Hold your bets on the 2019 election.
Got a call from a call centre the other day looking for funds for prime minister Trudeau’s liberals. It is likely that they have to push harder these days. It…
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Dougie’s second stupidest stunt.
In many years of running major political events, one of the automatic considerations is always security. There is no question that well publicized events of that nature can attract the…
It is the door on the left that is open wide.
We keep waiting for signs that there is some life left in the Ontario liberals. It has been a while now and we can hardly wait for Doug Ford to…
Our 400 MPP.
There is no point in complaining that our Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte member of the legislature is never in the electoral district. He obviously drives through it every time he goes to or…
Ford fast-tracks the slippery slope.
One of the problems with being a bit older is that you have seen it all before. Premier Doug Ford, for example, might be just a reprise of Mike Harris,…
Persons who help themselves get most.
The headline was supposed to be ‘God helps those who help themselves.’ It did not seem right though to invoke a Deity. Considering how many Deities are promoted around Toronto…
When the Kingfish rules.
While many see him as a Trump-lite, Ontario’s premier Doug Ford is more of a politician in the tradition of Louisiana’s governor Huey P. Long (Born 1893 – Assassinated 1935).…
Defectors define democracy.
One of the critical strengths of our Canadian democracy is that we elect people in each electoral district to represent us in parliament. While we might choose them because of…
Complacency is Justin Trudeau’s enemy.
With a federal election ten months away, we can ignore all polls. They tell us little. It reminds me of the first party campaign in which I was involved. It…
Meet Ms. Mulroney and Ms. Simard.
Coventry can be described as that place in the corner of the Ontario legislature to where politicians are sent to be forever forgotten. They continue to draw their pay from…
Where bullies wear blue.
Welcome to Queen’s Park. This is that island in the centre of Toronto that carries the weight of Ontario’s provincial government. The uniform of the day on this island of…
Doppelgangers don’t do it.
There is a tendency among political leaders to have someone very much like themselves to serve as their chief of staff. It gives them confidence that the person will react…
Chuckles’ confusion of conservatives.
Federal conservative leader Andrew ‘Chuckles’ Scheer knows that a bunch of whales is a ‘pod,’ and a group of geese a ‘gaggle.’ We are guessing that he has also found…
Doug Ford’s mean streak.
It seems that Douglas Ford Jr.’s mother never told him that what goes around comes around. That is not just a homily. It is a warning. The Ontario premier is…
Bernier’s bonus: “No more political correctness.”
As MP Maxime Bernier continues to build his new party of the far right, he is finding easy hunting in Alberta. The MP from Beauce claims some 30,000 memberships sold…
Clement’s calamity?
It is so easy when you never liked someone to get a little lift from their downfall. It is always best to leave subjects such as this without comment, as…
Ford fights his false phantoms.
Premier Ford of Ontario must think business people in the province are generally stupid. At an Ontario Chamber of Commerce sponsored luncheon, he told the business people there that the…
A government built on falsehoods.
Martin Regg Cohn of the Toronto Star described the Ontario conservatives as ageist the other day. He believes that Doug Ford’s Tories are the party of only the old people.…
Cost of challenging climate change.
The bills keep rolling in. Dougie and the Deplorables should take their show on tour and give things a rest at Queen’s Park. This provincial government, that ran on promises…