Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre can return…
If you’ve seen the website saying Edmonton Strathcona Member of Parliament Heather McPherson is considering running to lead the federal NDP and thought the wording seemed oddly ambivalent, there’s an…
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – It’s now been 81 years since our magnificent Canadian soldiers stormed ashore at Juno Beach in Normandy to play their part the grim and deadly task…
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – The bosses of 38 Canadian oil and gas corporations signed a letter of congratulations to Prime Minister Mark Carney after his April 28 election victory and…
Say what you will about the King’s reading of the Throne Speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa yesterday, his measured tones did manage to leave the impression that grownups…
King Charles and Queen Camilla waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their coronation service. Photo courtesy HM Government/Wikimedia Commons. As Victoria Day memories fade, mon...
The NDP—and the Canadian left more generally—seems to be at a loss for purpose in a political landscape that is suddenly oriented around threats from our southern neighbour. Photo courtesy…
Fortis BC has been advertising an interesting programme. The programme is a rebate that assists their customers in transitioning to a new “dual fuel” heat pump system. The idea is…
RED DEER – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called a news conference yesterday to tell the impertinent journalists who showed up why, as a strong believer in Canadian Confederation, she intends…
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Photo courtesy Pierre Poilievre/X. How did the Conservative Party lose an election defined by nationalism? Traditionally, it is conservative parties t...
