Politics and its Discontents

Jason Kenney's UCP has achieved a majority in Alberta . Proclaiming that Alberta is open for business and that “[h] ope is on the hor...

Who invited this guy? H/t The Huffington Post

Here is a letter from today's Star that puts responsibility for the proliferating problem of deceitful, inept, corrupt and demagogic...

I hope that I can be forgiven for what might appear to some as either an unhealthy obsession with Toronto's chief magistrate or an On...

But then again, would anyone really want this clown to attend their function ?

Now this is reaching absurdist proportions, even for the political circus that Toronto has become under its buffoon/mayor, Rob Ford.

While I know that the selection of Thomas Mulcair is the major topic of discussion today, I shall defer to those more knowledgeable than I a...

That Ford can still find five members of council willing to do his bidding, no matter how transparently shabby it may be, also speaks volume...

Thanks to Impolitical for the link to this video:

Although I don't live in Toronto, it has become an object of fascination for me since the election of Mayor Rob and Doug Ford. Within t...

In many ways, I suspect that we get exactly the kind of political representation that we deserve. A population that is either largely disen...

One thing that I have noticed about the far right, and I think this applies both to those in the United States and in Canada, is that they h...