Minister Monsef ‘s measure.
How would you like to have a job based on proving your boss is right? It seems the same as Canada’s Fraser Institute that is always commissioning studies designed to…
Federal Politics
It’s not the pipelines, it’s the bitumen.
Thank goodness for mayors who can call a spade a spade. Not every city enjoys that luxury. The only problem is that mayors and their municipalities have no jurisdiction over…
How fast can the Trudeau team pedal backwards?
It was all the fault of the Global team that had parliamentary reporter Vassy Kapelos filling in for Tom Clark on his West Block program on Sunday. She was a…
In the doldrums of a Canadian winter.
Not even Bonhomme Carnaval can cure the January-February blahs this year. Eating and drinking too much in Quebec City might be a popular pastime at this time of year but…
Justin: On electoral versus constitutional reform.
In a sit-down conversation with Justin Trudeau about six years ago, it was immediately obvious that he is an emotional person and as easy to read as an open book.…
How far can electoral reform go?
Because it is 2016, the question should be asked: Will we have thorough discussion on the question of electoral reform? Or will the questions be decided just by votes in…
You don’t get much for $300 million!
Inflation is an unfeeling brute. By the time the Trudeau government brings our six aging F-18s back from the Middle East, Canadians will have spent close to $300 million on…
Is that Alberta bitumen still flowing?
It will never have the panache of “Bombs bursting in air” but someone in Alberta needs to write a patriotic song about the products of Alberta’s tar sands. The current…
Justin’s chorus demonizes first-past-the-post.
Nowhere in the Canadian voting handbook does it say that we are committed to voting for all the promises of the party we choose in an election. Even as a…
Will nobody come to Canada’s party?
Canada will be 150-years old next year. Even the Harper Conservatives were going to celebrate that. As it looks now, there might not be much of a party. “Hard times”…
Babel-on-the-Bay gets its share of comments.
Readers must have thought we were asking for comments the other day when we wrote about a “Path for New Democrat Mulcair.” The discussion of a merger of the Liberals…
A path for New Democrat Mulcair.
This might generate more sour e-mails from annoyed socialists but it needs to be said: New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair does have a role to play in Canadian politics. While…
Rosie jumps in where soldiers fear to tread.
The Toronto Star’s Rosie DiManno has all the answers about the war against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Her advice to the new Trudeau government…
In defence of our nation’s capital.
Ottawa is a wonderful city. No it is not Paris. Paris is a city in its own right. France needs Paris because that is where the action is. It creates…
O’Leary is out of his league.
If there was any redemption for the Dragons’ Den show on CBC television it was not financier Kevin O’Leary. He represented what we have always seen as the weakness of…
The charmed life of Justin Trudeau.
It started over morning coffee. The wife was lamenting the price of cauliflower. Frankly, she was the only one at the table who gave a damn about cauliflower. We had…
Will Kevin O’Leary become "Canada’s Trump"?
"Yes, Mr. Bond, I do believe I can take over Canada."The news so far in this latter week has been all-a-chatter about Kevin O'Leary. First it was for his attempt…
Will Kevin O’Leary become "Canada’s Trump"?
"Yes, Mr. Bond, I do believe I can take over Canada."The news so far in this latter week has been all-a-chatter about Kevin O'Leary. First it was for his attempt…
Supreme Court Says Get Out of Our Data to Trudeau Government
The Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, Court Martial Appeal Court and Tax Court are preparing to take the Canadian government to task on ensuring…
Blair gets to bungle the pot boondoggle.
Frankly, this writer could care less about legalized marijuana. That is by way of disclosure before commenting on former Toronto police boss Bill Blair taking over the pot file for…