Reflection Before Rebuilding

Reflection

A good post from MenonRRR, which I reproduce in its entirety, in response to MikePalecek’s Substack: A long time NDP member. Here are my suggestions: Here is my response: Overall (also as a longtime NDP member) I agree with these, but I have some comments. First, any position can be co-opted by another party. If…

Leftist Voices

Is this why the NDP lost? > the party has also had a history of alienating leftist voices I haven’t been involved enough with the party over the years to have alienated any leftists. Quite the contrary, it has seems to me to be the ultra leftists who have been alienating the rest. And these…

The Malaise in Ottawa

Deserted Metcalfe street in the evening in downtown Ottawa.

My comment in Reddit, to the thread ‘Ottawa has changed and I can’t seem to put my finger on how’. Ottawa needs to be a city but its city council is running it like a suburb. The result is that most city functions – from policing to transit to city life – have become dysfunctional….

The Snowbird

Rod Phillips's Web of Deception. Huffington Post.

When the finance minister doesn’t follow the rules, he is showing a certain disregard for the people who die. And it leads us to suspect that this disregard applies to other aspects of his work and life as a finance minister.

The Mailing List

The convention system of party governance should be abolished, the delegate system ended, and mechanisms put into place for the membership to reach agreement, point by point, on a comprehensive platform and strategy.

What Justin Trudeau Should Do

Trudeau should say that he appreciates the presence of strong caucus members and ministers, that they serve a valuable purpose in correcting mistakes, and that the fact that he ultimately left the decision up to Wilson-Raybould is proof of this.

Andrew Scheer

Scheer is taking the unthinking and irresponsible route in an effort to attract attention and gain media clicks. In doing so he is debasing not only his own party but conservatism in Canada in general.