Failure-ology
Why did Justin Trudeau lose a million votes in the 2019 election? Why did he lose his majority? Why did he lose his standing in the world, and with Canadians?…
Canadian Politics
Contracting out employment services in Ford’s Ontario
Ontario premier Doug Ford. Photo from Flickr. Ontario’s self-styled government-for-the-people has announced new “prototype” projects to run social service employment programs. Prototype service managers were revealed in February for Hamilton-Niagara,…
With coronavirus chaos south of the line, brace yourself for some of it to come to our way in Canada
U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s incompetent and ideologically driven response to the international coronavirus crisis poses a serious national security threat to Canada. Can we do anything about it? Say,…
Can Canada’s Conservatives resist temptation to try to sabotage the accord with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs?
It will be interesting to see how the Conservative Opposition in Ottawa and Alberta’s Conservative government react to yesterday’s announcement the federal and British Columbia governments have reached an accord…
Team Alberta update
NOTICE TO PRO-ALBERTA FOLKS: Back from Calgary. Met with many smart Albertans. Got ideas for our non-partisan, citizen-led group. Next steps: a name. Membership. And a launch party at @DaisyGrp.…
What really happened to the Teck Frontier oilsands mine? It’s the market, stupid!
So what really happened to the Teck Frontier oilsands mine? Hint: It wasn’t anything Justin Trudeau did or didn’t do. That’s pure United Conservative Party gas lighting, a game a…
Knowing this is coming, what do you do?
You do cheap publicity stunts, in a transparent bid to look somehow relevant, that’s what. “Dozens of electoral district associations affiliated with the People’s Party of Canada have been deregistered…
What ever happened to dental therapy in Canada?
It might surprise many that one in three Canadians lacks dental insurance while nearly one-fifth of Canadians avoid the dentist each year due to financial constraints. Mainstream though is, if…
Is the Conservative Opposition a national government in waiting or a separatist bloc? Andrew Scheer must decide
Who said, “At time of global economic instability, Canada’s government must stand unequivocally for keeping the country together”? I won’t tease you. It was Stephen Harper, on Dec. 3, 2008.…
The state of the art of Conservative victimhood in Alberta: Cue the violins! Here comes the Buffalo Declaration!
Cue the violins! No one does victimhood like an Alberta Conservative contemplating the prospect of another term in Opposition overlooking the Ottawa River. Michelle Rempel Garner, the Blocker Queen of…
The Wet’suwet’en, Aboriginal Title, and the Rule of Law: An Explainer
Finally a clear explanation-Wet’suwet’en, Aboriginal Title, and the Rule of Law By Kate Gunn & Bruce McIvor The RCMP’s enforcement of the Coastal GasLink injunction against the Wet’suwet’en has ignited…
Never mind the gong show! The War Room will war on, vows Energy Minister Sonya Savage
Political commentators and professional gag writers breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when they learned from Energy Minister and Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. Director Sonya Savage that Alberta’s “Energy War…
JWR offers a solution
But Trudeau won’t listen. He doesn’t like strong women who talk back. Story: Wilson-Raybould, now an independent MP, called for Trudeau to fly to B.C. to get personally involved in…
A Family Day toast to Don Getty, whose record is underwhelming, but whose best-known achievement was one for the ages
The winters around here are long. Even with social media Canadians need a February holiday. Come to think of it, given what the Internet has turned into in the few…
solidarity with wet’suwet’en land defenders and their allies on the frontlines
Thank you to the Wet’suwet’en people who are courageously defending their land for the greater good of us all. Thank you to the Kahnawake people who are courageously blocking the…
solidarity with wet’suwet’en land defenders and their allies on the frontlines
Thank you to the Wet’suwet’en people who are courageously defending their land for the greater good of us all. Thank you to the Kahnawake people who are courageously blocking the…