Andrew Scheer Plays the Racist Card. Again.
He's been waiting like a spider waits for a fly, to make the border issue the centrepiece of his election campaign.So he can appeal to the lowest instincts of Canadians…
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Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ploy Achakulwisat writes about the health emergencies emanating from an ongoing climate breakdown. And Andy Kroll points out that even in the U.S.,…
The best solution to gun violence actually possible in Canada in 2019 is an outright ban on handguns
Scream as they might about the idea of a ban on handgun ownership by Canadians, it is interesting to note that the tactics used by advocates of wide-open ownership of…
Doug Ford’s Con Clown Climate Change Show
It was a scene that for some reason reminded me of the original Planet of the Apes. When the apes first talk talking, and everyone gasps in shock.For there was…
Never mind the facts of Canadian history: Brian Jean says … Make Confederation Great Again!
If former Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean established anything on Monday with his Epistle to the Albertans, wherein he set out his “agenda to move Alberta forward,” it’s that he…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Damian Carrington reports on new research showing that it’s possible to stop climate change in its tracks – but only by beginning to…
No truck convoy to Ottawa? No trucks, no glory, perhaps, but no Conservative PR disaster either
If you were one of those cynics who wondered how far that heavily publicized Ottawa-bound truck convoy demanding new pipelines and demanding them now would get, you have your answer:…
Andrew Scheer and the Cancelled Convoy
Yesterday I wondered why Andrew Scheer hadn't condemned his yellow vested supporters for calling Justin Trudeau a traitor, and threatening to kill him.But I forgot how much Scheer hates Trudeau,…
Time To Crackdown On The Yellow Vest Loonies
We are told that we shouldn't judge them too harshly. That they are just the Canadian, or the Alberta version, of the yellow vests in France.But their crude signs send…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Economic Policy Institute charts how government policy is exacerbating inequality in the U.S. And Sam Pizzigati discusses how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading…
Justin Trudeau and the Defence Of Our Canadian Values
Justin Trudeau has done many town halls, but the one in Regina the other day seems to have resonated with Canadians to an extraordinary degree.And not just with those who…
Justin Trudeau’s Stirring And Scary Town Hall in Regina
I was flipping through the TV channels last night, on my way to watch the CBC News, when I came across a live broadcast of Justin Trudeau's town hall in…
The Monstrous Cons and the Murderous Yellow Bellies
For more than two years I have been fighting the toxic Trudeau haters, and their murderous messages.They include the bigot Cons, the human scum at the Rebel, some dirty old…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Henry Bewicke charts the worst offenders when it comes to per-capita carbon pollution – with the U.S. and Canada sharing an ignominious place…
Justin Trudeau and the Global Carbon Tax Challenge
Trying to get Canadians to agree to a carbon tax must be for Justin Trudeau like trying to roll a massive boulder, or Doug Ford, up a steep hill.The country…
Brian Topp, NDP strategist who led Rachel Notley’s 2015 war room, describes what Jagmeet Singh must do this year to win
With a federal election looming this fall, mainstream pundits have already written off the federal New Democratic Party and its leader, Jagmeet Singh, relegating Mr. Singh to history’s discard bin…
Happy New Year! What’s Brian Jean up to? Is the former Wildrose leader plotting a comeback?
Happy New Year! So, now that it’s 2019, what’s Brian Jean up to? Maybe it’s just me, but he’s sure acting like a guy who’s thinking about being a political…
Andrew Scheer and the Con’s Heart of Darkness
I knew that some dark invisible force had recently given Andrew Scheer a big boost in the polls, and I thought I knew what it was.A primeval panic and new…