political roundup

1 min read 2021-11-26 17:35:23

Roundup: Setting more dangerous precedents to justify hybrid sittings

With a vote of 180 to 140, hybrid sittings will be returning to the House of Commons, which is bullshit and absolutely unconscionable, but the

1 min read 2021-11-25 17:37:16

As I was just saying about Canadian political leaders focusing on American issues and culture wars, we are seeing yet another instance in this

1 min read 2021-11-24 17:31:21

In amidst all of the pomp and ceremony, there was very little that was unexpected out of yesterday’s Speech from the Throne, where Governor General

1 min read 2021-11-23 17:36:13

The 44th Parliament has been summoned, and nearly all MPs were back in the House of Commons yesterday – the exceptions being the one Conservative

1 min read 2021-11-22 17:37:44

There was sad news over the weekend that Senator Josée Forest-Niesing passed away from COVID. Forest-Niesing had been recently discharged from

1 min read 2021-11-20 17:41:37

I generally make it a policy not to talk about polls, but this one was just so disheartening that I feel the need to say something about it. Abacus

1 min read 2021-11-19 17:36:27

Well, that was the Three Amigos summit, and it doesn’t sound like there was any outward progress on Canada’s biggest request, which is getting

1 min read 2021-11-18 17:38:09

Inflation was the word of the day again yesterday, as it was the monthly release of Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index, and lo, it was once

1 min read 2021-11-17 17:31:08

The internal strife within the Conservative ranks is getting more pointed, as word came down yesterday that Erin O’Toole had lined up enough caucus

1 min read 2021-11-16 17:32:20

There is much intrigue within the Conservative ranks, and it just got a lot more interesting. First thing yesterday morning was the story that Bert

1 min read 2021-11-15 17:32:59

The Conservatives’ finance critic, Pierre Poilievre, was up to his usual bullshit over the weekend and held a press conference to demand that the

1 min read 2021-11-13 17:35:37

In Alberta, the province’s municipal affairs minister has declared that he can’t vacate a seat on Calgary’s city council given the revelations

1 min read 2021-11-12 17:45:56

The CBC story earlier in the week regarding the Clerk of the House of Commons has its critics, and there were elements of the story that felt

1 min read 2021-11-11 17:34:18

The Alberta government is facing yet another situation where reality butts up against their preferred victimhood narratives – this time around

1 min read 2021-11-10 17:30:47

Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe is in trouble. The COVID numbers in his province are still out of control, five of the patients that they had to