From the beginning, the 2025 Liberal leadership election appeared to be Mark Carney’s to lose, and to the surprise of no one – except perhaps for Chrystia Freeland – when the Liberal Party announced the winner on March 9th, it was Carney. He won not by a whisker but by a country mile. When the…
One Day Closer…
Those who have seen even part of the February 28, 2025 Trump-Zelinsky meeting at the White House are shocked and appalled by Trump’s behaviour. Governments and commentators around the world, including CBC’s Power and Politics, have condemned the assault on Zelensky, even as they tried to make sense of the ferocity of Trump’s attack. Trump’s…
To Call A Spade “A Spade” is not Criminal
Yves Engler is a name familiar to many who oppose Israel’s genocide of the residents of Gaza. He has long been a voice of reason, working hard, not only to draw attention to Israel’s war crimes, but also to vocally criticize extremists within the Zionist community. In a Kafkaesque development, on February 20, 2025, Engler…
Mayor Sim’s Days are Numbered
Valentine’s Day, Friday February 14th, 2025, brought a bouquet of red roses to those who want to see the end of Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC party. Since being elected, the mayor and his party have: Proposed to do away with our elected Park Board Tried to eliminate the requirement that all new developments…
The Gap is Narrowing!
Prior to Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he would resign as Liberal Leader and Prime Minister, Pierre Poilievre’s lead over the Liberals was enormous. The Liberals were so low in the polls that they risked failing to win the number of seats required for official party status. The Conservatives were on track not just for a…
Mayor Sim’s Solution is Always to “Do Less”
Just when I thought that Mayor Ken Sim could not dig himself any deeper into a hole, he did! On January 29, 2025, the mayor announced that effective immediately he would be boycotting all Metro Vancouver meetings, saying that “Metro Vancouver’s governance is broken” and that their “costs to taxpayers and Vancouverites are out of…
Mayor Sim Knows How To Make A Bad Situation Worse
On January 23, 2025, Vancouver’s Mayor, Ken Sim, made the most outrageous pronouncement of his tenure. At a public safety forum organized by Save Our Streets, he announced that effective immediately, he would not approve any new supportive housing in the city until other municipalities also began building more such units. Reaction was swift, with…