No jets at Island Airport!
Good stuff, good community engagement, good result. Good. Congrats to No Jets TO, Adam Vaughan and Marc Garneau. If you want to go somewhere in a jet, go hop on…
Musings
Meet the real leader of the Opposition
Forget about the content. Forget about the stuff that bugs you. Pay attention to the production values: slick, adept, professional. And he raised all the dough – lots of it…
When the whining and mewling finally gets to me
This is what happens: Dear #cpc & #ndp: @JustinTrudeau is getting a honeymoon. Every new leader does, then it ends. Quit whining, take a valium. Yours, #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella…
Dear Canadaland: don’t be idiots
What’s next? Trolling birthday parties and bar mitzvahs to see which public office holders dare to raise a toast? Take it from that Kinsella guy: scandals-schmandals. This is beyond idiotic.…
Ottawa-bound, remembrance
Heading up for a couple meetings. If I get a chance, I plan to go to the War Memorial at 11. See you there, perhaps.
James Sears, editor of ‘Your Ward News’
Revealed.
Ontario Ombudsman update
I have to be careful, here, but I wanted to let readers know that a complaint has been made against me by the office of the Ontario Ombudsman – using…
Adler-Kinsella Show: how Justin Trudeau is helped by recent events
24 Sussex, Remembrance and what happened in Iraq.
In this week’s Hill Times: three reasons Justin Trudeau won
Why did Justin Trudeau win? Well, because the other two guys lost, obviously. The New Democrats lost nearly one million of the votes they received in 2011 — a drop…
Sun stroke
Quote: “A group of environmental activists says Justin Trudeau has declined a set of solar panels offered for the prime minister’s official residence. Starting last Thursday, demonstrators from several groups…
Classy move by Trudeau
Here. That’s particularly so when you consider that Trudeau’s predecessor used to be pretty critical of the use of those selfsame jets, per CP: “Previous Liberal governments’ use of the…
Of pipelines and railways
Very disappointed in Barack Obama, this week. When Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau agree about something, it’s worth considering carefully – even if you’re a U.S. President. I personally aspire…
All this talk about political honeymoons…
…sent me to the pages of The New Yorker, naturally. As a rule, they keep going until they don’t. Enjoy ‘em, because when they end, you’ll sure know it. To…
Equal means equal
I was as shocked as anyone else by that iPolitics story, found here. But I suspect many folks in PMO and PCO were surprised, too, and that they are at…
And, to commemorate the Guy who tried to blow up Parliament…
…we will pick up the pieces and meet in Parliament to pick our next, er, Guy! (Or, if they’re smart, gal.) Has anyone else noticed that the #CPC are picking…
Short-form punditry, from long ago
About the long-form census move that Stephen Harper made, so many years ago – lifted from this web site way back in January 2011: “A disastrously dumb move: the mishandling…
Youthful critics react to swearing-in of Trudeau cabinet
Pierre Trudeau’s, that is. Anyone recognize these young men?
Cabinet: a preliminary report card
Some of the new ones I simply don’t know. But it’s great to see so many new faces, and gender parity finally achieved, as Trudeau promised. Here’s what I can…