Five points about Trudeau
So. I’ve been reading some of the commentariat’s year-end stuff. Short version: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in trouble, blah blah blah. He isn’t. Five points: • Trudeau has had…
Musings
Awan v. Levant
My exceedingly-small role in this case, which has been going on for years: when I saw these young people being brutalized in print by Messrs. Whyte, Wells et al., I…
Joe, we hardly knew you
Joe Strummer – our hero, our muse, our shining light. Fourteen years today. Miss him, still.
Oil and hydro: the bane of Trudeau’s existence
Oil is way down in Alberta, hydro is way up in Ontario. Justin Trudeau isn’t responsible for either, but he’s apparently being blamed for both. From our buddies at Abacus:…
LGBT, politics and regrets
This came across the transom early this morning. Read this part, about PC leader Patrick Brown and the LGBT “issue,” if you will: Brown has expended considerable political capital since…
On CFRA now! My political top five surprises in 2016!
On @EvanLSolomon @CFRAOttawa for 5 big '16 political things: 1. Trump win 2. Trudeau honeymoon 3. Brexit 4. Leitch "values" 5. NDP collapse — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2016
Mr. Glass Half-Full
Assassination in Turkey. Terror attack in Berlin. Shooting in Zürich mosque. Electoral college confirms Trump. 2017 will be like Monday was. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2016
This week’s column: f!@k 2016
Inspiration sometimes comes in the unlikeliest places. In this case, it came at Lee’s Palace on Tuesday night of last week. The Toronto club was dark, sweaty and noisy –…
Trump Virus: NYC, a friend, a book
A friend from my Calgary law school now lives in New York City with her family. She posted the words below last night. Facebook leaves a little white rectangle to…
Donald Trump: still an asshole
And get this: the unpresident can’t spell “unprecedented.”
I lead a morally complex life
Ah, the wonders of a winter morn! The crest of snow! The hearth of fire! The merry children! The Swedish death metal! The Drano hot shots! — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
Apropos of nothing
I am resigning my family to spend more time with my politics. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 16, 2016
Love for Justin Trudeau
…Angus Reid says our love for the Liberal Prime Minister has diminished, here: And I guess my response would be: we may love him a bit less, Angus, but we…
Canada in a Trump world
I’m hosting, and we’ve got an amazing panel. Please come.
BC NDP leader gets the weathervane treatment, and it’s brutal
That John Heaney photo, below, prompted some BC friends to send me a great video about John’s good pal, the BC NDP leader, John Horgan. I always love a good…
Punk rock makes for strange political bedfellows
Okay, my pal Brian Topp is coming home. That’s good for him and his family, not so good for Rachel Notley. Her new top aide is a guy named John…
Trump Virus: now in Newmarket
Here. A young woman is left troubled and worried for her safety after finding three ‘alt-right’ propaganda flyers posted around the parking lot of the Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket…
The future of the Alberta NDP
…Alberta Liberal brothers and sisters, here we go! I'm not saying it's impossible for @RachelNotley to be re-elected. I'm saying it's now TOTALLY impossible. #ableg https://t.co/WCfXnWAGZG — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
Arf
Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, festive Kwanzaa, and jolly holidays from Daisy Group! (Daisy Dogs Sloane and Roxy say hi, too.) Hilarious scene staged by Daisy’s Emily Lawrence.
Dear Trump voters
Over the next four years – as you lose your health care, as your country’s environment is destroyed, as joblessness soars and the cost of everything rises, as your sons…