Following the Letter
It’s a Monday after a relatively quiet weekend, and I can’t help but think that no one is happier about that fact than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal…
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Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 9: Justin Trudeau’s very bad, awful week
If only he weren’t so sanctimonious. If only he hadn’t presented himself as a paragon of virtue in a corrupt, fetid political swamp, then maybe we’d cut him some slack.…
Three Big Shoes Drop
Most weeks so far in 2019 haven’t been so good for New Democrats. We’ve had a lot of negatives to point to, and people have been down. It’s been a…
Panic Shuffles
It’s Thursday night and while the House of Commons is going late into the night having an emergency debate on Jody Wilson-Raybould’s testimony yesterday and the PMO/SNC Scandal, news keeps…
The Next Day: SNC/PMO Edition
Yesterday was a rare day in Canadian politics or in Canadian political scandals; it was a day that delivered on its promise, and then some. The testimony from Jody Wilson-Raybould…
Testimony In USA and Canada
An amazing bit of questioning in the USA by AOC of Trump’s former lawyer, Cohen. https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/watch-rep-aoc-gets-michael-cohen-admit-oath-trump-committed-insurance-tax-fraud/ pic.twitter.com/cAahvSg28c — StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) February 28, 2019 Has a single GOP rep tried to…
Devastating Truth
Today has been a wild day all around the world, between Michael Cohen’s testimony in Washington, Trump and Kim in Vietnam and the new tensions between India and Pakistan. There…
Coming to a Head
Well it’s now official and tomorrow is a day that we’ve been looking forward to ever since the SNC/PMO scandal kicked off three weeks ago. After the Prime Minister finally…
Evidence in the Stupidity of Saying ‘The Liberal Media’
More evidence that there is no ‘liberal media’ in Canada or the US.
By-Elections, the Morning After
Well the votes are counted, and we wake up this morning to a few more questions answered in the #cdnpoli scene then we went into yesterday with. Coming out of…
Talking By-Elections on CFRA
So today is the big day, with by-elections taking place in York-Simcoe, Outremont and Burnaby South. This afternoon I got the chance to go on CFRA in Ottawa to talk…
The Vaccine Debate Continues …
When someone comes clean about any fears they have about certain things, our instincts are to vilify and bully them. It’s important to try to find objective ways to ‘meet…
Saving the Scenic Salish Sea.
To nobody’s surprise the other day, Canada’s moribund National Energy Board (NEB), once again, approved the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. And once again to the barricades my friends…
Overplaying Their Hand
Opposition Members of Parliament have some tools at their disposal to help drive the agenda or raise issues they feel are important. Granted that over the past few decades, that…
Magpie Brûlé Podcast – PMO/SNC Scandal and By-Election Monday
Episode Three of the Magpie Brûlé podcast is now up and ready to listen to. In this episode, I talk about the SNC Lavalin/PMO scandal, it’s effects and the week…
Stuff Happens, IV: The Reckoning, week 8: It’s Oscar Sunday … zzzzz
Well, it’s Academy Awards Sunday. Remember when that used to be a big deal? As a longtime movie fan and pop culture junkie, I’ve always watched the Oscars with varying…
We Should Stop Paying For Over-Budget Infrastructure Projects
Cost overruns on the Ottawa public transit project beg many questions related to accountability, fraud, legalities related to commitments and conflicts of interest. All municipalities should reconsider major infrastructure projects…
SNC: The Story Behind the Story
The situation with SNC-Lavalin is disgusting, but I actually want the Liberals to emerge victorious in 2019. If they don’t, we’ll have VERY dark days for Canada under Andy Scheer’s…
Decision Day in Burnaby
Over the past two weeks, all of the attention in the #cdnpoli scene has been on the SNC/PMO scandal. This story has grabbed the attention of the public and held…
“Conveying Context”
After two weeks of the SNC/PMO scandal, today brought us the first chance to hear directly from a voice in this debate that we hadn’t heard yet. The House of…