A quick update on the passing of former US president George HW Bush.  He served his country with honour and while not perfect as president, this was a time when Republicans were a reasonable conservative alternative, not crazy like they are under Trump.  In fact my understanding is he voted for Clinton as his party… Continue reading RIP George HW Bush

Bernier's People's Party has signed up a lot of members, over 30,000 and he does seem to be drawing large crowds.  Despite this he is only polling between 1-4%.  My guess is the party will go nowhere for two reasons: 1.  Defeating Trudeau trumps all other considerations for those on the political right and the… Continue reading Bernier’s People’s Party and Quick Ontario update

The recent Brexit proposal all but looks DOA as all the opposition parties have for various reasons lined up against it while a significant chunk of the Tories are against it, also for different reasons with hard core remainers wanting a second referendum, while hard brexiters feeling it isn't a clean enough break.  One of… Continue reading Brexit debacle

Now that the results are largely in, on balance it looks like a good showing for the Democrats and bad one for the GOP, but still both parties have a few takeaways.  For the GOP, suburban America is clearly moving in the Democrat direction and college educated whites, particularly college educated white women are swinging… Continue reading US Midterms post mortem

I haven't been able to write anything recently as I have been fighting a bad cold, but anyways here are my thoughts on US midterms as well as predictions. House I predict the Democrats will win quite handidly vote wise (probably a 7 to 9 point lead), but seat wise I think it will be… Continue reading US Midterms

Quebec Election Defying the polls, the CAQ won a much stronger majority than many thought.  I was not surprised they won a majority due to vote efficiency, but was a bit surprised at the size.  Nonetheless it appears PLQ's poor performance vote wise was largely due to a large drop in Anglophone turnout, probably due… Continue reading Political events while I was away

I will be heading overseas again, but before going, just wanted to update on the provincial scene.  New Brunswick just had their election recently and had I lived there, I would have voted for the PCs led by Blaine Higgs since I believe his plan of less government spending and making New Brunswick more attractive… Continue reading Quebec Election Endorsement

Today's saga on Bill 5 was nothing short of disgusting.  I may be a small c conservative, but I have principles too and when someone does something as egregious as Ford has I will speak up.  As someone whose great grandfather fought in World War I and Grandfather in World War II, I believe respect… Continue reading The Ford Circus at Queens Park

Today the Ontario court ruled that Bill 5 which reduced the number of city councillors on Toronto city council was unconstitutional and struck it down.  I am not a lawyer so cannot say whether it was the right decision or not, but personally I believe Ford's decision to push through the changes during the middle… Continue reading Court Ruling on Bill 5

There is a lot of debate over whether Canada should accept a deal at any cost or if there are certain red lines we should insist on and walk away if not achieved.  I think we should try hard to preserve NAFTA but not at all costs.  If we capitulate that will send a message… Continue reading NAFTA to deal or not