Doug Ford is just Trump Lite.
It was made clear when we announced the winner that the new Conservative leader in Ontario was just Trump Lite. There are some interesting similarities between the two men and…
Doug Ford
No Donald Trump
For those of us who worry that Doug Ford is Donald of the North, Tom Walkom has a calming message: Forget the comparisons to Donald Trump. Doug Ford, Ontario’s new…
Seeking Sanctuary
Sometimes, living in Canada’s most populous province is embarrassing. Anyone know a remote mountain top I can retreat to? These letter-writers define my problem: In light of the recent PC…
Doug Ford and the Theocon Conspiracy
We already knew that Doug Ford arranged to get anointed in a church to solidify the support of social conservatives.We knew that he has promised to make it harder for…
See what preferential voting gets you?
Will they ever learn? The Ontario conservatives used preferential voting in their recent leadership race. Yes, they were rushed and used the same foolish system that gave them Patrick Brown…
Ontario’s Conservatives looking like a Multi Level Marketing scheme….
If you’ve ever been to a presentation for a company like Amway or Melaluca, then you likely understand the appeal of someone like Doug Ford. The script is fairly simple,…
Doug Ford and the Enema of My Enemies
Well he's now officially the leader, or the Boss of Bosses, of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.After complaining about "serious irregularities" poor old Christine Elliott has hurriedly surrendered.“After completing…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Rochelle Toplensky reports that ten years after a financial meltdown based on the instability of top-down economic structures, multinational corporations are paying substantially…
Flaubert’s Conservative Dictionary
Watching Doug Ford become the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives and Jason Kenney taking shots at Justin Trudeau and gender neutrality in his congratulatory speech, Ms Soapbox’s mind drifted…
Doug Ford Wins Ontario PC Leadership With Chants of MOGA
Trumpism has come to Ontario. The highly unpopular movement in the US fueled by social conservatives has reared its head in Ontario politics last night when controversial PC leadership candidate…
Doug Ford and the Con Clown Horror Show
I know I predicted that the Ontario PC leadership race would be a Con clown show, and it was.Their convention was a total disaster. It dragged on for hours with…
Donald Trump Lite and the Ontario PCs.
After spending Saturday afternoon watching Rosemary Barton and CBC News struggling with the Ontario Conservative fiasco, I was not sure whether the party or the news media did the worst…
The Ontario PCs in Wonderland.
Vic Fedeli is hardly the Alice in Wonderland who foolishly headed down the rabbit hole. Yet it was Interim conservative leader Fedeli who first let on that Patrick Brown might…
Kevin J. Johnston’s hate tour – let’s cancel it
Late yesterday, I was sent this: The piece of human garbage pictured, on the right, is Kevin J. Johnson. (That’s a swastika on his poster, to the left.) Lately, he’s…
What to do when a hatemonger says he supports you
Simple. You reject his support. And then you denounce him the clearest terms. To put a fine point on it: Kevin J. Johnston is a notorious Muslim-hating bigot who has…
Which Tory Witch is dead?
The other evening, the wife and I gathered in the den to enjoy a streaming video of the Ontario Tory leadership debate from Ottawa. It was only when the hijinks…
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives – Let’s Get Ready To RUMBLE!!!
Okay Ontario Conservative party members and watchers, the moment you’ve been waiting for is almost here. Who will come out on top in this winner take all cage match and…
Brown Out In Ontario PC Leadership Race And Recap Thus Far
Patrick Brown decided today that he was ending his candidacy for the Ontario PC Leadership race due to death threats and harassment his family received, and also due to his…
Conservatives need to rally around something simple – Tax cuts
Its Sunday, and I am in a really good mood. I’m not able to make it to Church every week due to my work schedule, but today was not one…