What’s your issue? Taxes, climate change, health care top leaders’ campaign pitches this election
With less than a week to go until Oct. 21, there’s been plenty of lamenting over the issues that aren’t being talked about this campaign. So, what have the leaders spent their time spotlighting? And what issues have media definitively brought to the fore? The Hill Times took a look at the issues raised by or with […]
Singh’s Atwater Market encounter became about comforting the comfortable
OTTAWA—The tenor of this election has abruptly and sharply turned towards race, and with every incident, we choose to stick our heads in the sand or “move on.” The most recent one being a white man—who CBC’s The National referred to as “a concerned voter”—who took it upon himself to approach NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh […]
Haters gotta hate, hate, hate on Bernier
Pity poor Maxime Bernier. The leader of the People’s Party of Canada, who came within a hair’s breadth of becoming head honcho of the Conservative Party, cannot catch a break. At first he was not welcome at the commission’s leaders debates—even the Greens were invited! He later qualified. No one seems to give him a […]
The best, worst places to get an abortion in Canada
Here’s the thing about abortion: it hasn’t been against the law in Canada for over 30 years. But in 2019, it still remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of people in this country. Most Canadians—and surveys suggest most are pro choice—believe they can easily access an abortion when they need one. This misconception […]
McGregor’s book a glossy, exciting, how-to manual for women in politics
OTTAWA—“Imagine being at a gala of over 95 fascinating women in politics in Canada who want to give you their insights. That is the essence of this book,” says author Betsy McGregor. As the election 2019 gets underway, this is an insightful, informative, and exciting book on women in politics, full of background on these […]
Time reporter Kambhampaty says she learned of Trudeau’s brownface use from ‘gossip’ among Vancouver school’s community
The U.S.-based Time Magazine reporter who broke the story about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing brownface at an Arabian Nights-themed party in Vancouver says she learned about the existence of the picture from ongoing gossip among the Westpoint Grey Academy community. “I had heard about it as a source of gossip in Vancouver community and, […]
Not so woke: Trudeau’s use of blackface should prompt a second look at his governance
OTTAWA—“Diversity is our costume” would be a more appropriate catchphrase for our so-called woke bae prime minister. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a political career, and a life, by trading on his good name, wealth, privilege, and whiteness; but also on his proximity to Indigenous people (stare into his Haida tattooed bicep) and to […]
Blackface/brownface photos will make re-election campaign the fight of Trudeau’s political life: pollsters
Last week’s bombshell pictures showing the prime minister wearing blackface and brownface, at least three times since he was a teenager and the latest in 2001, have made Justin Trudeau’s campaign for a second term in power the fight of his political life, and a lot more complicated, say some pollsters. “This is not a […]
‘I didn’t think it was racist at the time,’ says apologetic PM, confirming he will not step down amid scathing ‘brownface’ Time report
OTTAWA—Following a bombshell Time Magazine report on Wednesday night detailing a 2001 incident in which he appeared in “brownface” at an event, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “he didn’t think it was racist at the time,” expressed regret, and confirmed he would not be stepping down. “I’m pissed off at myself for having done it, […]
Military was too slow to act after finding hate group recruiter in its ranks
OTTAWA—The saga of Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews continues to be a puzzler, with a plethora of unanswered questions. What we do know for sure is that Mathews joined the Canadian Army reserves eight years ago as a combat engineer. He was promoted twice to his current rank, and received training in the usual combat engineer […]
