Good riddance to this election !
I will celebrate when the voting results finally come in sometime this coming week----not because of the victory of any particular party...
Sep 19, 2021


Comfy candidate---shoes and all !
If I lived in the riding of Toronto Centre I would vote for Annamie Paul, who survived a coup to oust her as leader of the Green Party...
Sep 13, 2021


What the hell happened to us?
I’ve been fascinated and excited by elections since I was a teenager many decades ago. I’ve covered elections as a journalist, served as...
Aug 23, 2021


A time for tears and a time for smiles
As condolences poured in this week over news of the death of former Ontario Premier Bill Davis, I found comfort in thinking about the...
Aug 10, 2021


Dear Prime Minister
Far be it from me to second guess the highly paid experts and grey beard campaign veterans around you, but I think you could be making a...
Aug 7, 2021


A letter to my grandkids
Dear Kids: I just finished watching Canadians of your generation win two silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics and I couldn’t be prouder of...
Jul 26, 2021


Another government cheque is in the mail
Only in Canada, you say. Pity. Our leader does not walk. He struts. Hands in his pants pockets with all the bravado of General George...
Jul 9, 2021


Oh, Canada…you’re still # 1
Well, our new Canadian flag is up on the deck and I am about to celebrate the strangest Canada Day I can ever remember. It used to be a...
Jun 27, 2021


It has come to this….
Sir John A. Macdonald, the father of this great nation, has been booted out of City Park and the silent majority has no one but itself to...
Jun 18, 2021


Vote “No” to Cancel Culture
I don’t know who I will be voting for in upcoming elections at the local, provincial and federals levels. But I’m dead sure about who...
Jun 14, 2021

