Electoral reform and Trudeau’s shameful flight: The fight continues
The next election in 2019 will be very different from the last one. The Trudeau Liberals took just over one year to walk away from their core campaign promise to…
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Electoral reform and Trudeau’s shameful flight: The fight continues
The next election in 2019 will be very different from the last one. The Trudeau Liberals took just over one year to walk away from their core campaign promise to…
Why Canadians are lucky Rona Ambrose was hanging around the Caribbean with a billionaire
PHOTOS: The scene abroad N. Murray Edwards’ yacht imagined. Actual Canadian bitumen billionaires and their onboard guests may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The real N. Murray Edwards, Prime…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Claudia Chwalisz points out that in addition to relying on a distortionary electoral system, the Trudeau Libs’ majority was built on a…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 5: Horror hits home; Trudeau breaks a promise; Stupor Bowl ads
Events on Sunday in Quebec City served as a reminder, if we needed one, that Canada is not immune to madness. Last Sunday, a sad loser walked into a Quebec…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – George Monbiot examines how politics in the UK and the U.S. are dominated by unaccountable corporate money. And Stephen Maher and B.J. Siekierski…
New column day
Here, on how we shouldn’t be impressed with our political leaders’ reactions to the bigotry on display in Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and the Quebec City mosque shooting – but…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Coyne and Rob Mason each discuss Justin Trudeau’s broken promise of a fairer electoral system. Chantal Hebert observes that the commitment…
Betrayal of electoral perform promise endangers us all
I can’t believe a small part of me actually believed it was possible that our wonky, undemocratic and downright dangerous electoral system would be replaced by Justin Trudeau and his…
This feels like it’s happened before … it’s Groundhog Day and the Liberals have just broken a promise!
PHOTOS: Can you not quite shake the feeling, like the Canadian voter at left, things keep happening over and over again? Actual Canadian voters may not appear exactly as illustrated.…
Nathan Cullen calls Trudeau a liar for breaking electoral reform promise [VIDEO]
Watch the NDP’s Nathan Cullen call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a liar for breaking his promise that the 2015 federal election would be the last election under Canada’s anti-democratic first-past-the-post…
Canada’s PM Trudeau cynical about his election promises
Journalist Campbell Clark sums up the cynicism behind Justin Trudeau’s reckless abandonment of a central election promise: He calculated it was better to drop it. That’s probably not a cost-free…
Canada’s PM Trudeau cynical about his election promises
Journalist Campbell Clark sums up the cynicism behind Justin Trudeau’s reckless abandonment of a central election promise: He calculated it was better to drop it. That’s probably not a cost-free…
On false change
The Libs have made it official that they’re breaking their promise of electoral reform with no reason other than their own blinkered refusal to acknowledge the consensus in support of…
Justin Trudeau Cannot Be Trusted
Perhaps hoping to hide behind the Tumultous Trump’s first weeks in power, Justin Trudeau has rashly walked away from his firm commitment to remedy Canada’s democratic deficit. He has decided…
Justin Trudeau Cannot Be Trusted
Perhaps hoping to hide behind the Tumultous Trump’s first weeks in power, Justin Trudeau has rashly walked away from his firm commitment to remedy Canada’s democratic deficit. He has decided…
Kudos to Trudeau for welcoming refugees.. now let’s do (a lot) more.
Lots of attention was paid to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeting out how refugees were welcome in Canada – many interpreted this to be a subtle jab at the odious…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Terry Glavin argues that Canada’s response to Donald Trump’s Muslim ban needs to consist of more than the platitudes offered by Justin…
How Canadians Can Resist Trump
The first week of Donald Trump’s presidency was not at all what many expected — it was considerably worse. Following his election, many found solace in the idea that a…
An Open Letter to Justin Trudeau on Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, In the wake of Sunday’s horrendous terrorist attack on Quebec’s Muslim community, I am writing to ask that you forcefully condemn not just the shooting itself,…