The OG
Looking ahead to the fall election, many people are speculating on what might happen and are looking at many different angles to try to figure out what the end results…
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Talking Premiers Meetings and Carbon Tax in Court on CFRA
This afternoon I had the chance to talk with CFRA’s Anna Desmarais on their Strategy Session. Along with Sabrina Grover, we talk about the Premiers Meetings starting in Saskatchewan, new…
Conservatives Make Asthma Great Again
Canadian Cons desperately want to have MAGA as a campaign slogan because it worked so well for the President. That’s why they want to Make Asthma Great Again, and remove…
Greyhound Sucks
And the feckless politicians who haven’t replaced Greyhound are sucking too. Officially one full year of stewing about governments ignoring Greyhoundexit! There's literally *no excuse* not to fund public long…
The Dutch have no lock on sex.
Contrary to the opinions of tourists by the canals of Amsterdam, the Dutch did not invent sex. It is more likely that they are just more open about it. As…
Educated Ignorance
2019 has been a rough year in our politics so far, and with a big election coming in the fall, it seems to be sure to get harder before it…
Mr Kenney’s Laundry List
In a manner befitting the serious business of governing, the Alberta UCP caucus celebrated the end of the spring session by jumping into the reflecting pool in front of the…
Stuff Still Happens IV, the Reckoning: Welcome to Wuss Nation
First things first: Canada is a great place to live. Prosperous, generally kind, accommodating, peaceful. All good stuff. Maybe it’s because Canada is so kind, accommodating and laid back that…
Magpie Brûlé Podcast: The Quiet Season at Queen’s Park & The Importance of Candidate Vetting
Today I was happy to be able to record and post the newest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast. In this episode I talk about the “Quiet Season” at Queen’s…
The weariness of being elite.
It is tough to be an elite. While we bandy the word about, we are really complimenting the people we deride for being elite. And yet we get defensive when…
The Quiet Season at Queen’s Park
July is supposed to be a quiet month for most politicians, or at least it’s usually among the quietest for them. Elected people are back at home in their ridings,…
The Importance of Candidate Vetting
One of the most important parts of a well run party in the 21st century is a solid organizing team, one that is able to not only get members activate…
Does distaff determine Democratic destiny?
An unwieldy field of two-dozen potential candidates is vying for the Democratic nomination next year in the United States. Luckily, there have been surprises. The key surprise is that two…
Banking on a Solution
Canada is a massive country, a huge swath of land stretching to the eastern, western and northern extremes of the North American continent. Being such a geographically large country brings…
The New Landscape?
We’re very early in the run up to the 43rd general election, and the start of July kind of unofficially marks the end of the 42nd Parliament. Everything that is…
Happy Canada Day to ALL. Except YOU, Doug Ford.
Life is good sometimes. I use this blog to whine about a lot of things that get under my skin, but today, I’m just going to keep it simple: Happy…
John Rafferty – July 3, 1953- June 30, 2019
In our lives, if we are lucky, we have some good people who come into it and become a part of it, even if only for a while. Some of…
The airplane that fell to earth.
The original Boeing 737 narrow-bodied airliner was introduced in 1968 and was a short to medium range two-engine jet aircraft favoured by regional airlines. More than 10,000 737s were built…
Ultimate Disrespect
It’s been said by many observers so far, myself include, that the upcoming fall election promises to be an especially vicious one. In the last few years, we’ve seen some…
Wall Was/Is Wrong About Coal In China
“China will increase their coal use by 19% over 5 years.” “Vietnam, India and many others Asian nations are ramping up coal to give more of their people electricity. The…