I was sitting on a bench overlooking the beach at Ward's Island this weekend, when I suddenly thought of Jack Layton. And how I used to see him all the time cycling around the island on a bicycle made for two. Back in the giddy days when an orange wave had made
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Cowichan Conversations: It’s no calamity for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh that Nathan Cullen and Murray Rankin won’t run in 2019
COMMENTARY Originally published in the Georgia Straight NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh handily won his Burnaby South riding by listening to voters and then responding to their concerns about high housing prices. JAGMEET Read more…
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Has a UCP candidate voiced what her party really thinks, its leader’s pledge notwithstanding, about two-tier health care?
If you wonder what the United Conservative Party really thinks about how health care ought to be run in Alberta, perhaps you should ask if Miranda Rosin instead of Jason Kenney, he of the Coroplast Pledge. Ms. Rosin is the UCP’s candidate in the new Banff-Kananaskis riding. Mr. Kenney is
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta’s lone-NDP MP Linda Duncan will not seek re-election in 2019
Photo: MP Linda Duncan and MLA Rachel Notley at Edmonton’s Pride Parade. It was one of the worst kept secrets in Edmonton politics. Linda Duncan has announced that she will not seek re-election as the Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Strathcona when the next federal election is held in October 2019. After a strong
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Harjit Sajjan and the Opposition’s Dirty Game
It may be the most overhyped story to hit the Commons in a long long time. And the most racist.But the Cons are desperate to find something, anything, to try to hurt the Trudeau government.So Rona Ambrose really did say this yesterday. But then of course she should know eh?Read
Continue readingLeft Over: Green Party ReGrowth?
Elizabeth May could quit as Green Party leader this month ‘Broken-hearted’ May says boycott Israel policy has her on verge of stepping down as leader By David Cochrane, CBC News Posted: Aug 12, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 12, … Continue reading →
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Night Sophie Grégoire Trudeau Stole the Show
As you know the last month has been a horrible one for Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.Rona Ambrose and her monstrous Cons have gone after her, her children, and her mother in law Margaret.And Sophie even had to lecture her husband about minding his elbows.Bu…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day The Opposition Losers Decided Not To Punish Justin Trudeau
Well I see that after threatening to punish Justin Trudeau for his role in the so-called elbowgate kerfuffle.And either suspend him or humiliate him. Or hopefully hang him.The Cons and the NDP have decided to drop the idea like a hot potato.Or pour w…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Elbowgate and the Trudeau Hater Losers
I don't think the so-called two-four long weekend has ever come at a better time in the whole history of Canada.So we can all recover from that act of collective madness that was the elbowgate affair. For it has been a real nightmare.The Trudeau h…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: When Is Tom Mulcair Going to Apologize for His Disgraceful Behaviour?
It's the ugliest picture of the whole so-called elbow gate bumpgate incident. The Commons is in an uproar, Justin Trudeau has apologized as a decent person should, And there standing in the gaggle of NDP MPs is Tom Mulcair grinning like a ha…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tom Mulcair’s Sad Return to the House of Commons
In some ways it was a stirring sight. Tom Mulcair returning to the House of Commons after his humiliating defeat at the NDP leadership convention.Standing tall and getting a standing ovation.Two days after his fellow New Democrats made a dramatic sho…
Continue readingMaple-Flavoured Politics: Thomas Mulcair: Should he be interim NDP leader?
In the past couple of days I’ve read a few tweets and quotes in articles from people suggesting that it would be inappropriate for Thomas Mulcair to remain as interim leader of the NDP after his failure in the leadership review vote at the NDP co…
Continue readingEh Types: Lame Duck L’Orange
An orange shock wave rolled over the Canadian political landscape yesterday. In its wake Tom Mulcair’s leadership of the NDP came to a sudden, even shocking end. Some time ago I made the case for why the NDP should choose a new leader. I was surprise…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The NDP Snatches Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
It could only happen in Canada. Or at an NDP leadership convention.First the party gives the leader the boot.In a dramatic rejection of Tom Mulcair's time as leader of the federal NDP, delegates gathered in Edmonton for the party's convention h…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Sad Surrender of the NDP’s Youth Wing
They complained about the way Tom Mulcair and his party marginalized them during the last election, or treated them like children.They complained about the way they were sent out to campaign with a boring, conservative-lite platform no young person co…
Continue readingLeft Over: Be Unconventional – Create a Revolution in Policy….
Mulcair and the NDP head into couples therapy at convention NDP leader faces a divided party, with some calling for his departure and others standing behind him By Chris Hall, CBC News Posted: Apr 08, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: … Continue reading →
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Most Ridiculous Reason For Not Firing Tom Mulcair
Well as you all know, Tom Mulcair is perched precariously on a narrow plank, over the deep blue sea.With the big question being, will he be standing or swimming on Monday? But even as he marches or limps towards his destiny, some of the old guard ar…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: One More Reason Tom Mulcair Should Resign
I watched Tom Mulcair being interviewed by Peter Mansbridge last night, and I have to say I was not impressed.He still strikes me as more of a professional politician, than a genuine left-wing leader.I still don't think he's the NDP's futur…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will Tom Mulcair Blow Up the NDP?
It's looking more and more like Tom Mulcair will survive his leadership review. Or at least get a two year reprieve. New Democratic Party Leader Tom Mulcair should have two years to rebuild the party’s fortunes before being replaced, but that co…
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Why Tom Mulcair is wrong… yet again #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Tom Mulcair isn’t alone.A lot of people have been making the extremely dangerous argument over the past few days that we ought to accept any claim or accusation based solely on the fact that someone made it.They have been using the Twitter hashtag #Ibe…
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