Carney’s image from Wikipedia I have covered this ground before, but today I take special glee in Friday’s showing on the federal political scene, because I could have written the script two years ago. I warned the Conservatives. I have said clearly many times that investing all your political eggs in one basket of hatred…
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Politics
What Next for the Liberals?
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Chrystia Freeland’s abrupt departure from cabinet has answered the question that many have been asking. What’s Going On? The usual approach to a change of guard at the top was just demonstrated by the Democrats in the US. The leader-to-be takes on a higher and higher profile to give that person a chance to create…
Social Commentary
Violence Begets Violence, Mr. Trump
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If I was Donald Trump right now, I’d be wondering, “What the hell went wrong? They aren’t supposed to be targeting me!” Because he has been making the same mistake that authoritarian right-wingers often make. The Right-Wing Narrative Members of the Right are authoritarian. Force is the ultimate solution to social problems. They know that…
Politics
Lobbying: Inequity in Government
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There is no such thing as bad publicity, at least not in Pierre Poilievre’s poll-pumped world right now. He attracted a complete swarm of attention last week when he pronounced that lobbyists were useless. The immediate reaction from both left- and right-leaning media was, “Then why do you keep meeting with them?” I’m more interested…
Politics
Winging It to the Right
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Big news this week is Pierre Poilievre’s impromptu visit to a far-right protest about the usual stuff. Nobody cared what the protest was about; the discussion was about the wisdom or stupidity Poilievre’s interaction with the radicals. The Background In order to understand what’s going on here, we need to dig a bit into the…
Politics
Statistics Say Trudeau Stays
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There has been lots of idle speculation recently about whether Trudeau should step down as Liberal leader. If you follow this blog, you will know that I have been of the opinion for several years that he should quit before he’s too far behind. However, that was then, and this is now. If he planned…
Politics
Pierre Poilievre: A Nasty Echo from the South
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Photo courtesy of CBC Canada’s conservatives showed themselves half a step behind America’s spiral into populism with the selection of Pierre Poilievre as leader, a man whose main talent is for figuring out what everybody wants to hear and promising it to them, whether it’s possible or not. When Poilievre started his acceptance speech with,…