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…
Could Carney be Poilievre’s Kryptonite?
Mark Carney is in! He is officially running to replace Justin Trudeau as Leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister (PM). I am delighted. In my October 5, 2023 blog, I proposed that Mark Carney could be the kryptonite that would derail Pierre Poilievre’s bid to win the next federal election. The question now…
Make America Dark Again
President-elect Donald Trump’s outrageous proposal that Canada become the 51st state of the U.S.A. has been a top news item since he first mentioned the idea at a November 29th Mar-a-Lago dinner with Prime Minister Trudeau. Let’s take a look at the reasoning he puts forward to justify his proposal. Trump says that America subsidizes…