Siding with a former PC Premier: On an Alberta Pension Plan
When it comes to my politics, I am a pragmatist before anything else. While, I disagree with Michael Chong a lot, it is easy for me to say that his…
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The Race as an Independent
In my time volunteering then working in politics, I was very fortunate to get to see and experience many campaigns. Federal, provincial, municipal and leadership, each campaign had its own…
Black thoughts on a hot day.
This pandemic is not over until I get to shoot craps at a local casino. Our backlog of celebrations of lives lost to us is daunting. And I have no…
Flowers
There’s even a yellow lily too. The white peonies are almost all done. This was in Moose Jaw last week Squash Potatoes last week
“Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You”
Next week will mark four months since COVID-19 really started to hit here at home and how so many things have changed since then. It’s a bit crazy to think…
A Tiny Home Or Revolution
Watching videos on camper van conversions recently, I think, I’m not ready to live in a camper van just yet; but having been a minimalist most of my life, I…
Talking Mandatory Mask Wearing & Another Scandal for the PM with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Jason Lietaer & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about Ottawa making mask wearing in public…
Talking Bob Rae as UN Ambassador & New Ethics Investigation of the Prime Minister on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the appointment of Bob Rae as Canada’s…
Failing the Easiest of Tests
This space has been a bit quiet for the past week as I’ve been taking some time to recharge my batteries, get outside in the beautiful air and see some…
Gun crazy
As a Father’s Day gift, my youngest son Blake took me to the Wild West Shooting Centre at West Edmonton Mall so we could share some father-son blasting time. During…
Why are they putting down our country?
We do not need to read this crap. The other day the Toronto Star ran an opinion piece headlined: As an Afro-Indigenous woman being Canadian means living in a nation…
Workers deserve a 32 hour work week with no loss of pay
Share this: Since the industrialization of the world, workers organized in unions have fought for many key rights Canadians enjoy today. In the early days of Capitalism, it was not…
Is The Sask Party A Cult?
It’s hard to deny that the Sask Party could be a cult. I'm trying to think of a scenario where your Conservative supporters would not vote for your candidates. You…
Talking the Wearing of Masks & Police Funding with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest developments in Ontario’s re-opening…
Leadership Unity Tests
Leadership races are a test of many things within a party. They test the strength of their organization, the strength of the various bases within them and can test the…
It’s a puzzlement …
These are difficult times. I know this because every second commercial on TV mentions ‘these difficult times’ (TDT). They are so difficult, in fact, that I just want to punch…
The Gospel Of Thomas: A Key Text In World Religions & A Gateway To Mystery
The greatest scholar of world mythology, and one of the greatest scholars of world religion, Joseph Campbell, introduced me to the Gospel Of Thomas, and made clear its monumental…
Covid-19 In Perspective: An Open Letter
The following letter I wrote and sent out in response to a virtual town hall meeting this evening with our local MP and a local environmental group. I am sharing…
The Dishonourable Senator from Northwestern Ontario: The Apology We Can’t Accept
I have to admit that for me personally, this past week in Canadian politics has been hard to stomach. To have seen what happened to NDP leader Jagmeet Singh last…
“Science”
“I believe science.” Sure, so did the followers of Ptolemy. But the social consensus was wrong; the majority were wrong – including those who claimed to be scientific in…