Much has happened since I last visited a column of my unfiltered thoughts upon the good people of this town. A fierce snowstorm blanketed our unsuspecting Dominion, seeking and destroying house pipes with surgical precision. Our Prime Minister took a much-needed break from surfing in stormy Tofino, to luxuriate instead in the clear-blue waters of […]
If it Ain’t Woke, Don’t Fix it Read More »
People love talking about lists. I don’t mean shopping lists or other mundane lists, but the ones where something or someone is ranked as best or worst in some way, like best Rock’n Roll Drummer or Worst Road in Ontario. There are a lot of such lists on the internet, including clickbait that suckers people
Canada’s Greatest Prime Minister: The Weirdo or Another Usual Suspect? Read More »
Short lived were the days of the mid-2010s where wokeness could be portrayed as a new phenomenon mostly confined to college campuses. Conservatives realized it wasn’t true that the blue-haired Social Justice Warriors of viral YouTube clips would soon be meeting ‘the real world’, with its lack of safe spaces – ‘the real world’ was
Betrayal and Deceit Read More »
When was the last time that you idled in Vancouver gridlock, stood packed like a sardine in a bus to Victoria, or hunted for a parking spot at the Nanaimo Costco, and thought: “You know, what this country needs is more people”? Probably never. However, a large portion of Canada’s political elite has turned this
Canada’s Cult of Growth Read More »
To me, the Toronto Public Library is an “essential service” since I borrow so many books. This is hardly surprising when my father and my stepfather each ran public library systems in Toronto a few decades back. The TPL has been the victim of a ransomware attack for over a month, with no backup system
My Reviews of Two Ancient Canadian Books Read More »
It is endlessly ironic that George Orwell’s 1984 is still assigned reading in Canadian high schools. If students make it to Chapter Five of this classic dystopian novel, they read the following: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed,
The Bonfire of Canadian History Read More »
Poilievre’s Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) currently has the greatest political opportunity to reform immigration since it started to work against the interests of the people decades ago. With immigration so obviously the cause of the decline in living standards that even 62% of immigrants want to reduce it, Poilievere’s patriotic supporters can only defend
Poilievre, Stop Worrying and Seize the Immigration Opportunity Read More »
During the past couple of weeks, there has been a striking move towards lowering immigration levels in England and Australia, with New Zealand’s government hinting that it may follow suit. England: Bipartisan Consensus on Immigration Restriction in the Green and Pleasant Land? British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has for some time been under considerable pressure
The Anglosphere Shifts Towards Immigration Restriction Read More »
A Leger poll commissioned by Canadians for a Sustainable Society, a Canadian environmentalist organization, contains striking insights into public attitudes on a variety of topics, including immigration levels: What Canadians Want (Leger, May 5th 2023, commissioned by Canadians for a Sustainable Society, sample size of 1,500, survey conducted online) I have compiled some of the
In September, Poilievre embarked on a grand tour of the NDP stronghold of Vancouver Island, holding a boisterous 1,500-person rally in the hamlet of Black Creek near Courtenay and Campbell River. On November 13th, Poilievre held a rally in Duncan’s Cowichan Exhibition Grounds, drawing an enthusiastic crowd of 2,000. Six of Vancouver Island’s seven federal
The Canadian Left is Losing the Working Class Read More »
