Sign, signEverywhere a signBlockin’ out the sceneryBreakin’ my mind– Five Man Electrical Band Only a day after the writ dropped for the 2025 Federal election, I had reason to be in Steinbach. It was not surprising to see that scores…
Manipulating Us – Poilievre and “Top” London Paper
I ran across this tidbit yesterday on my Facebook feed (somebody, please stop me from scrolling!) A post from Pierre Poilievre about the plagiarism accusations against Carney. About the plagiarism claim; I am compelled to chime in with a very…
Youth Voting Call to Action
I have to apologize for being late writing about this event. Getting a campaign up-and-running has consumed a lot of time. That’s no excuse; the Youth Voting Call to Action event organized by Steinbach Regional Secondary School student Kristine Bolisay…
Blair Mahaffy 2025 GPC Candidate for Provencher
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2025 The Green Party Provencher Electoral District Association is pleased to announce Blair Mahaffy as their candidate for the upcoming federal election on April 28, 2025. Blair is a lifelong resident of southeastern Manitoba. Born…
Trump-like Tactics Won’t Put Canada First
What a ride the first quarter of 2025 has been! Dragged into a trade war by our increasingly fickle and untrustworthy southern neighbour and friend (?), we are left helplessly watching capricious seesawing decisions, insults to both our public figures…
On Tariffs, Taxes, and Poilievre
Well, here we are, in the strangely surreal place of watching the United States turn itself inside out. Trump is enacting swaths of the Project 2025 plan he disavowed throughout his election. He has shut down diversity programs, fired FBI…
Just Barely a Democracy – Patriarchy, Colonialism, and Power
First, some apologies to my Liberal friends. Well, maybe not apologies. More like an expression of compassion and understanding that you may not want to hear some harsh words about and from Jody Wilson-Raybauld. I can only imagine that some…
An Update on Electoral Reform
Liberals readying to table electoral reform legislation read the CTV headlines on 21 March 2024. Our democracies didn’t happen by accident, and they won’t continue without effort Justin Trudeau, 21 March 2024 This bold announcement may have come as a…
CPC Saving us by Limiting Media Options
April 15, 2023Opinion Pierre Poilièvre this week continued his attack on the CBC by asking Twitter to list them as a government-funded media company. Outlets where the government provides some or all of the outlet’s funding and may have varying…
Pallister’s Convenient Misinterpretation of “Government”
In response to concerns raised about the recent introduction of mystery bills in the Manitoba legislature, Premier Pallister had this to say: We’re ready to play nice, but we’re also the elected government of Manitoba, so I would encourage the…