Yesterday was wild politically. This has not been seen before. Even Trump realized how much this is going to be seen, at the end of the overly public argument. There…
Well, this sucks. At times like this, like when Mike Harris got in a second time, I think of Rousseau's bit, "When the opinion that is contrary to my own…
Just 18% of registered voters was enough to give Ford a majority back in June 2022 because so many people stayed home. The polls predict another Con win, but screw…
If you listen to Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) and the government it runs, you might have heard them talk about the economic need to mine coal on the Eastern…
Does saying "Jeeeezus" and "oh my God" over and over as I scroll through the news count as praying? It's not just all the bizarre appointments in the US that…
I noticed Moe removed the ridiculously stupid Sustainable SK link from his TwitterX bio in the past year. Now he’s saying that his futile and worthless trip to Washington to…
Rachel Gilmore lived in Tunisia just before the fall of their democracy, and has important markers for us to notice: "The canary in the coal mine for a failing democracy…
A couple videos not to be missed:Charlie Angus on Trump - full transcript below:Angus: "What President Trump also said is that the tariffs will not come off until we give…
Who I'm reading to get through this mess (among many others):#1 - Timothy SnyderYesterday's piece, "The Logic of Destruction," should be read in full, but here are some important bits:"The…
American voters foolishly chose a fascist dictator for their President, and now everyone is going to suffer. The Orange Menace is attacking Canada, and others, so we’ll have to retaliate.…
“I know Canadians are famous for being nice. Thoughtful. Decent. Those are great qualities in human beings. But in a knife fight with Donald Trump, none of them matters”—Bradley Tusk,…
Here we are, on the eve of the US President economically attacking his country’s closest trading partner and ally with the world’s longest undefended border. The Orange Menace aims to…
If I had my choice I would simply abolish the Canadian Senate but that would require a constitutional amendment and open a whole new Canadian proverbial can of worms. However…
If I had my choice I would simply abolish the Canadian Senate but that would require a constitutional amendment and open a whole new Canadian proverbial can of worms. However…
I get no satisfaction from saying ‘I told you so’ and ‘I warned you about them.’ But I did, over and over. So did many, many others, all of them…
I look at what the Americans just elected as their national leader and then at... The post A quality leadership contest first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Conservative boss Pierre Poilievre is noted for his iron control of his caucus. Does this... The post Poilievre—an authoritarian? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
And she’s not good enough of a liar to be Prime Minister of Canada. There’s she’s caught lying about being a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. You know…
