Politics and its Discontents

Start at the 1:40 mark to see what I mean. To whet your appetite, here are some viewer comments: What an awesome way to drop that Saudi Ar...

While many (but not our strangely silent allies) have cheered Canada's tweet critical of Saudi Arabia's abuse of human rights'...

As Canadians, we like to walk around feeling good about ourselves, convinced both of our good intentions and our innate rectitude. Ours is a...

When it comes to a choice between believing a government with a vested interest in protecting a $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia an...

Prime-Minister-For-A-Day Kim Campbell is probably best remembered for saying, “An election is no time to discuss serious issues.” She migh...

As I recently wrote , I am very doubtful that the Trudeau government will rescind its $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, damning evi...

I suspect that, if they had their druthers, both Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her boss, Justin Trudeau, would much prefe...

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible . -George Orwell Regarding the misuse by the Saud...

There will always be those who see Justin Trudeau only through the public image he has so assiduously cultivated. Others, however, refuse ...

Despite unpromising predictions, Justin Trudeau led his party to overwhelming victory close to a year ago. And like political prisoners he...

H/t Graeme MacKay

The Trudeau government is adamant about seeing through the $15 billion sale of armoured vehicles to human rights' suppressor Saudi Arab...

That's how I regard the justifications for continuing with the Saudi arms deal offered by Stephane Dion and his puppet master, Justin Tr...

In response to a recent post on the Liberals' refusal to re-examine the $15 billion arms deal originally struck by the Harper regime wi...

I believe it is called bloodshed for dollars .

In the weekend Star, Tony Burman gave five reasons that Canada should cancel the Saudi arms deal, an immoral agreement which the Trudeau ...

H/t Toronto Star I do hope all of the equipment Trudeau is selling to the Saudis is stainless steel. You know how difficult it is to remo...

Given the ongoing contention surrounding Canada's decision to sell $15 billion worth of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, one wonder...

Although we live in a time that seems to demand almost constant preoccupation with the economy and jobs, sometimes there are more importan...

While I continue to have a guarded optimism about our new government, there are troubling signs that suggest that it has some conspicuous ...