Politics and its Discontents

I realize that progressives are largely loathe to criticize the Trudeau government. Given the simplistic, either-or, black-and-white thinkin...

I've been really busy this week and haven't had time to post. The following reflects just a few of the things I haven't written...

H/tTheoMoudakis Because the political reactions from the right and the left are so tiresomely predictable, I thought I would offer a few ...

Those with undying affection for, and advocacy of, fossil fuels are indulging in a venal nostalgia for the way things were. They cling to ...

Having friends in high places is certainly something the wealthy must savour as they continue to hide money in offshore tax havens. Yes, t...

Over a year ago I posted about the sad record of the CRA in pursuing offshore tax cheats as revealed by the Panama Papers . It seems that...

My past two posts have consisted of editorial cartoons featuring well-known 'green'characters. The first depicted Kermit the frog...

... check for a pulse. Most people, I think, understand that proper taxation is essential to a viable society. All they ask is that the ...

Many Canadians, including The Star's Heather Mallick, are under the impression that the Liberals are a truly progressive party, intent...

While many are trying to minimize the significance of allegations that the Trudeau government tried to subvert the course of justice in the ...

I was watching The National ((aka The Whore of Babylon among those who reflexively defend all things Liberal) last evening, and was surpri...

It grieves me to resign from a portfolio where I was at work to deliver an important mandate. I must abide by my core values, my ethical r...

Reading the newspaper this morning, it occurred to me that the reactions to Jody Wilson Raybould's testimony before the Commons Justi...

Her testimony was riveting, her aura of integrity palpable. One could only come away from the testimony of Jody Wilson-Raybould into the SN...

Letter-writers in today's Star ask questions that demand to be answered. The first makes a point that occurred to me early on when SN...

The first cut, they say, is the deepest. And now, for something completely different:

For those who claim the SNC-Lavalin affair is much ado about nothing, this is certainly an interesting development : OTTAWA—Gerald Butts, ...

Evolving is one of those words I have never particularly cared for. It can, and should, of course, most be used when pertaining to the gro...

If you watch the following interview with law professor Jennifer Quaid, you will find her take on the Omnibus Bill provision for the DPA (de...

An atomic usually bomb expands its destructive range outward, so it is perhaps understandable that Mr. Trudeau does not yet realize he has u...