Ontario politics
Ode To Democracy
A busy day ahead, so I shall let Theo Moudakis speak for me: Recommend this Post
J’Accuse
The sad state of Ontario provincial politics should be evident to anyone who reads a newspaper or watches the news. Those who do should also look in the mirror to…
The Smell Of Manure
Unless they have spent their entire lives within the confines of a city, I doubt there are many people unacquainted with the smell of manure. This pungent organic waste, while…
Readers React
I’m on a bit of a tight schedule today, so I cede to newspaper letter-writers their thoughts on Doug Ford’s tactics and values before his province-wide blink yesterday. Premier Ford’s…
Upon Awakening
It would be nice to think that the slumbering masses have awakened to a new understanding of government and its relationship to the people, but I abandoned magical thinking a…
Brittlestar Understands
… what the Ford government is either too arrogant or too stupid to get: H/t Brittlestar I imagine only those who favour government by a cadre of contemptible clowns are…
Something for Doug Ford to remember: Once in a while when you pull the cork from a bottle a genie pops out!
The Conservative movement’s vast army of online trolls has been strangely silent about the right of poorly paid Ontario education workers to negotiate a decent salary for themselves. Ontario Premier…
From The Land Of Make Believe
That would be Ontario, though I suppose, in truth, it is far more widespread: a rising number of deaths from Covid (this week was the worst since last May, despite…
Step Right Up
Here in Ontario, things are moving at a fast pace – if you happen to be a senior in a hospitable but have been deemed medically fit for discharge. This…
This Is Gonna Hurt
I have a friend whose daughter recently started her career in healthcare as an occupational therapist in a facility where people are awaiting placements in LTCs, and already she is…
The Devil In Ms. Jones
To those 57% who couldn’t rouse themselves to vote in the last Ontario election, please do not make sounds of outrage over the likelihood that Doug Ford will introduce more…
A Cogent Rebuttal To Privatized Healthcare
Here in Ontario, the newly re-elected Conservatives under Doug Ford are making oblique sounds about private health care as a way to help solve our hospital crises. While we do…
Hell No, I Won’t Go!
In the days of my youth, the above was an anthem of resistance, shouted in defiance of the American draft sending young men to fight and to die in Vietnam.…
The CORE Of The Problem
As I continue to reflect upon the sad outcome of the recent Ontario provincial election, I find that the bulk of my disdain, my odium, my repugnance, is aimed not…
Ontario Provincial Election Musings
Regarding the Ontario Election: I will not repeat everything verbatim that I said on Twitter, but I will say this to the Ontario Liberal Party. Get some serious policy rethink…
Paltry Offerings
I can’t remember a time when I have been less inspired about an election. Here in Ontario, where we go to the polls on June 2, we have Conservative Doug…
Theatre Of The Absurd
I’m feeling too burnt out these days to put thoughts to words, my ever-constant cynicism about people and politics reaching new levels. Therefore, allow me to post some editorial cartoons…
A Sign Of The Times
People in Ontario will recognize this as one of Doug Ford’s election bribes and an acknowledgement of his good friends, the developers. H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
A Master Class
If you have been reading my blog lately, you will see that I have posted a few times about the ongoing bribery by Doug Ford in his efforts to secure…