politics

Am I concerned that some North Korean military troops are now training in Russia? Yes, yes, I am I saw a new report today about that on CNN

He may not have lasted long as PM, but John Turner was a very influential figure in Canadian politics from the sixties through to the nineties. He held various cabinet portfolios under Trudeau, Sr., including Justice and Finance. In the latter role, he was the last finance minister to run a...

Thought I would break this out of the WE thread since more than that is in play here. With the prorogation of Parliament, we are going to have a new throne speech in September. The vote on a throne speech is always a confidence vote meaning this gives the opposition a chance to force an...

Saw this and thought it was a neat story. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/theyre-mpps-for-opposing-parties-theyre-family-and-they-get-along-great/ar-BBYkInW?li=AAggXBV Short version: Ontario Minister of Agriculture (under both Mike Harris and Doug Ford) Ernie Hardeman and NDP...

13 years as leader, 8 in the House, is enough, I guess. Elizabeth will not be leading the Greens into the next election. They have an interim leader in place and May will remain as house leader (with a caucus of 3) for now. I will miss her but at 65, she's certainly earned her retirement if...

We're discussing an American election that won't happen until November 2020 and yet ours is only a couple months away. While the writ hasn't dropped yet, the party leaders are already talking about promises, policies and platforms while the chattering classes are talking about polls and...

We've had a political firestorm blow up here in London. "Fake news" sites that attacked two council candidates, both women, in last fall's municipal elections have been traced to the owner of a political consulting firm used by several candidates here in that election. One of those two lost and...

I'm starting this thread after a tangent in the Trudeau thread discussed Boomers and their effect on our political climate and values. In that thread, Boomers are accused of having "dropped the ball", allowing the growth of neoliberalism. The poster who made this accusation asked what good have...

No, not the storm from the 1950s, but the feisty former long-running mayor of Mississauga, Ontario. Hazel McCallion has accepted an advisory job in the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs worth an estimated $150K. Not bad for a 97-year-old. Former mayor Hazel McCallion, 97, to become special...

So longtime Conservative stalwart Tony Clement has resigned from his shadow cabinet post and committee seats. Apparently, he sent naughty selfies to a female correspondent who then turned around and tried to use them for extortion. He is married but the scenario would suggest that the recipient...

So, what do you think? Should churches (and non-Christian religious institutions as well) be "politically active" or just focus on "spiritual matters"? How far should they go in their activism? Should their participation in politics be regulated? What does scripture have to say about it? I've...

So, beside the looming provincial vote, Ontarians also face electing their municipal councils and leaders again this year (November). London's mayoralty race got a shakeup this week as incumbent Matt Brown chose not to run for re-election. Officially, he's decided that one term as mayor and...

I could put this in the Trump thread but I thought it also reflects more generally on the confluence of economic and political power. It's a profile by Keith Boag of the CBC (one of their best at present) of Robert Mercer, the reclusive hedge-fund billionaire who helped put Trump in power and...

Canada Day Oh, all the news media and politicians will talk about what a glorious country this is. And, I certainly think this is the best country in the world to live in. But this is one hell of a terrible world. For a dose of reality, let's take a look at the career of the much-honoured...