* Please note: This post was written prior to the elections in Spain. Results are now available. FTB apologizes for the publication delay. Today the […]
Category: Politics
The hostage taking of the French Republic
As night fell in France, sighs of relief resonated through the French political class. The “Republican Front”– put together by the center-right and center-left coalitions […]
Why the Donald Trump Campaign Really is a Hate Group
The other day I saw people sharing an article with the headline: Southern Poverty Law Center Lists Donald Trump and his Campaign, Donald J. Trump […]
Guns and White Ribbons: Bill 64 and Gun Control in Canada
Sunday was the 26th anniversary of the École Polytechnique Massacre in which 25 year old Mark Lépine shot 28 people, killing 14 women, before subsequently […]
Smoke Ban and Mirrors: Couillard Found His Distraction
Philippe Couillard and his Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) needed a distraction, badly. With austerity everywhere except for Bombardier and mass protests ramping up again, they […]
Trudeau’s Cabinet and the Practicality of Hope
I’m a progressive who is generally skeptical of the prospect of real, positive change coming from the Liberals, Canada’s so-called “natural governing party.” So far, Justin […]
SHD: Now that Harper’s Gone, What Will the Shit Harper Did Crew Do Next?
There is one reason to be sorry to say farewell to Stephen Harper. That’s because the end of the Harper era might also mean the […]
Reason, Common Sense and Good Faith: The Unlikelihood of a Senate Block to Reforming C-51
There have been rumours that the Conservative majority in the Senate could block Prime Minister Trudeau’s plan reform the unpopular Anti-Terrorism Act of 2015 (“the […]
Five Justin Trudeau Promises That Could Change the Country and Potentially the World
* This article originally appeared on QuietMike.org and is republished with permission from the author While the rest of the world debates how handsome Canada’s […]
Philippe Couillard Just Proved That Austerity is Not a Necessity, It’s a Strategy
For over a year, opponents of austerity measures in Quebec have been searching for a way to prove, once and for all, that there was […]