May 17 2022 — Tom Mulcair — CTV News — Stirring resentment against others isn’t exactly new in politics. Today we’re likely to call it “populism.” It leads to things like Trump’s Muslim ban. It can also incite people who espouse racist “replacement” theories to carry out violent acts. This is some of the most vile politics there is. Historically, people of character have stood […]
Apr 19 2022 — Tom Mulcair — CTV News — A series of anti-environment decisions by the Trudeau government have left many Canadians wondering who’s on the side of future generations. In Canada, the short answer is: communities, localities, regions, towns and cities. The feds and most provinces, simply don’t have the political will to do the right thing. That’s why they keep failing. They […]
Jan 11 2022 — Tom Mulcair — CTV News — As Canadians enter the third year of the pandemic, our fragile health system is beginning to buckle under the weight of the unvaccinated. People who have chosen to refuse a free, effective vaccine are getting sick in record numbers with the Omicron variant and our overcrowded hospitals are unable to cope. As a direct consequence, […]
Oct 12 2021 — Tom Mulcair — CTV News — A breathless account of Chrystia Freeland’s heroics in Ukraine published over the weekend must’ve put a smile on the face of our Deputy Prime Minister. According to the American university professor who wrote the glowing article, she was so darn good at what she did that she had the grudging admiration of the KGB, that […]
Sep 29 2021 — Tom Mulcair — CTV News — In the waning days of the campaign, Trudeau went all out to convince voters in the Greater Toronto Area that he was a “progressive,” a term that he hardly ever used to describe himself before. It was a word intentionally chosen to hive off as many NDP votes as possible especially in Canada’s largest cities. […]
Sep 6 2021 — Tom Mulcair — CTV News — A phony war on guns. Back in March, one of the main groups lobbying for stricter gun controls declared that Justin Trudeau was no longer welcome to attend their activities commemorating the École Polytechnique feminicide.
Aug 30 2021 — Tom Mulcair — CTV News — The TVA “Face-à-Face” leadership debate will take place on Thursday. That’s the one that gave Andrew Scheer fits in 2019. Trudeau landed punches at will and Scheer was left gasping for breath. His inability to be clear on the issue of abortion cost him heavily in Quebec and with it, his hopes nationally. Full disclosure: […]
Aug 10 2021 — Tom Mulcair — Montreal Gazette — Canadians are getting ready to go to the polls for the second time in less than two years, and the result will have a determining effect on the economy, the environment and social programs. Justin Trudeau has followed the pattern of previous Liberal governments: governing by polling and focus groups, and achieving very little in […]
Jul 14 2021 — Tom Mulcair — Montreal Gazette — Keep an eye on which federal party leader might have the courage to finally break away from the pack mentality and defend minority rights. In the run-up to the election, the federal political parties have been falling over each other trying to be the first in line to kiss François Legault’s ring. That gives the […]
Oct 6 2020 — Tom Mulcair — Montreal Gazette — Fifty years ago, Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Liberal government suspended rights and freedoms and close to 500 innocent Canadians were rounded up and jailed without so much as an accusation, never mind a trial. Thousands of others had their houses ransacked without a warrant. Trudeau imposed the War Measures Act in the wake of the kidnapping […]
Sep 21 2020 — Tom Mulcair — Maclean's — The Legault government has pushed the language file onto the front burner and it’s Justin Trudeau’s Liberals who have to be careful not to get singed. Any port in a storm. The abject incompetence of the Quebec government in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has seen it search for any distraction and debating language laws […]
Apr 29 2020 — Tom Mulcair — Sun Media — My Uncle Bert, one of the nicest people I’ve ever known, died on Sunday from COVID-19. My cousin wrote to us all to explain that he’d caught the horrid disease in his long-term care centre and was sent to hospital with no chance of recovery. On Monday, an old friend wrote to say her mom […]
Apr 14 2020 — Tom Mulcair — Sun Media — Québec Premier François Legault looked ashen as he opened his press briefing last Saturday. Legault had announced that he’d be taking a rare day off but had to cancel those plans when the full horror of the situation at the Herron, one of Montreal’s most expensive private seniors residences, had been made public. It was […]
Mar 30 2020 — Tom Mulcair — Sun Media — The G20 met last week by teleconference against a backdrop of world economic collapse and social calamity, and nothing happened. It’s trite to say that we are into uncharted territory but, essentially, that’s where we are. There’s no roadmap, no Harvard case study to call upon, no reference.
Mar 18 2020 — Tom Mulcair — Sun Media — Canada is entering an unknown phase in public health, politics and the economy. We have to get it right. We learned last week that no one is immune, in every sense, from this disease that has become a pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led by example when he decided to self-isolate and Canadians were shocked […]