On the morning of Saturday October 7, 2023, I awoke to appalling news. It flooded all airwaves as the lead item, sometimes the only item on every newscast. The day after the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Hamas had launched a most audacious military operation from Gaza – literally invading the apartheid state…
Kryptonite Will Save Us
Will Mark Carney, former Governor of Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, be Pierre Poilievre’s kryptonite? Let’s hope with all our might that he is! Don’t get me wrong – I have not, am not, and never will be a capital-L Liberal. Nevertheless, the stronger the federal Liberals are, the greater the possibility…
A Way to Make a Bad Situation Worse
While planet earth is on fire Pierre Poilievre pours more fuel on the fire. 2023 has been the most devastating year on record for fires in British Columbia, with over 22,500 square kilometres (sq.km.) of our forest destroyed as of early September. This compares with the previous record of 13,543 sq.km. burned in 2018. As…
Extreme Danger Lurks Ahead
The Conservative Party of Canada’s 2023 Convention was held from September 7th to 9th in Quebec City. The convention’s main event was the speech by leader Pierre Poilievre. I listened to Poilievre’s speech with horror. Horror as he was able to effortlessly spout numerous meaningless but effective sound bites. Horror as I now am convinced…
Will He or Won’t He?
They say that in politics a day is an eternity, so what might be inconceivable today may be reality tomorrow. Let me tell you where I am going, but first a few of the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle I am offering you: The first piece of the puzzle is Jagmeet Singh, leader of the…
Battle Between Bureaucracy and Batteries
Thursday, August 17th was another beautiful, sunny day. So beautiful that as I waited outside after a medical appointment for a HandyDART to drive me home, I reclined in my wheelchair to soak up the rays of the sun. I love the fact that I have a battery-powered wheelchair that I can make recline as…
Trump Appeals to the Worst In Us
On August 14, 2023, former U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted on criminal charges in the state of Georgia along with 18 others for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This state indictment — the fourth indictment facing the ex-President — charges Trump with 13 felonies including creating and filing…