Mitzie Hunter is next up in answering some questions about her Ontario Liberal Party leadership run. You’ll find her relevant website and contact info below the very last answer of…
I’m busier than that proverbial one-armed paperhanger right now, so it’s possible that production of posts on this blog is going to fall for the next couple of weeks from…
“If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.” – Mark Twain In its origin, democracy was participatory. The ancient Greeks defined democracy (dēmokratía) as “rule of the…
“Wexit” is dangerous, but not because it’s ever likely to come to pass. The economic case for Prairie separatism is so obviously lame — because of what’s happened to the…
Kate Graham is the next of the leadership candidates for the Ontario Liberal Party to submit her answers to my “5 Questions”. You can find Kate’s website here. Her answers…
The Ellice Liquor Mart in downtown Winnipeg. Photo by Austin Grabish/CBC Winnipeg’s media outlets are salivating at the chance to create a moral panic over alleged liquor store thefts. Nearly…
Alvin Tedjo is the 2nd of the Ontario Liberal Leadership candidates to turn in his answers to my “5 Questions” series. You can find his website here. His answers are…
In my ongoing quest to be New and Improved Warren™, I note, approvingly, that Justin Trudeau has kind of disappeared in recent days. No costumes, no sock modelling, no social…
Has anyone noticed how the propaganda produced by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation seems to be growing more inept of late? Misleading arguments and anti-union bias have long characterized many of…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson shakes hands with Justin Trudeau. Photo from the official photostream of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Flickr). “How can you tell when a…
If you were to search through my archives, you would find back in 2012 that I did a series of “5 Questions” with Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates who were…
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh at a capaign event in Parksville Beach, BC. Photo by Wayne Polk (Flickr). When the news broke that the Liberals had won every riding in the…
1. He’s a Western social conservative and most Canadian voters are neither Westerners nor social conservatives. 2. He allowed himself to be defined (see above) before he defined himself. 3.…
Seeking “social license” for Alberta’s fossil fuel industry was said by the NDP government of former premier Rachel Notley to be a way to win approval for more pipeline capacity…
Since I posted my useless blather just before the recent Canadian federal election, I feel like I should weigh in on the outcome. My thoughts are not trenchant or incisive,…
From CBC, earlier today: On his Kinsellacast podcast, an unapologetic Kinsella said the campaign to spotlight racists who attached themselves to the fledgling party was not supposed to extend into…
Happy St. Crispin’s Day, Alberta! Appropriately enough, it’s time for those of us who live here in Wild Rose Country to cry, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once…
Find a new leader that is a bit more moderate on social issues (Rona Ambrose, Michael Chong, Lisa Raitt even) and bring back more progressive policies. Regarding Climate change; if…
If you concluded as New Brunswick’s Conservative premier just did that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s somewhat reduced victory in Monday’s federal election indicates a certain level of support for carbon…
