May 19 2019 — Adam Taylor — Sun Media — To sum up Andrew Scheer’s recent foreign policy speech in a sentence: Advance and protect Canadian interests abroad, stand proudly for the values Canadians we hold dear, strengthen our relationships with traditional allies, and leave Mr. Dress-Up’s tickle trunk at home.
May 19 2019 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — As it turns out, the Canadian political leader with a “hidden agenda” is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, not Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. Because while Trudeau was boasting about his “sunny ways” of governing, and falsely accusing Scheer of being sympathetic to white supremacists, the Liberal government he presided over was, in the unforgettable words of […]
May 19 2019 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — Trudeau wins a majority government thanks to his personal popularity, as regular Canadians take to the streets to pose for photographs with him, swooning over his style. This is a description of Justin Trudeau and the 2015 election, right? Sure, but the same words equally apply to the original Trudeaumania – the 1968 election that […]
May 19 2019 — Jim Warren — Sun Media — Last week I listed the front-runners to replace Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer if he doesn’t win a majority government this October. The list included Doug Ford, Jason Kenney, Erin O’Toole, Lisa Raitt, Peter MacKay and Stephen Harper. The one who by far solicited the most positive response by email and on social media was Harper. […]
May 12 2019 — Lorne Gunter — Sun Media — The Aboriginal Healing Foundation, an Indigenous-run corporation set up in the 1990s to help mitigate the harm done by residential schools says, “The students’ experiences of residential schools were not all bad. Different people had differing experiences. Many dedicated, good people worked in the system.” Of course, the AHF also points out that the schools […]
May 12 2019 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — In the wake of Lavscam and the now-aborted Mark Norman trial, what new examples of abuse of power will Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government engage in if re-elected with a majority government on Oct. 21? We now have two legal cases where individuals who were trying to do the right thing — former attorney general […]
May 12 2019 — Jim Warren — Sun Media — In today’s era of instant information and gratification no politician seems to get a second chance as a political leader in modern day campaigns and elections. For most of 2018, many New Democrats were already talking about replacing leader Jagmeet Singh ever though he hadn’t lost an election yet. So, it is interesting to consider […]
May 8 2019 — Sun Media — Perhaps the most remarkable part of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s more than two year legal ordeal was the way he carried himself at the Wednesday afternoon press conference. Fully composed. No anger. Little emotion. A deliberate attempt to avoid anything resembling partisan remarks. This is a man who appears to be the definition of dignity and […]
May 5 2019 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — In a lengthy interview with the Huffington Post released Saturday, Gerald Butts, former principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, makes a statement about the SNC-Lavalin affair which to me, beggars belief. Butts said he doesn’t think Trudeau’s actions were motivated by Trudeau’s desire to obtain a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for the company. Asked […]
Apr 28 2019 — Lorne Gunter — Sun Media — Have you ever heard of “Duff’s Ditch?” Technically it’s called the Red River Floodway (or Canal de derivation de la riviere Rouge). It’s a 47-kilometre-long manmade channel that redirects floodwaters from the Red River around Winnipeg. The floodway was constructed after disastrous floods in the 1950s left large sections of Winnipeg underwater from spring runoff […]
Apr 28 2019 — Jim Warren — Sun Media — Our tax dollars shouldn’t be used for partisan political advertising to win our votes or change our minds. But it is an election year in Canada, and apparently, our provincial politicians think it is OK to do so. We are now seeing millions of wasted tax dollars spent on partisan “government” advertising about the carbon […]
Apr 28 2019 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — There’s something not quite right with society today — the way we interact with each other, the way we come together or don’t come together as a community. Pretty much everyone seems to feel this way – that there’s been a surge in anti-social behaviour — regardless of where they sit on the political spectrum […]
Apr 26 2019 — Gerry Nicholls — Sun Media — I’ve been called a fascist, a Nazi, a Ku Klux Klan supporter and even an operative for the CIA. And that was on one of my good weeks. Why, you wonder, have I suffered such abuse, considering that I’m a pretty decent, normal guy? Well, it’s because I’ve been identified in the public as a […]
Apr 24 2019 — Lorrie Goldstein — Sun Media — While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer of being a closet supporter of white supremacists, the Conservatives are countering with an election ad accusing Trudeau of lying to Canadians. And it’s still six months away from the Oct. 21 election, suggesting it’s going to be a long and brutal campaign. The […]
Apr 22 2019 — Anthony Furey — Sun Media — One of the more headline grabbing quotes out of the Mueller report is what U.S. President Donald Trump apparently said two years ago when he learned Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had appointed a special counsel in the first place. “This is the end of my presidency,” Trump said. “I’m f—ed.” There has been a […]