Here is my interpretation of last night's by-election results by party. Liberals: It was definitely a good night for the Liberals. While they lost a bit of ground in Sturgeon River-Parkland, they have never done particularly well in this riding. They did however pick up Lac Saint Jean which is in the heart of what… Continue reading By-election Results

Just a quick note that tomorrow there are two by-elections in the ridings of Sturgeon River-Parkland, Alberta (replacing Rona Ambrose, Conservative), and Lac Saint Jean, Quebec (replacing Denis Lebel, Conservative). Sturgeon River-Parkland is a very safe Tory seat so expect them easily hold that one. Lac Saint Jean will be more of a race so… Continue reading By-Elections tomorrow

Today is exactly the half way mark in Trudeau's first term as the election was held 2 years ago plus a day and the next one will be 2 years ahead plus a day. So here are the marks. National Security - C+ Aboriginal Affairs - B Economy - D Finance - F Taxation -… Continue reading Trudeau Midterm Report Card

At this point, progressives appear to be at their apex in Canada.  Progressives hold over 70% of the seats federally in the House of Commons, control 7-8 provinces, and are at the helm in the vast majority of municipalities.  If you value centrist policies, or lean right like myself, it’s fair to say we’re in… Continue reading A Left Wing Canada in a Right Wing World

A lot has happened in the past week, so I will try to brief in my views on each topic.  TransCanada Pipelines has pulled up the rug on Energy East Pipeline.  I won’t put all the blame for this on Trudeau, because this was a business decision, but I do wish he did more to… Continue reading Thanksgiving weekend Politics

This past week, Germany had its election, resulting in Merkel’s re-election, albeit with a lower share of the popular vote, and her junior partner, SPD, having their worst showing in over 100 years. The big story is the far right AfD got 13% of the popular vote which is not unusual in most Western European… Continue reading The German Election, Public Subsidies, Polls, and Proportional Representation

Last week, the new NDP government brought forth its first mini-budget. As this is only an interim budget, next year’s budget will be the real test. My assessment is it is okay, with a few redeeming aspects, and a fair bit of negative ones. I believe we have an obligation as a society, and as… Continue reading BC Budget, Medicare for all, and Trudeau’s Arrogance

Weed and the Speaker There are two big issues dominating the two provinces I’ve lived in: the BC legislative Speaker here in BC, and how marijuana will be sold in Ontario. In BC this week, we witnessed a big surprise when Darryl Plecas of the BC Liberals chose to become Speaker, despite his former promise… Continue reading Weed and the Speaker

Darryl Plecas of the BC Liberals has accepted the position of speaker which until the Kelowna West by-election is held we have 44-41 in favour of the Green-NDP and even after that assuming the BC Liberals hold Kelowna West, it will be 42-44. This likely means the NDP has a relatively free hand and could… Continue reading Darryl Plecas betrays BC Liberals

Recently, we have seen policies from both the Ontario and federal Liberals demonstrating their anti-business side.  Both used to be pro-business, but in their attempts to appeal to soft NDP supporters, they have abandoned this and I believe we will pay for it. Wynne wants to raise the minimum wage in Ontario from $11.40/hour to… Continue reading Liberals are Anti-Business