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

Yesterday Trudeau spoke on the allegations by Judy Wilson-Reyboud.  Rather than helping, he did exactly what one should not do when something like this happens.  Instead of accepting responsibility and promising it won't happen again, he just makes excuses.  This comes across as someone who is arrogant and out of touch.  People don't expect politicians… Continue reading Lavscam and Trudeau’s speech

Lavscam Today some explosive testimony was given at committee by Jody Wilson-Reyboud.  This comes on the heels of Gerald Butt's resignation.  While too early to say the full fallout, I cannot see it as being good for the Liberals.  Will it be fatal or not, tough to say.  I am glad Gerald Butts is gone… Continue reading Lavscam, by-elections and moderate conservatism