Tag Archives: Thomas Mulcair

Thoughts on Leadership

On this Flashback Friday we go back nine years and my thoughts in the aftermath of the 2015 Canadian federal election. While the event that spurred them is in the past, I think the concepts remain valid, especialy given the rumbling these days that Justin Trudeau has overstayed his welcome with his party and with […]

Leadership Matters

I am a political junkie. I think I showed great restraint in the amount of posts I devoted to politics during the Canadian federal election. If you don’t care for politics, especially Canadian politics, you may not agree. In the election aftermath there are a few themes I want to address that seemed better dealt […]

Election Day is Coming!

I promised at the outset of this Canadian election campaign that I would stay away from it in this space, and for the most part I have. It has been, to say the least, difficult. I may be a political junkie, but this is not a political blog. Well sometimes it can be, but I […]

The Evangelical Prime Minister?

The intersection of religion and politics fascinates me. In the United States, where church and state are constitutionally separate, the religious beliefs of presidential candidates are always part of the public discourse. In Canada, with no such wall of separation, I suspect 99% of the populace would be hard pressed to name the religious affiliation, […]

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

There’s a fair amount of political talk in my household these days. I have been trying not to write too much about the October 19 Canadian election, figuring that not everyone shares my passion for politics, but decided to make an exception today. Our discussion started with the local options. While Canadians tend to think […]