The Saskatchewan supreme court ruled in a 3-2 split that the federal carbon tax backstop is constitutional.  At the moment it is a win for the federal government, but the split decision means we probably won't know one way or another until the Supreme Court rules.  My view all along is the federal government should… Continue reading Carbon Tax and By-election

With the recent elections, we now have 7 out of 10 provinces (might be 8 soon depending on how Newfoundland votes on May 16th) with over 80% of the Canadian population with small c conservative governments.  By contrast only 2 provinces (could be down to one soon) and one territory representing less than 5% of… Continue reading Blue Wave sweeping across Canada?

Tomorrow PEI votes and while normally few of us outside the province would really care, a political earthquake might be on the horizon.  PEI has always voted either Liberal or Progressive Conservative, but polls show the Greens in the lead meaning PEI might have Canada's first ever Green government and this could have profound implications… Continue reading PEI Election

A blue tsunami swept through Alberta yesterday and was bigger than most polls predicted.  I kind of thought there would be a polling error, just didn't know which direction it would be in as PCs in the past always outperformed polls so was this an underestimation of incumbency or of a particular party and I… Continue reading Alberta Election Post mortem

Tomorrow Alberta goes to the polls and it looks like it will probably result in a UCP majority if the polls are correct, but with the NDP forming a decent size opposition, otherwise not the blowout many had predicted.  As someone who has family in Alberta, I always thought it would be more competitive than… Continue reading Alberta Election Final Thoughts

I believe the decision by the Liberals to kick both out was a major mistake.  Yes they are a bit of a distraction, but taking this approach just makes a bad situation worse.  Trudeau should have all along just admitted he made a mistake and apologized.  Had he done that the issue would be forgotten… Continue reading JWR and Jane Philpott kicked out of caucus

In less than a week New Zealand prime-minister Jacinda Ardern has promised sweeping gun control with a ban on all or most semi-automatic weapons (exact details forthcoming).  This is the type of leadership we need on gun control, but it is too bad it took a tragedy as bad as Christchurch mosque shooting for this… Continue reading New Zealand semi-Automatic ban and Alberta election

Notley has dropped the writ and Alberta will vote on April 16th.  This is shaping up to be an interesting election and will in many ways test our assumptions about what type of province Alberta is.  One school of thought is with changing demographics, Alberta is no longer the conservative province it once was and… Continue reading Alberta Election and Federal Budget

Many of us around the globe were shocked and saddened at the unnecessary killing of 50 innocent people praying at a mosque.  This brings me to two urgent issues which are Islamophobia and hate; and gun control.  These are applicable to Canada too so below are my thoughts.  Some say this is too early to… Continue reading Christchurch Mosque shooting

It has been a busy weak with the SNC-Lavalin scandal and other issues.  With now two cabinet resignations and one MP saying Trudeau yelled at her and will not run again, it would probably be an understatement to say this has been a bad week for the Liberals.  Still a lot can happen in the… Continue reading Political updates on two main parties on Doctors on guns