What a Final Straw
Everyone gets involved in politics for their own reasons, and those reasons can be quite varied. For many though, when it comes to those reasons for getting involved they are…
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Doug Ford’s Friends. Andrew Scheer’s Friends Too?
Doug Ford’s relations with Faith Goldy and other white supremacists remind us that we TRULY need to exercise caution and thought in the upcoming federal election, but he shares many…
Another Day, Another Story About Opioids and Holding Pharma To Account
A trial in Oklahoma exposes the underhanded methods of Big Pharma. What are Canadians doing to ensure we aren’t getting deceived?
Sisters’ Weekend
Ms Soapbox just returned from a fabulous long weekend in Victoria with her sisters. As a result I wasn’t terribly focused on the machinations of our politicians. Did I miss…
Two Votes
You may remember back in May we saw the results from the provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador, a result that was historic and a surprise. The governing Liberals of…
Ford Fight
Most experts have been predicting that the upcoming Federal election is going to be a wild and intense. There is a lot of uncertainty and a few wildcards in this…
Tar, TMX and Trudeau: Leave It In The Ground, Please
The world needs an aggressive plan with ALL countries designed to mitigate the volume of carbon that we are producing. That means Canada has to have a plan. Unfortunately, the…
The Big Ford Shuffle
It’s been just over a year since Ontarians elected the Ford Conservatives to a majority government and it’s not been a smooth ride so far. Between the massive cuts all…
Drunken Sobriety
When I started blogging the first time well over a decade ago, I set a few ground rules for myself, rules that I’ve stuck to ever since and I believe…
Bad Omens
In this day and age, we tend to parse every single new piece of information and what we hear to see if there is more in there than meets the…
A Preview of Life Under a Scheer Government? – Part 2
Last week I wrote a piece laying out more of the cuts made by Conservatives in Ontario and Alberta and put forth the thought about how this could be a…
Oh No!
These are hard days to be a New Democrat on the Federal scene, without a doubt, and as the Fall election gets closer, it doesn’t seem to be getting any…
Not-so-Full House
A while back I wrote about the importance of the Parliamentary watchdogs that we have in Canada and why they need to be defended. These officers of Parliament do very…
Decarbonization & TMX
Today, Canadians will be told whether or not the controversial TMX pipeline will be allowed to proceed. If the answer is yes, we institutionalize the reliance of heavy tar production…
Transition From Coal Ignored By SaskParty
Why are @PremierScottMoe and @SKGov doing so little to prepare for the transition away from coal burning?@SaskPower and related workers deserve a #JustTransition to meaningful employment in other fields, or…
Last Minute Decisions
It was way back at the beginning of May I wrote a piece talking about the state of the Liberal Party, but specifically about the number of Liberal MPs who…
The New Deal for People
This week marks the final official sitting week of the 42nd Parliament of Canada, the end of four years of Liberal governance. And while the House may come back for…
Stuff Still Happens IV, the Reckoning, Week 24: Raptors? What Raptors?
If you’re a regular reader of this blather, you’ll know that I am most decidedly not a “fan” of the Toronto Raptors (and for the record, neither are the millions…
The Real Con
The Con Game continues. It’s time to know who your bedfellows are as the 2019 federal election looms.
Iran vs Tonkin II
Attacks are growing in the Strait of Hormuz. Is war inevitable with Iran?