Steve Janke: Angry in the Great White North

And in return, we get smugness

2012-02-14T22:19:28Z

Which is worse? Justin Trudeau, the closet separatist, or Justin Trudeau, the smug jerk?

Obama and the Golden Rule

2012-02-03T20:41:02Z

Barack Obama describes his Christian faith in front of an audience, in part to justify his high-tax class-warfare policies. But in case you had doubts, he assures you his Christian-inspired policies are right because other religions teach the same thing. Um, that's not quite how faith is supposed to work.

Meet the French Elephant

2012-01-17T18:13:27Z

Thomas Mulcair, a candidate for the leadership of the NDP and so the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, won't give any consideration to the discomfort many Canadians feel regarding Mulcair's dual citizenship. That other citizenship? It's French. Why did it have to be French?

The law, the facts, and hollering: Daniel Turp learns from Al Gore

2012-01-05T20:29:48Z

Daniel Turp, a separatist, wants the courts to apply Canada's Constitution to the decision by the Canadian government to leave the Kyoto Protocol. Exactly what part of the Constitution makes the Kyoto Protocol a forever-binding commitment is not spelled out. But no matter. Even if the law is not on his side, Daniel Turp is making an effort to get the mob on his side. Nothing trumps the law like a crowd of angry separatists. As an amusing side note, none other than uber-environmentalist Al Gore has said that appealing to the mob is valid when the law or the facts are not on your side.

Understanding why Michael Ignatieff lost

2012-01-03T21:21:08Z

It takes a special kind of casual arrogance to insult the people around you without seeming to even try. Former Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff, in writing about how Canadians will react to health care changes, shows he has that special gift.

Another gutless Liberal whines

2012-01-02T19:56:22Z

Another Liberal diagnoses what is wrong with his party. If Daniel Veniez is an example of what the modern Liberal Party member is like, the real problem is pathological gutlessness.

The NDP floor crossing bill and double-endorsements

2011-12-27T18:50:20Z

Did anyone notice that bit of cleverness in the NDP's proposed floor-crossing bill? It has a synergy with the proposed demi-merger with the Liberals.

The flip side of the Orange Crush

2011-09-26T18:29:53Z

Are the Liberals caught in a positive feedback loop?

A solution for Thomas Mulcair (if he has the guts to demand it)

2011-09-20T17:59:44Z

The NDP has a historic opportunity to show Canadians how the party would enhance national unity. All the party has to do is give party members from Quebec a fixed minimum share of the overall vote. Surely what is good enough for the country is good enough for the NDP. Let's see if Thomas Mulcair has got what it takes to demand of the NDP what he demands of the rest of us.

NDP: Campaign from the right, govern from the left?

2011-09-10T12:05:59Z

NDP interim leader Nycole Turmel is pleading for party unity as the leadership race kicks off. There is a specific audience for her words. I wonder if the NPI is ready to rise again.

Not-so-nice thoughts regarding Nycole Turmel

2011-09-07T15:58:27Z

I don't have anything nice to say about interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel. Skip this post if you are easily offended.

Liberals need to stop listening to Jean Chretien

2011-09-07T11:23:35Z

In watching the contortions being suffered by Liberal Party and NDP supporters over whether to attempt a merger or not, I am astonished at the single-mindedness of former prime minister Jean Chretien. He is looking out for himself, but Liberals foolishly think he's giving them good advice.

Liberals hand the future of their party to Bob Rae

2011-06-19T12:03:14Z

The choice taken by the Liberal Party to avoid making a decision on a new leader for a full two years means that Bob Rae will have the time to make the party into what he wants to make it, leaving the next leader little choice but to carry on with whatever decisions Bob Rae has taken on a so-called "interim" basis.

When will those irrelevant Liberal bloggers fix their banner?

2011-06-11T11:34:11Z

How irrelevant are Liberal bloggers? They can't even be bothered to maintain their blog aggregation site.

The election is an amplifier, not a reflector

2011-06-04T23:43:57Z

The electoral process is not meant to reflect the mood of the electorate, but to amplify it.