Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to the Governor General confirmed what everyone following Canadian politics knew since Carney accepted the helm of the Liberal Party and became, in effect, the prime minister of our country. Canadians expected, wanted, and needed an election to provide someone with a mandate to help the nation deal with U.S. […]

In the early stages of the 2025 campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney has broken out into a dazzling lead. As of March 30, 2025, the website 338Canada.com has Carney garnering a majority government. The website places the chances of Carney winning the election at 99 per cent and his chances of securing a majority at […]

The election call last Sunday caught few off guard. Most people knew our freshly minted Prime Minister did not want to waste time before jumping on the campaign trail. As a novel commodity, Mark Carney appeals to many Canadians who were tired of former prime minister Justin Trudeau but remain uncertain about Conservative Leader Pierre […]

The Trump Administration’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student, presents observers with two possible positions upon which to argue a case.  The first rests on the notion that those provided access to America follow steps to become citizens. While doing so they are expected to obey all laws […]

A famous observation about history declares it to rhyme more than it repeats. As we prepare for Canada’s 45th federal election in 2025, there may be a temptation to look back a few decades, find a similar situation, and expect a familiar outcome. That would be folly, especially because of the external threat posed south […]

On Tuesday, March 4, President Donald Trump entered Congress at the invitation of the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson of Louisiana. The Democratic leadership chose to abandon the protocol of accompanying the president into the Capitol, setting the tone for an evening of norm-breaking, political gamesmanship, and unprecedented rudeness. The viewers (I subjected myself […]

For many of the entrenched Washington journalists, they may have never thought a day would come when their comfortable positions would be challenged. Pictured: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Photo Credit: Karoline Leavitt/X.  The recent announcement from Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, has set the Washington press in full panic mode. Bezos […]

How Europe manages the coming demands for change will determine the relationship it chooses to have with a new and emerging American renewal of constitutional free speech. Pictured: U.S. Vice President JD Vance. Photo Credit: JD Vance/Facebook.  U.S. Vice President JD Vance recently spoke in Europe about the dilapidated state of democracy in the Old […]

Democrats should be taking stock of the situation and recognizing that Musk isn’t the villain they’re making him out to be. Pictured: Elon Musk and President Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Elon Musk/X.  Watching the unfolding drama in Washington between the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) audits and the panicked left wing of the Democratic Party […]

If and when the Department of Education disappears, there will be few taxpayers to share in the tumbler of tears public education activists will shed. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Education/X.  Having spent over 30 years as an educator in various roles, this author doesn’t think he is especially qualified to assess the Department of […]