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04 March 2024
Too Soon?
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Son of a Meech: The Best Brian Mulroney Jokes Mark Breslin, ed. Toronto: Ballantine, 1991 113 pages News of Brian Mulroney's death last ...
06 July 2023
Lac-Mégantic: Ten Years
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Ten years ago today, American multinational Rail World brought hell to this country. It's thought that the corporation killed forty-seve...
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27 June 2022
E.T. Cash In
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P.E.T: Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his unearthly adventures Jude Waples New York: Avon, 1983 93 pages E.T. was the summer blockbuster of 198...
19 April 2022
Ten Poems for National Poetry Month, Number 7: 'Dat's Laurier' by William Wilber MacCuaig
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For the month, the seventh of ten poems I find interesting, amusing, and/or infuriating. The second of two poems praising Wilfrid Laurier ...
16 February 2022
On Pierre Poilievre's Bookshelves
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What with everything going on in Ottawa these days, my focus on things political has shifted from Parliament Hill to the hot tubs and bouncy...
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20 September 2021
'The Modern Politician' by Archibald Lampman
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Canadian Illustrated News 28 September 1878 On the day of the 44th Canadian general election, verse from The Poems of Archibald Lampman (To...
16 September 2021
Robert Fife Discovers a Five-Year-Old Book
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You'd think Robert Fife might know a thing or two about the publishing world. His first book, A Capital Scandal , co-authored by John W...
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10 February 2020
Erin O'Toole's Proud Disgrace
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Yo! Conservative guys and Conservative gals, You wanna lead this party, you gotta be like our pals, You gotta talk into the mike...
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08 February 2020
The Poetry of Arnold Viersen
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Earlier this week, during a House of Commons debate, Conservative Member of Parliament Arnold Viersen (Peace River–Westlock) asked fello...
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21 October 2019
Number 43 in a Series
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The 43rd Canadian general election takes place today. The first I remember was the twenty-ninth – October 30, 1972 – which Pierre Trudea...
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19 August 2019
Bach to the Future, Part III:
The Squeaking Wheel
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Final words on A Voice is Calling and its author. About eight years ago, I posted a piece on The Squeaking Wheel , an ugly, bigoted...
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