To say 2018 didn't see some major political events both here and abroad would be an understatement.  Here in Canada we had three provincial elections and all three resulted in a small c conservative party forming government.  For conservatives, this was a great year as at the beginning of the year, only two provinces with… Continue reading A look back in 2018 in Politics

I haven't written much on the PR referendum other than briefly mentioned I am opposed to it.  Very happy to see it got defeated so decisively.  Hopefully this puts the issue to rest and we can focus on other more important issues.  I think as Chretien pointed out, maybe some university professors who can never… Continue reading BC defeats PR

In my previous post on gun control, I discussed the changes that I think need to be made in Canada.  This section will be about why I think these changes need to be made, and my next post will primarily be a FAQ to debunk many of the myths being spread by the pro-gun lobby.… Continue reading Why We need Tougher Gun Laws: Part II

A lot of people on the right today are making a lot of noise about the UN global compact on migration.  While not perfect by any means and there are a few things that can be changed, I believe Canada is right to sign on and the Conservatives should quite their fearmongering.  Most of the… Continue reading I support the UN Global compact on Migration

In the past few months, I have had a number of debates with pro-gun advocates on twitter over a gun control laws.  While I enjoy debate, I felt it was taking up too much  of  my time and I wanted to focus on other things, so I decided to block some of the more rude… Continue reading Why Canada Needs Tougher Gun Laws: Part I

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