On Anonymity and Neil Before Zod Sells Out!
This is the type of post that I usually criticize others for. The self congratulatory and self promoting media round up has now come to Political Potshots. It reminds me…
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The Tony Clement Self Pity Tour And Peep Show
With the announcement that Tony Clement will not be seeking re-election in his riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka, it is time to revisit this story. In my opinion, Tony Clement was…
The Panama Papers Worked
Tax evasion is a problem in every country and it’s up to teams of investigative journalists to expose mass illegal international operations. A few years ago the Panama Papers exposed…
Loblaws Corruption Rewarded By Liberals, Conservatives Demand Their Chance
That $12 million in public funds that went to Canada’s second-richest family could have funded some needed and highly desired Indigenous-run renewable energy projects in the North: https://t.co/lpkdzCgMLt — Billy…
Have We Lost the Ability to Govern Ourselves?
It was October, 1980, and US elections were just a few days away. Ronald Reagan took to the airwaves and asked Americans “Are you better off than you were four…
73+ Reasons Why I March Against Doug Ford (Guest Post By The Girl Who Waited)
Doug Ford and his Conservative Government: Cancelled Ontario’s cap-and-trade system, that cost $3 billion in lost revenue according to Ontario’s fiscal watchdog. Fired Privatization Officer, Ed Clark. Fired Environment Commissioner,…
Disliking Liberals vs Disliking Conservatives
Christopher Bird explains what it’s like to be a reasonable Canadian observing Canadian political struggles of the largest 2 parties in their efforts to govern: I don’t particularly like Justin…
Bill 83 – Second Reading
Bill 83, An Act to proclaim a Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia, passed Second Reading on April 4, 2019. Excerpts from the Hansard available here.
The Mike Harris Sequel No One Wanted
“We will be there to support you one 1000%. What I can tell you one thing… I promise you… you won’t have to be protesting on the front of Queen’s…
Climate Change Deniers Rally in Regina
A sorry excuse for a rally is under way in Regina today. It’s a grouchy band of malcontents and racists who share a dislike for science and the Prime Minister.…
Liberal Climate Plan?
The Liberals’ climate plan is an oxymoron, if you want to survive. Butts/Trudeau/McKenna made some progress past the Conservatives’, but ultimately their legacy is buying a fossil fuel pipeline during…
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish! The only thing better than Jody Wilson-Raybould and Dr. Jane Philpott being turfed from Caucus this week? Jody Wilson-Raybould and Dr. Jane…
Tuesday Night Journalistic Masochism
No politician has ever been removed from caucus in the history of Parliamentary politics in Canada. That is what I gather from Canadian media yesterday, The level of near hysteria…
What Is Most Important
Is it a big deal that rich MPs, MLAs, and MPPs have to pay $3 more to fill their SUVs? Not at all. Is it a big deal that Canada…
Where is the report?
Months before Jody Wilson-Raybould sought to leverage Michael Wernick by calling into the switchboard and secretly making an audio recording of that phone call, she was making a concerted effort…
Pierre Poilievre, periodically interrupted…
I’m pretty sure there’s nothing better than a Pierre Poilievre, periodically interrupted… By definition, a filibuster is a prolonged speech; however, the intent of a filibuster, as a political procedure,…
My Social Media Journey (And What Happens Next)
10,000 followers? What the heck? I volunteered for my first political campaign in 1997 for Liberal Diane Marleau in Sudbury, I knocked on doors, and delivered lawn signs. That started…
The Only Thing Middle Class About Andrew Scheer Are His Flowbee Haircuts And Ill-Fitting Suits.
If the 2019 Election is going to be based on pocketbook issues, and affordability – lets look into the pocket book of Andrew Scheer, and how we cannot afford him…
“Andrew Scheer here”
Billy Mays here with your latest As Seen On TV fad/junk: Andrew Scheer here.Trudeau's carbon tax will raise gas prices 4.6 cents on Monday, so fill your tank! Storm the…
The Best Acting Award Goes To…Jody Wilson-Raybould, For Inappropriately Recorded Phone Call With Michael Wernick!
Jody Wilson-Raybould, the patron saint of self-promotion. I am sick and tired of Jody Wilson-Raybould. I am tired of the constant deification at the hands of the opposition and some…