Author: Peter Lowry

It is with heavy hearts that we let you know that Peter Lowry has passed away. We would like to thank everyone for their readership. Please know how much this blog meant to him. Thanks again from his wife, daughter and grandsons.

Can you believe that the liberals in Ontario will have a new leader next week and the Ford conservatives are going to pay to introduce her to Ontario voters. Ford and friends think they will turn the voters against her but the ad campaign will more likely be laughed at.

Can you imagine conservative leader Pierre Poilievre singing “Solidarity Forever”? That is the image that comes to mind when you read that he thinks his party can win some of the labour vote in the next election. I expect he will. Despite the conservatives classifying the NDP as ‘woke’ there

Consider this: Singh and the new democrats can save Canada from going down the same slippery slope as the United States. Singh and his party are already keeping Poilievre and his conservative puppets from trampling on Canada’s democracy. The liberal and NDP accord is staving off an election that could

Some times you just have to just take it on the chin and carry on regardless. We heard the other day that the Ontario conservatives might not be having a dinner to honour their leader this year. They will still bow low and do what he says but they seem

Some of our pollsters tell us that the conservative leader is making in-roads with voters with his “Axe the Tax” campaign. His very first error in this is that the carbon charge is not a tax. That man thinks he can convince people to vote for him because they believe

And here, all along, I thought it was just the conservatives and liberals who were dumb. Now I find out that the new democrats are just as dim. Robin Sears, one of the chief apologists for the new democrats admitted in the Toronto Star the other day that the NDP

It looked like good news. It said that Quebec premier François Legault was losing ground in Quebec politics. It was like the news that your mother-in-law has been killed in an accident while driving your brand-new car. The insurance company will look after the car, but you are really going

Premier Doug Ford of Ontario thinks our federal environment minister is an extremist. Last month he was ranting and raving about federal politicians who seemed negative towards his proposed Highway 413.  It does seem unfair that after the Greenbelt fiasco, that some of his best friends are going to also

One of the things I learned early in running elections is to work closely with your fundraisers. Money is not always the solution but it sure helps. I should not have to admit it but liberals, who are tired of all the pleas for money in their computer in-basket every

Canadians can take our antagonisms out of social media this year and work towards an election for real. Mr. Poilievre certainly wants one. The conservatives just spent so much trying to humanize him. They don’t want the effort go to waste. But don’t forget to check with Jagmeet Singh of

Looking ahead to 2024, writing a political blog will be a year of many challenges. There is no social code that forbids us from talking either of religion or politics.  Canadians will keep their eyes pealed on the events to the south. We will watch Mr. Trump trying desperately to

Toronto, a city on the north side of Lake Ontario, is not a planned city. It is more of a happening place than people realize. After many years of haphazard approvals by myopic city councils, Toronto has become interesting, challenging and a city with a great future. But, like any

It was actually Lou Rosen, I first met. We were in that little custom tailoring shop he and brother Harry had opened on Parliament Street in Toronto. A fellow salesman and friend had convinced me to get away from Eaton’s menswear racks and check out custom tailoring. I went in

It might not please all Canadians that our prime minister is staying the course and sticking around for another election. I have listened to his claims of certitude and I cannot help but feel that he does not have the good sense of his father.  While I would not have

What does “Bring it home” mean to you? Does Mr. Poilievre’s keynote slogan have specificity for you? Is it a meaningful political doctrine? Or, is it just another vague slogan that can mean what you want it to mean? But the cold, hard facts are that slogans are for the

Americans missed out on this one. The celebration on December 26, of Boxing Day that originated in England, never caught on in the American colonies. It is understandable, when you consider that it was a day for giving things to the poor and people who do the menial, under-paid chores

Canada holds a special place in the world this year, We want to share our homeland with those in fear. We will not let those who try to divide and control, Be they tyrants, politicians or others out on parole. Our hearts and help go to those in desperate need.

If there are any institutions hoping for better times in 2024, it is our hospitals. I believe the problems are happening across Canada but I can better relate to the shambles we are enduring in Ontario. We have a provincial government in this province making a conscious effort to destroy

An interesting discussion with a committed liberal the other day was the question of the purpose of our politicians. He insisted that the answer was as simple as: To spend money. I kept trying to add adjectives to that such as ‘judiciously,’ ‘wisely’ or ‘carefully.’ He wanted to keep it