Trudeau’s form of populism has been so deftly executed, media and his followers seem blissfully unaware of his striking similarities to Trump, and how closely the disposition of Trudeau’s followers mirror Trump’s own followers.
Despite reports and comments about the Alberta election results, Smith’s victory with a smaller caucus offers many advantages
The influence of traditional print and broadcast news media has dropped dramatically. Even with handsome government handouts, many of them are barely alive today. In the market transition that is taking place, out of the slump of the old media a few new ones, such as Rebel News, The Epoch Times, and the Western Standard,…
In mid September (2022), Premier Jason Kenney openly disagreed with UCP leadership hopeful Danielle Smith over Smith’s proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act (ASA). Kenney said the legislation would be destabilising, unconstitutional and a disaster for Alberta. Kenney’s former principal secretary levelled similar accusations, which Kenney happily quoted: it should be called “the Alberta suicide act.” Kenney…
the Trudeau government kicked a hornet’s nest when the prime minister began a trend of insults against those resisting his vaccine policies during the last election campaign. Trudeau mistook his return to a minority government as an unconditional endorsement to abuse vaccine skeptics.
Premier Kenney may be in trouble, if one believes in the recent polls, but don’t count him out.
The last few weeks have exposed schizophrenic aspects of Canadian culture and its influence on governments’ behaviour. The most palpable example lies in how we trampled – in fear – over memory and institutions, obsessively protective and morally dismissive of dignity and human life simultaneously. The COVID-19 lockdown has been a strange time for people…