Dredging Down in Green.
Congratulations to the new leader of the Green Party of Canada. The party has selected a Torontonian named Annamie Paul to be its new leader. The party leader is a…
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Liberals whistle past the graveyard.
While it might be foolish to buy stock in Trudeau and Company in Ottawa, you have to ask who is going to gain in an election? It is a serious…
Longing for leadership.
Sometime, after August 21, the conservative party hopes to announce the winner of the party’s national leadership. The big question though is does anybody care? What possible difference would it…
And a sneer from Scheer.
It was difficult to assess all sides of the discussion last week to the finance minister’s snapshot of Canada’s financial position. To be fair, minister Morneau is not a dynamic…
Ms. May must be mishegus.
Did you hear former green leader Elizabeth May’s latest? After giving up the leadership of her green party, she wants the greens to join up with other losers in the…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Meryam Haddad
Meryam Haddad The second reply I received today was from Ms. Meryam Haddad. Ms. Haddad’s response was very different from her opponent: “I personally do not believe in themonarchy and…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Dylan Perceval-Maxwell
Dylan Perceval-Maxwell The leadership survey(s) continue with me having three replies to share today. First up, Mr. Perceval- Maxwell sent an interesting reply. In response to what he thought of…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Annamie Paul
Annamie Paul I have received a response from Green Party leadership candidate Annamie Paul to the survey questions I sent out: “I am afraid that I do not have set…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Amita Kuttner
Amita Kuttner Well, the trees are getting a bit of green on them, the fiddleheads are out, and the grass will soon be long enough to mow. It has been…
Who Knew?
Politics can be full of strange happenings. Canada had an election seven months ago. The guy who was prime minister is still prime minister and doing very well, thank you.…
Glen’s coat of many colors turns Green.
Former mayor of Winnipeg, former member of the Ontario legislature, former Ontario cabinet minister and former executive director of the Calgary-based Pembina Institute, Glen Murray, has a new quest. He…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: David Merner
David Merner Today I received a response from Green leadership candidate David Merner to my survey questions. Heis the former 2019 candidate for Green Party of Canada candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke.…
Learning to love your local MP.
In our time of need, do you not love the attention we are getting from our local politicians? I am thinking here of your federal member of parliament. This person…
Where have all the leaders gone?
You get the feeling that we are talking about a ghost. Everybody is looking for leadership. Nobody has seen it. Talking to a friend about it, he said the problem…
It costs less than a house and you feel welcome.
Huh? Sorry, I might have dozed off there. I was dreaming of running to be the leader of the Green Party of Canada. I will just have to run a…
Green Party Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Judy Green
Photo Credit: Judy Green The Green Party is the second federal party holding a leadership race this year after the lovely Elizabeth May announced in 2019 that she was stepping…
Where is the vision?
In a recent commentary we complained about the lack of leadership of all Canadian political parties. What Canadians want from their leaders is vision. It is like the vision of…
All federal parties need new leaders.
Canadians are going to be seeing a number of national political party leadership contests in the coming year. The conservatives are blowing smoke and fire as they warm up to…
How much is too much, Mr. Trudeau?
Justin Trudeau has obviously not had a really wonderful 2019. As far back as September 2018, the prime minister asked his justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould to reconsider her position on…
The Canadian Monarchy in the Year Ahead
While 2019 has been an exciting year politically, the CanadianMonarchy has been low-key in a lot of ways. The GovernorGeneral seems to have adapted to her new role and put…