During the past year of Mark Carney’s time as prime minister of a minority government, he has frequently shown his authoritarian side by doing such things as unilaterally recognizing Palestine as a state without consulting Parliament and preferring to travel around the world first class on the taxpayer dime instead of showing up in Parliament […]
Years ago, this author happened to be in Brussels, Belgium for a number of business meetings at the headquarters of the European Union (EU). It was an education, and not a very positive one. After dealing with various Canadian governments for years, I thought I knew what excessive government red tape was all about. I […]
The weird position Canadian officials have put the nation in regarding several issues could fill volumes. A short list includes: Ensuring beer is in every corner store while healthcare clinics close. Gasoline prices aren’t high enough. Let’s add layers of taxes on top of rising costs, then top it off with the GST to ensure […]
Many Canadians may think that the floor-crossing bonanza in the House of Commons these days is not unusual and just a routine part of Canadian politics. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. What is currently happening, with MPs who were elected as Conservatives now crossing the floor to the Liberals, is very unique […]
The Iran War, now in its second month, has given people around the world a fresh opportunity to evaluate their nation’s leadership. Regardless of your political viewpoint or priors about developments in the Middle East, there are certain facts that rational observers can agree upon. Using these facts and connecting a government’s actions to how […]
Over time, words change meaning. Technology, epochs, or intentional theft often explain why certain terms or ideas took on meanings different from their original ones. In our modern age, we have seen technology change the meaning of cloud, mouse, and virus. Culturally, words like gay, queer, and rainbow elicit altered meanings from previous generations. Slang […]
Last weekend saw both the federal NDP leadership convention take place, and the Juno awards. It was an amazing confluence of wokeness at both of these events, and both attracted a considerable amount of attention within Canada but also internationally because of their wokeness. Despite the fact that woke sensibilities seem to be reaching the […]
Kathy Hochul, for any reader who might not know, is the governor of New York, having taken on the role after Andrew Cuomo resigned in 2021. Hochul barely won the governor’s seat in a hotly contested race with Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin in 2022, despite the overwhelming advantage Democrats have on the Empire State’s voter […]
The latest Democratic politician from Texas to excite the dominant media moguls and progressives across America recently won the nomination to face either Senator John Cornyn or the state’s Attorney-General, Ken Paxton, both of whom advanced to the Republican runoff race in May. James Talarico has been exciting the base of his party since he […]
Back in 2005, The Economist magazine dubbed then-prime minister Paul Martin “Mr. Dithers” for Martin’s indecisive leadership during his first 14 months in office. Despite the fact that Martin had been a solid minister of finance under Jean Chrétien’s leadership, he had a history being indecisive and changing his mind on a regular basis. Considering […]