Category Politics
For My American Friends
I’m sure there are many in the United States who think it makes sense for Canada to join them and become the 51st state. They are looking at our similarities, and, as proud Americans, they don’t understand why we don’t want to be more like them. I could write volumes on the topic, but instead […]
The Trade War
According to the Wall Street Journal, the trade war Donald Trump threatened to start with Canada today is the “dumbest trade war in history.” It isn’t, Trump backed down Monday on his threat to impose across the board tariffs on Mexico and Canada today. Maybe tariffs were never intended as more than a negotiating tactic, […]
The Day After
Donald Trump has been sworn in as president of the USA and the world didn’t end. His first day didn’t feature as much mayhem as he promised, but he does have four years to deliver on his promises. Some his plans just won’t happen. Changing the citizenship rules would require a constitutional amendment. Those are […]
Inauguration Day – Looking Back II
Donald Trump is being sworn in today as the 47th President of the United States of America. We’ve been here before. Here’s what I wrote four years ago today, a day when many of us thought we had seen the last of Donald Trump politically. While the post is about Joe Biden, there are some […]
Inauguration Day – Looking Back I
Donald Trump is being sworn in today as the 47th President of the United States of America. We’ve been here before. Here’s what I wrote eight years ago today. I think it still has value, even though we know Trump much better now than we did in 2017. There will be protests today, as Donald […]
The Liberal Messiah?
He’s selling himself as an outsider, despite being one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s closest advisors. He’s never run for public office, but thinks he can save the Liberal Party from self destruction if he is given the too job. Mark Carney is the favorite to win the party leadership, become Prime Minister and lead […]
Predicting 2028
When I first saw this on X (as Twitter is now called), my first thought was “I didn’t know there was a way around the 280 character limit.” My second thought was “Why has Elon Musk not ordered this post taken down?” Then I thought about what it says about the nature of political discourse […]
The Vacancy
Suppose nobody wants the job. Then what do they do? That’s not going to happen. There will always be someone with an ego big enough to take a chance, some person who believes that they are different and that the public opinion polls are wrong. And if the polls are correct, well, the history books […]
Hey Donald!
Maybe you were joking, maybe you weren’t when you said Canada should become the 51st state. Apparently you thought Justin Trudeau would make a good governor. Maybe he took more than a month to respond because he was considering the offer. He knew Canadians didn’t want him as Prime Minister anymore, so all jobs offers […]
Stepping Down
In the end, he stayed true to form. It isn’t his fault. None of it. Justin Trudeau was looking forward to contesting and winning the Canadian federal election scheduled for later this year. He’s a fighter he says; he wanted to win, he thought he would win. Instead he is stepping down as Liberal Party […]
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