Progress is made issue by issue, not by partisan politics

Last night’s historic election of Justin Trudeau and a Liberal majority government was met with mixed reactions, as all elections are. Liberals are elated about the results, Conservatives, New Democrats and Greens are disappointed. It seems to me though that partisan politics are frequently toxic and do not have the impact that people think they…

Anything But Conservative is good enough for now

For the last 10 years, Stephen Harper has been the government of Canada. I do not mean the Prime Minister of Canada or the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I mean that he has been the government. Anyone in his party that got in his way was out of the caucus, shuffled to…

What if taxes on multinational corporations were collected (and re-distributed) by the United Nations?

This only as a hypothetical; a what if to which I do not have all the answers and have not considered all the angles. I know, at the very least, that the idea will give nightmares to people who fear black helicopters. I wonder if we couldn’t make life simpler by having taxes on international…

It looks like Canada is headed for a Liberal minority government

There are still two weeks remaining until the election. That means that any and all predictions and polls are subject to change. But, at the moment, it looks like Justin Trudeau will be the next Prime Minister of Canada. Éric Grenier’s CBC Poll Tracker still shows a slight seat advantage for the Conservatives. As of…