Justin Trudeau and Marijuana Freedom Day
I still have trouble believing it, but in just a few hours it will be Marijuana Freedom Day in Canada.And although some of the old geezers in the blogosphere are…
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Doug Ford and the Billion Dollar Carbon Tax Boondoggle
Earlier today I wrote about the way Canadians could punish the members of the Carbon Gang for waging war on the federal carbon tax.Even though scientists believe that they are…
Unfazed by Donald Trump, what will Stephen Harper make of far-right revival in Bavaria?
I wonder what former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper will make of the success of the scary far-right Alternative für Deutschland party in Sunday’s elections in the South German state…
New column day
Here, following up on this post about the potential for a truly federal carbon pricing system if right-wing provincial governments keep griping about having the ability to develop alternatives. For…
Colourful former Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin finds another windmill to tilt at, for Freedom Conservative Party
Last observed pursuing a claim against Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer alleging abuse of process, colourful former MLA Joe Anglin has found a new way to tilt at Alberta’s perpetually swirling…
Carbon taxes are the Obamacare of Canada: invented, then cynically abandoned, by the right
“Putting a price on carbon” was always going to be unpopular with people who use fossil fuels out of necessity and for fun – viz., a large portion of the…
Why Andrew Scheer’s Prison Game Is So Dangerous
As we all know Andrew Scheer is having a…um… jolly good time. Playing prison guard, and exploiting the memory of a murdered child to try to smear Justin Trudeau.In a…
The Bromantics on stage: Jason Kenney and Doug Ford mount the rostrum in Calgary to attack Justin Trudeau and carbon tax
Give Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party their due: They got a large and enthusiastic crowd out last night to their rally in Calgary against taking action on climate…
Lisa Raitt and the Con Waahmbulance Chasers
In my last post I looked at how Lisa Raitt had finally managed to provoke Justin Trudeau into losing his temper, and letting the Cons know how he felt about…
The Day Justin Trudeau Struck Back At The Pervert Cons
For weeks the Andrew Scheer has been using a dead child to try to smear Justin Trudeau, as only a political pervert could.Claiming that the person who murdered the child…
New column day
Here, on the corporate sellouts in the Libs’ new version of NAFTA – including a little-discussed chapter designed to turn anti-regulatory bias into official policy for an entire continent. For…
Free advice to Senator Paula Simons: When in doubt, don’t file an expense claim; avoid sparring with PM
I imagine most journos working nowadays for the moribund and increasingly far-right Postmedia newspaper chain daydream about making a miraculous escape from their travails – perhaps a modest Lotto 6/49…
Andrew Scheer and the Grubby Con Losers
As we all know Andrew Scheer has been playing a nasty and rather kinky game. Where he uses a dead child to try to smear Justin Trudeau, and pretends he's…
Conservatives would have fought harder to protect Canadian dairy farmers? Don’t believe it!
A lot of Canada’s Conservatives were wearing long faces yesterday about the impact of the freshly inked United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on this country’s dairy industry. As political sins go, this…
The Free Trade Victory and the Con Losers
For some reason I remember that cartoon well, even though it was published in January 2017, when Chrystia Freeland had just replaced Stephane Dion as Minister of Foreign Affairs.And Canadians…
Andrew Scheer Is Caught Diddling The Truth. Again
Ever since Andrew Scheer became Con leader, and started attacking Justin Trudeau and his Liberals with the most disgusting attack ads this country has ever seen, I have tried to…
Andrew Scheer and the Con’s Dirty Game
Andrew Scheer has always been able to hide his real self behind a bland face and a creepy smile.So for example, he can claim he's a Christian, but lie like…
UCP leader discovers there’s no affliction more persistent than an outbreak political theatrics in India
Jason Kenney’s mid-September sojourn to India with a couple of his United Conservative Party sidekicks was pure political theatre, likely aimed as much at the Alberta Opposition leader’s real main…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Evelyn Forget discusses the international outrage at the Ford PC’s cancellation of a basic income pilot. And Paul Waldeman writes about Republicans’ shock…
The Abacus Poll and the Incredible Shrinking Cons
Andrew Scheer was absent from Question Period yesterday, and nobody seemed to know where he was.But I wouldn't be surprised if he was huddled with his ex-Rebel campaign manager Hamish…