Kathleen Wynne is the luckiest politician alive
Here’s why: • Andrew Horwath’s New Democrats have been in a witness protection program for months – and, when they finally start to show signs of life, they lose their…
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Adler-Kinsella Show: in which I defend Trudeau on personkind, and on all kinds of pipelines
Every Thursday, I have a radio-via-phone encounter with my great friend Charles Adler. This week, the encounter took place by luggage rack two at Calgary’s Airport (said airport having received…
Ten language commandments or compersonments: take your pick
Watch Justin Trudeau Correct a Woman To Say ‘Peoplekind’ Instead of ‘Mankind’ https://t.co/FbFn2x3p5m pic.twitter.com/xLbjSTmwNL — Mediaite (@Mediaite) February 6, 2018 So, about the little exchange captured above. Was it a…
“I find you so pretty” – senior PMO director to young woman looking for a job
This is wild. Wild. Look at the message Myriam Denis, an experienced and bilingual communicator with a Liberal pedigree, got from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Deputy Director of Communications: “I…
Ten reasons why everyone should take Doug Ford seriously
When I quit the Olivia Chow mayoral campaign – because she’d not told the truth to the media, among other things – guess who was the first person to call…
#MeToo, #cdnpoli and #questions
Timing is everything, in comedy and in politics. Late on a Friday – just as Maclean’s was breaking a huge story about the Harper Conservatives knowing that they had a…
Handicapping the Ontario PC candidates
Following the shocking allegations about Messrs. Brown and Dykstra, it was reasonable to conclude that the Ontario Progressive Conservatives were basically toast. The election was less than 100 days away:…
New Dark Ages, now
I just returned from a major book fair at the Metro Convention Centre – and, whilst I was there signing copies of Recipe For Hate (Humblebrag Alert: we ran out…
Spare a thought for Melania Trump (and all political spouses)
Married to a serial philanderer, a rank misogynist and an admitted sexual assaulter. It can’t be easy. Is she aware? Of course she’s aware. There’s plenty of evidence, right there…
#MeToo bits and pieces, this and that
Apropos of nothing, here’s what I and others are hearing: PROVINCIAL Hearing Patrick Brown was dragging down the PCs among women. With him out of the picture, there is more…
Column: #MeToo isn’t just coming to political Canada – it’s here
The Conservative MP shook his head. We were in a restaurant at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, getting caught up. He’d just told me that a little-known backbencher named…
Why women don’t report assault and harassment – and what we can do about it
As regular readers know, Kristin Raworth and I are social media friends. You know this because Kristin wrote to me earlier this week about #MeToo and cabinet minister Kent Hehr.…
Me on #MeToo at CBC #YYC
Heading back to TeeDot this morn after a great time in Calgary. I did some radio and TV stuff at CBC Calgary yesterday – on #MeToo but also Kent Hehr,…
Good morning, class
I’m home in Cowtown, prepping for the millionth time for Law 599.02. Intimidated does not begin to describe it. But current events assist me. The objective of the course is…
#MeToo and #PCPO
Patrick Brown is gone. And he had no option. The Ontario PC leader at first emotionally denied the allegations, and said he would fight them in court. A few hours…
The Ontario bombshell
I know these three guys. I admire them. I trust them and their judgment. This says it all. It’s true. . And my weeks-ago prediction that the #MeToo movement would…
Professor Kinsella, I presume
I am heading to Calgary tomorrow – to start teaching at my alma mater, the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. I am going to be teaching communications to second…
Wondering why the haters are getting bolder?
Neo-Nazi “newspapers” being delivered to thousands of GTA residents. The Klan passing out leaflets in B.C.’s interior. The homicidal Combat 18 getting active in Calgary. Alt-Right postering on Manitoba university…
Column: when the Internet becomes a mob
In the social media era – in our mad rush to judgment – people get ground up and spat out. Happens all the time. Happens too often. Ask Aziz Ansari,…