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My latest: not government funded, but I sure wish it was
Twitter, Elon Musk, CBC and the federal workers’ strike are all connected. Stay with me, here. A few days ago, Twitter’s troll-in-chief, Elon Musk – who attended Queen’s University in…
My latest: take a permanent vacation, for the love of God
As Andrew Coyne memorably said: they‘re just trolling us, now. The Trudeau Liberals, that is. “Trolling,” generally, is Internet slang for a person who intentionally tries to instigate conflict, hostility,…
My latest: Telford, Butts and the truth
There’s a reason why Katie Telford is testifying before a Parliamentary committee on Friday, and why Gerald Butts is not. Telford is smarter than Butts. He, after all, had to…
My latest: we don’t trust you
When the news broke that the board and leadership of the Trudeau Foundation had resigned, en masse, Justin Trudeau – he whose surname is affixed to said Foundation – was…
My latest: charging Trump legally stupid, possibly politically smart
Charging Donald J. Trump with crimes — as he was, Tuesday, with nearly three dozen offences — was a really, really bad idea. The case is too convoluted to understand.…
My latest: prosecution, forgone conclusion
Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best. “When you strike at a King, you must kill him.” The parentage of the American essayist’s words have been claimed by many, but one…
My latest: what if they gave a budget, and no one cared?
Budgets? Who cares. These days, voters mostly don’t. Polls consistently show distrust about everything government does and says – including budgets like the one released by the Trudeau government earlier…
My latest: treason?
Can he be charged with treason? It’s a question many are asking. It’s a fair question. Since Wednesday night, when Global News dropped a bomb on Canadian politics – that…
My latest: when in a hole
When in a hole, stop digging. That’s advice my former boss Jean Chretien used to give us. In life, as in politics, it’s good advice. The denizens of Parliament Hill…
My latest: up yours, Google
Evasive. Duplicitous. Condescending. If you were to (ironically) do a Google search to find a record of the meeting 69 of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, those would be…
My latest: Judge Justin
You can’t judge yourself. More specifically, you’re not allowed to decide – or control, or influence – a case in which you are one of the main players. In law,…
My latest: are we a serious country?
The facts of the election interference are well known, by now. A hostile foreign power, acting on the direct orders of its leader, conspired with sympathizers — and traitors, frankly…