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,…
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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…
We’ll Always Have Paris
That prediction/lie didn’t work out too well. On Wednesday, Todd D. Stern, the United States special envoy for climate change, who was in Beijing for talks, said that some Chinese…
A Day I Thought I’d Never See
Since my first day working in political Ottawa, there have been many moments when I’ve been reminded of where I am, what I was doing and what that meant. I’m…
The Best Little Gravy Train in Ontario
As I noted here a couple of days ago, the troubles for the Ford Conservatives at Queen’s Park don’t seem to be close to being at an end. While the…
Conservative Racist Propaganda Is Beyond The Pale
CPC Racists are at work in Andrew Scheer’s Photoshop department. Why does the CPC still have any support from good Canadians? Here’s what Doug Ford and Scott Shmoe’s federal party…
In The Mail
With the fall election getting closer and closer by the day, we are starting to see the different parties ramp up in different ways. Between the floods of emails soliciting…
The Long Shadow of French
When Doug Ford adjourned the Ontario Legislature for five months, until well after the Federal election in the Fall, all the talk out there about this move was that this…
The Twitter King?
Political Potshots When I joined twitter. Itwas due to its influence on our political climate. I felt it was being manipulated by one voice. One of which was not mine…
The Twitter King?
When I joined twitter. It was due to its influence on our political climate. I felt it was being manipulated by one voice. One of which was not mine or…
The Case for Better
Social Media has changed so much in our modern world, but probably in no greater way than in politics. This hasn’t all been good, but instead of throwing the baby…
The Summer doldrums start early.
It is a fixture of fixed elections. It is not the beating of the war drums in the distant jungle but the sudden silence that creeps across the land. It…