The Party is Over?
The good news is that we are doing away with organized political parties. The bad news is that we are doing away with organized political parties. And one or both…
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It’s the leadership, stupid!
Martin Regg Cohn of the Toronto Star is usually a quite astute observer of Queen’s Park and the political machinations there. What we did not know about him was that…
Breaking in the new POTUS.
POTUS is what the U.S. Secret Service, who are charged with protecting the President, call the President of the United States. The service has a long tradition of doing that…
The devil is in the details, Ms. Wynne.
The Ontario government’s water torture continues. There has been a reluctance to write about the so-called ‘reforms’ in political fundraising until we knew more of the details. We are still…
The glass house of Ontario’s Conservatives.
Somebody in the Ontario Conservative party is going to have to take Ottawa-Vanier PC candidate André Morin aside and read the riot act to him. The guy thinks he is…
Watching Justin suck and blow again.
One of our favourite progressive bloggers is on the West Coast and he likes to refer to Prime Minister Trudeau as ‘le Dauphin.’ He actually wrote that the Dauphin’s announcement…
Our electoral discontent?
There was an item among progressive blogs the other day that said Canada needed to change how it votes so that what happened in the U.S. did not happen here.…
People are not lab rats.
There is no question but that we have a high regard for former Senator Hugh Segal. But for God’s sake Hugh, you have got to stop treating people as laboratory…
The Trump Travesty.
The Bastille has fallen. The Reign of Terror will soon begin. The tumbrils will roll in Washington. President Obama will keep that stiff upper lip as the patricians of politics…
Lament for the late United States of America.
The unease set in early. While Americans were voting on Tuesday afternoon, we were sifting through public opinion polls trying to analyze what was wrong. Donald Trump was acting unusual.…
It is Premier Wynne who should resign.
Anyone with an understanding of the political situation at Queen’s Park must know that the chances of anyone being convicted over the possible bribery in the Sudbury bye-election is unlikely.…
When a tax is a better answer.
Canadians have not really joined the dispute between carbon tax and ‘Cap and Trade’ yet. It is of increasing importance that they do. And while nobody really wants to choose…
We might be wrong about Donald Trump.
Watching Donald Trump over the past year has been fascinating. Our first struggle was with our own preconceptions about politicians and political races. What we had to resolve in our…
Those who forget the past…
Those who forget the past are going to screw up our future. Those are not the exact words of the old cliché but they certainly fit. This occurred to us…
Public-Private Partnerships revisited.
Canadians have had limited experience in public-private partnerships over the years and while one government can launch a public-private project it only takes the next government to destroy the value…
Revisiting electoral reform.
As the special commons committee on electoral reform finishes hearings and prepares to enter into its deliberations, there is a sense of deja vu. Canadians in six provinces have already…
Donald Trump: Parsing the Phenomenon.
You can hardly be a political maven and not want to delve deeply into the political phenomenon of Donald Trump. He challenges the experience and intellect while he corrupts the…
Clinton needs to fire the FBI guy first.
Donald Trump has found his roar back. It is the brass ring of political campaigns for losers. His mantra of “Corrupt Hillary” has been brainwashing his supporters for months. With…