Trump’s Triumph?
It will only be after someone translates the French word “merde” for him that Donald Trump will really know what the audience of world leaders thought of his plans for…
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Kenney’s apocalypse or fiscal restraint?
It must depend on where you are in the food chain. Premier Jason Kenney of Alberta looks like he has never missed a dinner. To him, a little fiscal restraint…
Toronto wants to choose mediocre?
Toronto councillors are setting things up to enable voters to choose mediocre council candidates in 2022. This was brought on by the previous provincial government allowing municipal councils to opt…
Running in place.
The serious jogger does it when blocked by traffic or a stoplight. It is called running in place because your legs keep moving but you are not moving forward. By…
Building bridges west?
I am not a fan of Toronto member of parliament Chrystia Freeland. While properly impressed by both her CV as a journalist and her books, I do not see her…
Ontario liberals are down but not out.
There are entirely too many media people who think that the Ontario liberals have been shut down. What they do not seem to understand is that a political party is…
Objectives other than winning.
Some people scratch their head and ask why someone will enter a political leadership race when there is little chance of winning? The truth is that there are different reasons…
Chuckles is doing a listening tour.
He should have listened before the recent election. We heard the other day that Andrew Scheer is on a tour to hear what the conservatives have to say about his…
Gunfighter versus Gunfighter.
It’s a classic Hollywood film script. The ‘good’ gunfighter has to buckle on his six-gun just one more time to take on the ‘bad’ gunfighter. Whether the ‘bad’ guy is…
Liberals think they won?
There seems to be a new definition of winning. There was a lengthy Insight article in the Toronto Star last weekend on how the liberals think they won the last…
Who will rule? Google, Huawei or Microsoft?
Who is kidding who in the high-tech wars? Based on what Google Analytics can tell us about readers of this web site, I think you should all sit up straight…
With no respect for the U.S.A.
Every once in a while, it seems necessary to mention Donald John Trump. He is a man who has taken on the presidency in the United States of America. It…
When you don’t trust your MPP.
To get this straight, you can be sure I never voted for this guy. Doug Downey MPP does not live in our Barrie riding. He has been the go-to guy…
And now for some slow news?
It is now revealed. The Toronto Star tells us that what we write as instant commentary on a news event is called a ‘Hot Take.’ This was the same day…
But who’ll fix the marijuana mess?
Swearing in the new cabinet at Rideau Hall was a painful process. Maybe it would have worked better if all the retreads with the same portfolios got sworn in together.…
The Day of the Blacksmith.
We might be just one of many commentators trying to fathom the actions of Alberta’s premier. The other day, the province’s main apologist, Gillian Steward, reported in the Toronto Star…
And when they are down, they are down.
Funny, that nursery rhyme has been running through my head. You know the one: The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to…
In the job nobody wanted.
Watching the West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson trying to interview Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the Bloc Québécois, on Sunday caused mixed emotions. Here is the guy who took on the job…
Let’s get this show on the road?
As an Ontario liberal (a paid-up member), I am aware that there is a contest afoot to select a new Ontario party leader. And I hear that only those paid…
Justin Trudeau lacks the political smarts.
An old friend is mounting an e-mail campaign to get prime minister Justin Trudeau to add some key members to his new cabinet. I have argued with him that it…