Category: Politics
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Sean Chu on Hot seat
New Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek appears to be grandstanding right out of the gate with an indignant exclamation that she won’t swear in city councilor Sean Chu on Monday. I’ve heard the details from Chu regarding the specifics pertaining to the under aged woman whom he thought was of age since they met at a…
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Consequence of Distractions In Government (Afghanistan)
I need not tell you of the major international news today. Let me say this. Lives and enormous treasure were committed to overthrowing Afghanistan in 2001 via the ill conceived policy of George W. Bush following September 11th. Now the Taliban has it back and international security along with the liberty of Afghan citizens has…
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Canada’s Conservative Movement Lost Forever?
The Conservative Party of Canada is in disarray facing a snap election. Could the movement be lost forever? I’ve seen one federal politician in Canada wearing the blue stripe whom has looked effective, namely Pierre Poilievre but I can’t say much for anyone else. It was Poilievre who showed up to work when while others…
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Catholics, Residential Schools, Continued Indifference
Although I ‘m not a fan of Justin Trudeau, I absolutely endorse his request that the Catholic Church step right to the plate and acknowledge the Residential School horror in Kamloops, B.C. There should be full disclosure, humility, accountability and explicit detailing of records. This should happen now. If we are absolute in ensuring that…
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Kenney on COVID
What is the Kenney position on COVID? I listen to him from time to time on the COVID updates. Most of the time I find him balanced, reasonable, and thoughtful. The one noticeable verbal slip was couple of weeks ago when he suggested that Alberta was going to have the best summer in its history.…