What do you get when you put lipstick on a pig? Why a pig of course! What do you get when Pierre Poilievre dresses more casually and removes his glasses? Why Pierre Poilievre of course! Pierre Poilievre is by far the most right-wing leader the Conservative Party of Canada has ever had. Should he ever…
Category: Canadian politics
Dark Clouds on the Political Landscape
There are very dark clouds looming on the Canadian political landscape. On September 9, 2002, the membership of the Conservative Party of Canada elected Pierre Poilievre by a landslide to be their new leader. Pierre Poilievre is Stephen Harper on steroids. He has all of the pseudo populism traits of Donald Trump but without the…
John Horgan and the NDP need to get serious about the survival of our species
Over the last few weeks, British Columbia has experienced more severe and extreme weather events than ever in our history. The total rainfall in Abbotsford during the month of November was a record 541 millimetres, compared to its typical annual amount of 245 mm — 119 mm higher than the previous record monthly rainfall of…
The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical
This Friday, October 22 at 7pm, my partner Penny and I are hosting a virtual screening of The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical, a documentary film about my hero and mentor, Harry Rankin. You can register to join us and see this wonderful film here, which will be followed by a political panel and…
If you’ve seen one wheelchair, you’ve seen them all…?
Former Vancouver City Councillor Sam Sullivan is over 6 feet tall on a short day. I, Tim Louis, also a former Vancouver City Councillor, am barely 5 feet tall on a tall day. Sam weighs 180 lbs dry. I am lucky to weigh in at 90 lbs soaking wet. He is clean shaven. I have…
Ministry for the Future: a book to change our climate change future
I have been back from summer vacation now for just over a month. Summer vacation is a time to do reading and I would have blogged about the most incredible book I read this summer immediately upon my return but wanted to blog instead about the need for a Canada Disability Benefit and my support…
September 30: A day for listening, learning and truth-telling
This coming Thursday, Sept. 30th, is Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Although it is a statutory holiday for all federally regulated employees, it is unfortunately not a statutory holiday for provincially regulated employees. As the overwhelming majority of workers are employed in sectors that are provincially regulated, relatively very…