New column day
Here (via PressReader), on the Brexit vote as both a dangerous step toward an even more business-biased system of international relations, and a cautionary tale about basing votes on frustration.For…
Evan Solomon
Evan Solomon fired by CBC
This is puzzling news. Evan Solomon was quite good host of Power and Politics. I watched this program every once in a while. I thought it was quite informative. I…
Evan Solomon and the Conservative Broadcasting Corporation
When Evan Solomon was appointed host of the CBC program Power and Politics, I didn't think he would be able to fill the very large shoes of the departing Don…
BCLSB EXCLUSIVE: Taped Secret Convo of Evan Solomon With Art Client
The following is a transcript of secretly taped phone conversation between Ex-CBCer Evan Solomon and one of the high-end art collecting guys he was doing deals with. Gives an exclusive…
Sorry, I’ve Been Kinda Busy…
That must be the reason that people like Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and her parliamentary secretary Jeff Watson haven’t yet had time to read the Transportation Safety Board’s damning report…
Political Ambition And Public Outrage
The interesting thing about political ambition and public outrage is that sometimes they work synergistically to produce positive results. Jason Kenney, whose ambition to become the Conservative Party’s next leader…
Pierre Poilievre -Minister for "democratic’ Reform
How to dodge a question? Pierre Poilievre will teach you how. I felt sorry for Evan Solomon. He did try but Poiliever proved that he is the champion of fudging.
…Gone?
The tale of Eve Adams gets increasingly melodramatic, and increasingly reminiscent of Helena Guergis. That she will suffer Helena’s political fate is looking more likely with each passing day. Readers…
On Tory Intractability And Contempt
Today’s blog entry is really a video one, based on the testimony yesterday of Harry Neufeld, the elections expert and former B.C. Chief Electoral Officer whose report is being consistently…
David Christopherson Rebukes Disruptive Tory Tactics; Pierre Poilievre Reassures All
Although the Opposition had been guaranteed uninterrupted testimony from Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand on the ‘Fair’ Elections Act, they didn’t get it. David Christopherson, NDP MP from Hamilton Centre,…
Kellie Leitch Speaks Again In Her ‘Master’s Voice’
Like the good yeo(wo)man she is, Ms Leitch never deviates from the Harper regime script as she ‘answers’ Evan Solomon’s questions about the Temporary Foreign Worker’s Program. One only hopes…
Leading Climate Scientist Responds To Joe Oliver And His ‘Neanderthal Government’ – UPDATED
The other day I wrote a blog post on one of our national disgraces, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver. While in Washington recently promoting the proposed XL Keystone pipeline through…
Speaking of Political Integrity …
See if you can detect even a modicum of it in Kellie Leitch, who starts talking at about the 9-minute mark of this video dealing with the massive abuses in…
Has Harper Government declared war on environmental groups?
Ross McMillan of Tides Canada is interviewed by Evan Solomon. Tides Canada is one of the organizations targeted by the Harper government. It looks Harper is determined that nothing stands…
CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I'm takin' a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It's kinda long so I won't blather…
CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather…
CBC’s Power & Politics… after the budget cuts
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I cobbled up another video. This time, I’m takin’ a shot at the budget cuts to the CBC. It’s kinda long so I won’t blather…
Ethical Oil: The Puppet Rap
It's time for Friday funnies, and the top hit today is Ethical Oil: the Puppet Rap, which first popped up over at The Tyee. It's a foul-mouthed, satirical music video…
Power & Politics question of the day: "Does ‘Vikileaks’ undermine Liberal credibility on robocalls?" When will this false equivalence end?
CK of Sister Sage’s Musings has a wonderful post asking why Bob Rae apologized for Vikileaks. Good question but what hit me hardest about the post was this gem regarding…