For the late crowd, my Loonie Politics column: Singh’s tough-guy performance sets the stage for a year of confidence chicken #cdnpoli looniepolitics.com/singhs-tough-g…

Oh look, the far-right talking heads who were taking Russian money were taking Hungarian money too

Fair warning.

Roundup post: Poking holes in all of Singh’s arguments #cdnpoli routineproceedings.com/2024/09/06/rou…

ICYMI, my Loonie Politics column: Singh’s tough-guy performance sets the stage for a year of confidence chicken #cdnpoli looniepolitics.com/singhs-tough-g…

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I don't think people necessarily appreciate just how bad the procedural warfare in Parliament has been since 2019. There was a reprieve under the agreement with the NDP because they could be convinced to vote for time allocation, but that's gone now. Fewer bills will pass.

The kind of mental corruption discussed in this first episode is also creeping into Canada, and poisoning our democratic discourse. Worth a listen.

Parties to the right are moving further from the centre in provincial elections; queer and trans people should be paying attention, writes Dale Smith. xtramagazine.com/power/politics…

New column from me at Xtra: Queer and trans people should be wary of provincial parties’ shift further to the right #canqueer #cdnpoli xtramagazine.com/power/politics…

This is true. Grassroots members need to get back engaged and take their power back from the leaders’ offices, and this most especially needs to happen with the Liberals.

CBSA has chosen a federal correctional facility to “temporarily” house “high-risk” immigration detainees. You can read my story at CBA National ABC about the concerns about the use of federal facilities here: nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles…

For the late crowd, my Xtra column on the upcoming provincial elections which all feature conservative parties abandoning the centre to move further to the right, with direct repercussions for queer and trans people #cdnpoli #canqueer xtramagazine.com/power/politics…

For the Saturday crowd, my Xtra column: Queer and trans people should be wary of provincial parties’ shift further to the right #canqueer #cdnpoli xtramagazine.com/power/politics…

I don't like these takes; people rarely make good decisions when they're panicky. We always end up dealing with these 'crisies' with the Politician's Syllogism: a) We must do something. b ) This is something. Therefore: c) We must do this.

This week’s video roundup is now posted for C$7+ subscribers—your curated selection of the only good #cdnpoli interviews of the week. I watched the politics shows so you don’t have to. patreon.com/posts/video-ro…