BREAKING: shocking video of our racist Prime Minister in blackface
It’s from 2003, I’m told – more recent than the photos from last night. In it, he acts like an ape – which leaves to wonder if that’s what he…
Canadian Politics
My latest: this isn’t the face of a Prime Minister
Blackface. I’ve been writing about, and researching – and opposing – racism for more than thirty years. And make no mistake: blackface isn’t funny. It’s racist. Ask Megyn Kelly. A…
‘NO FUTURE, NO CHILDREN’ UNTIL GOVERNMENTS ADDRESS CLIMATE CRISIS, CANADIAN YOUTH DECLARE
Climate Strike Canada/Facebook A group of more than 450 youth, most of them Canadian, are declaring they won’t have children until they see the federal government taking sufficient action…
‘What happened to The Sun?’ asks a staffer’s widely circulated internal email.
Snapshot of a Postmedia staffer’s email to Sun and Province editor-in-chief Harold Munro circulated widely among colleagues at the newspaper. David Beers 13 Sep 2019 | TheTyee.ca David Beers…
RCMP official’s arrest sparks broad review by federal departments involved in national security
Details not revealed as the issue is before the courts. ROBERT FIFE OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF KRISTY KIRKUP PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS REPORTER PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 All government departments involved in…
How the Green Party Came to Support Dumping Raw Sewage into the Ocean.
Doing Politics Differently? By Mark Christopher Warrior In 2012 the “Harper Government” announced it was prepared to fund one third of the cost of building Victoria’s first sewage plant and…
Jagmeet Singh’s moment to shine—and get a little angry
POLITICS The NDP leader was at his most compelling when he was mad, and standing up for a cause. It helped him emerge from the first debate looking like the…
Sarcasm does not become a premier — especially as our placid boreal Dominion grows less gelid by the day
Methinks the premier doth protest too much! What else can we say about Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s bizarre 2,330-word public letter yesterday to Alex Neve of Amnesty International Canada, attacking…
#LavScam latest: cops interview former AG, Trudeau Libs stonewall
And, Trudeau lies and pins the blame on bureaucrats. From the Globe: Former justice minister and attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould met with RCMP investigators this week to discuss political interference in…
It’s tough to be a federal Liberal or a New Democrat in Alberta … especially during elections
It’s always hard to be a federal Liberal in Alberta … especially during elections! (Ba-boom!) In the federal election Prime Minister Trudeau called yesterday, it’ll probably be just a little…
The Writ Drops in Canada
Today starts the official first day of the election campaign, with the Prime Minister asking the Governor-General to dissolve Parliament for an election taking place on Oct 21st. With that…
It’s Jason Kenney, not Amnesty International, who’s poking holes in Alberta’s claim we produce the most ‘ethical oil’
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s petulant response yesterday to Amnesty International’s scorching letter about the dangers represented by his United Conservative Party Government’s approach to defending the fossil fuel industry exposes…
Justin Trudeau doesn’t know your life, and he never will
In it for you. It’s the New Democrats – now a sad shadow of their former selves – who, ironically, came up with the best slogan for the 2019 federal…
‘Inauthentic activity’ on social media, abuse of progressive women in politics … is there a common thread here?
Is there a common thread running between reports Friday that a spike in “inauthentic activity” on social media just before the Alberta provincial election came from unidentified backers of the…
The Pallister Conservative threat to Manitoba Hydro
Photo by John Woods/CP Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister called a snap election for September 10, over a year before required under the province’s fixed election law. Undoubtedly this was done…
Liberals use RCMP in attempt to silence critics of their foreign policy
Yves Engler and Dimitri Lascaris were blocked from attending a talk by the prime minister at the Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal. Still image from YouTube. On Tuesday two RCMP agents…
Happy Labour Day, Alberta Day, or whatever … brace yourself for unpleasantness tomorrow!
Happy Labour Day! Given the occasion, it’s mildly surprising Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government didn’t use today to announce the “findings” of its “blue-ribbon” panel’s “deep dive” into the state…
Why Canadian media won’t call post-Brexit protests ‘pro-democracy demonstrations’
If there are riots in Britain after the hard Brexit Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party cronies have scheduled for Halloween, will mainstream media in Canada describe them…