My latest: hypocrisy, thine name is JT
“A hypocrite,” Adlai Stevenson said, “is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.” That’s all that…
Liberal Party of Canada
Another week in the Annals of Diplomacy: in stormy times, half a loaf is better than none
From the sublime to the ridiculous, it would appear, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will do anything to keep Donald Trump sweet. Consider the dissimilar cases of Meng Wanzhou and…
With Stephen Mandel’s resignation and zero Legislature seats, Alberta Party faces leadership vacuum and bleak future
So long, Stephen Mandel, at least we can’t say we hardly knew ye! Mr. Mandel announced in a news release yesterday he would step down on June 30 as leader…
My latest in the Sun: when they came for the Jews/Sikhs/Muslims, they said nothing
Silence. That’s all that could be heard from the federal party leaders, essentially: silence, or something approaching that. The occasion: the decision of assorted Quebec politicians to pass a law…
TMX gets the nod from Justin Trudeau’s cabinet – masterstroke or master blunder?
With his cabinet’s second approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project yesterday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has either proved the Liberal Party of Canada’s old mojo is still…
Five free comms tips for Justin Trudeau
The Gettysburg Address it was not. Standing on the picturesque shores of some picturesque lake in Mont-Saint-Hillaire, Quebec, Justin Trudeau was asked what he and his family had done to…
Prime Minister Single-Use Plastic
From next week’s Hill Times column. It’s pointy, like a juice box straw. The Gettysburg Address it was not. Standing on the picturesque shores of some picturesque lake in Mont-Saint-Hillaire,…
My latest: it isn’t genocide
Genocide is one of those words that one does not toss about, like confetti. One does not treat “genocide” like it has no meaning. It has a very specific meaning.…
My latest: when Trudeau calls it genocide
Genocide. That’s what the Prime Minister of Canada says Canada is guilty of — the crime of crimes. That’s what the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal called it, too, when…
About that new CPC spot
It’s good, but: • it tries to cover too many subjects in too few seconds • it’s pretty busy, visually I think there’s enough stuff here for three different spots:…
Is Alberta’s ‘Yes to TMX’ campaign a sly tax-funded attack on the Trudeau Liberals?
Things are certainly different on the pipeline front now that Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party are in power in Alberta! Yesterday, the airwaves were full of reports Alberta…
JWR is vindicated, again
There is enough evidence against SNC-Lavalin for the engineering corporation to be tried on fraud and bribery charges, a Quebec court judge has ruled. SNC-Lavalin spent months lobbying the federal…
My latest: Scheer, Trudeau and racism
When everyone is a Nazi, no one is a Nazi. When you falsely insinuate your principal opponent is a Klansman – as Justin Trudeau’s party has done, repeatedly and recklessly,…
Copp out
In one of my books, The War Room, I have a chapter called the Scandal Handle Manual. Here’s a bit of it: None of us Chrétienites hated Martin or Gomery,…