Last week Justin Ling, host of he podcast Some Honourable Members (Canada’s version of the Young Turks) reported in the National Post that the Federal […]
Category: Politics
The real problem with Rob Ford as mayor isn’t crack or drinking
Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, smokes crack when he’s hammered. He admitted as much and after doing so, his approval rating went up. It’s […]
Coderre is mayor but all is not lost: The glass half full look at the 2013 Montreal municipal elections
Denis Coderre is the Mayor of Montreal. Let’s all let that sink in, the man who hangs with Club Charbonneau regulars, thinks it’s cool to […]
We need mandatory voting
The 2013 Montreal municipal election was a sham, plain and simple. With only 43% of eligible voters casting their ballots, we’ve scarcely improved on our […]
Canada needs to bring the Prince of Pot home
Those who read my blog posts on the federal government will know that there is a certain theme that seems to re-occur in many of […]
FTB readers pick Projet Montreal in our Montreal municipal election poll
The results are in. No, not the results that will name the next mayor and city council members Montreal will have for the next four […]
Your City, Your Candidates – Richard Bergeron
As this year’s municipal election campaign winds down and all the issues are assessed it has become increasingly clear to myself (and, I think a […]
Your City, Your Candidates – Jason Prince
I couldn’t possibly have prepared myself to meet Jason Prince. The unyielding torrent of information that came out of him was bewildering at first – […]
Professor Noam Chomsky speaks at Concordia University
This past Saturday Concordia University welcomed noted intellectual, prolific writer, MIT Professor Emeritus, movie-maker, linguist and self-described anarcho-syndicalist Noam Chomsky to its downtown campus. Booking […]
Harper’s Senate problem: From the public and the courts
To say that Harper has a Senate problem is rather like saying that Walter White, from the hugely popular TV show Breaking Bad, has a […]