Everything is louder during an election, but all Canadian media and politicians want to talk about Trump's Trade policies. What seems absent is more discussion about how we got here. “Liberation Day” seems as good a time as ever with the U.S. and other countries abandoning free trade in the p…

JAM - March 31st Try and weave a couple of recent JAM themes to end the month.  Watched a little of the Blue Jays this weekend and was surprised at how weak the line up still is in terms of offensive pop. Would have thought management after last season would have constructed a better roster. I was …

Like many politically minded Canadians, have been following the early days of our election closely. So much so that I seem to have something to say about it daily . What has struck me the most in the early days of the campaign are how quickly and abruptly the sands have shifted. Obviously, the impa…

Many of us are still confused as to why Americans would elect a political party hell bent on cutting the size of government and turning its back on helping the world. I’ve been taken back by the change, but the voter frustration that has led to it has been building for sometime. If liberals are sti…

Wanted to follow up on a column I wrote nearly five years ago during the wake of the George Floyd murder.  It is interesting to look back at the counterproductive movement that followed and the inevitable retreat that is happening now. I appreciated the frustration at the time that society was no…

The big takeaway from the useless Ontario election last night was that people just like Doug Ford.  Non-traditional conservatives support him, because well he’s not really conservative. Conservatives support him, because he’s the only real choice they have. I am on record for saying that calling an…

I would like to move on from all this 51st State talk, but when Canada’s very sovereignty is being threatened, it can keep you up at night speculating. A couple of crazy hypotheticals have rolled around my head. One in the here and now and one on how this all might play itself out.  Currently, th…

It takes a lot to get Canadians angry, but when an economic war is declared on your country by your number one ally, feelings of betrayal can quickly turn hostile. Case in point the crowd in Ottawa booing the American national anthem at last Saturday’s h…

Been doing some doom scrolling on the Bluesky platform lately and reading the sour responses among progressives reacting to Trump’s first weeks in office. Always an optimist, I do believe Trump’s victory is an opportunity for liberals to craft a sweet response. One of the biggest concerns right n…