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The Decline of Tolerance Under Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau, when he is speaking emotionally about acts of racism, misogyny or recently antisemitism, is given to using the following formulation: “We’re seeing right now a rise in antisemitism that is terrifying. Molotov cocktails thrown at Synagogues. This is not who we are as Canadians. This is something that
Can the Government Make Housing and Groceries More Affordable? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Pierre Poilievre, who is always good for a catchy line, recently commented on the Liberal cabinet ministers’ meeting with grocery titans to try and persuade them to reduce prices: “It’s an act, and what we need is action.” Much of the political crowing about attacking the inflated cost of living, like
How Trudeau Senior Refreshed his Image and Beat Stanfield in the 1974 Election
This is a story with some relevance to the situation Justin Trudeau faces today. He seems to have lost the energy and spontaneity of his 2015 victory campaign, just as his father, Pierre Trudeau’s remoteness, had been a factor in his 1972 near defeat. Justin is being beaten in the
Previewing a Trudeau-Poilievre fight to the finish
If Poilievre wins the Conservative leadership race in September, and it looks like he might, we’ll be treated to a three-year war between him and Justin Trudeau before the next election. Despite the traditional media’s ridiculing of Poilievre’s more outlandish policies and claims, something is happening with this charismatic performer
The ‘current thing’: Canada’s shallow foreign policy in Ukraine
ABOVE: A Yazidi mass grave in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq in 2015 (PHOTO: VOA, Public Domain) The twentieth century has seen its share of genocides. The Armenian genocide, the Ukrainian genocide under Stalin (the Holodomor), the Holocaust, Rwanda and the Bosnian genocide are perhaps the most well-known, along with the killing fields
If leadership is example, Canadians need more than empty selfies
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” — Warren Bennis (pioneer of Leadership studies) By Larry McCloskey If only. Regrettably, the modern political landscape of past weeks exposes leaders whose unwillingness to see reality translates vision into tragedy. Vladamir Putin’s sick quest to re-assemble the corrupt empire of the
PM goes into hiding as convoy protest arrives in Ottawa
The Freedom Convoy is one of the more interesting political protests in the last 20 years. The anti-vax attitudes of some of the participants have been a central theme of the media coverage but it is not the only reason the protest is picking up steam: the convoy of trucks
Welcome to 2022. It’s time to review, and begin anew.
Right off the bat, or in my case, the wheel, I want to say Happy 2022 to everyone. I hope that this year brings you happiness, good health, kindness, and an end to the pandemic once and for all. Since this is the first full week of January, the holidays
Election 2021
As a candidate in five separate elections, all winning ones, the Hon. Sergio Marchi knows a thing or two about political campaigns. During the 2021 federal election, he contributed a series of articles that analyzed the emerging issues and events. We have assembled them together to make them easier to review. Click on the image
Election 2021: It’s now over to voters
This is Sergio Marchi’s sixth article, in a weekly series of election analysis. He will provide one more wrap-up piece, reviewing the decision made by Canadians and how the leaders managed the 35 day campaign. Finally, the time has arrived for Canadians to speak — with their votes. But before they do,
Election 2021: Race deadlocked!
Image Source: Global News This is Sergio Marchi’s fifth article, in a series of weekly election analysis and reflections. One week to go. That’s all the time left for political leaders to make their closing pitches for votes. At the start of week four, Nanos Research had the Liberals back
Election 2021: Tight two-way race
This is Sergio Marchi’s fourth article, in a series of weekly election analysis and reflections. Week three of the campaign began with the Libérals’ stark realization that they had fallen behind the Tories. The substantial lead they enjoyed going into the election quickly evaporated over a 14-day period. They watched
Stab, stab, stab: time to bring out the classics
As a once-prominent federal Liberal, my DMs this week have been a less-than-fun place. The overall message to Team Trudeau? Welcome to your first real election! Yes, the team ran a solid campaign in 2015 and came from 3rd to win a majority. Props. But they were running against a
The week that wasn’t.
“Events, dear boy, events!” — Rt. Hon. Harold McMillan, OM, PC, Earl of Stockton Well that wasn’t what we were told to expect! One would struggle to remember a more surprising first week to an election campaign. The federal vote in 2000 is the one that comes to mind but in
Election 2021: Opening salvos
This is the second column from Sergio Marchi, as he analyzes the current federal election. His articles will appear weekly. The first week of the election is in, and everyone is still standing. Predictably, in the opening days, a consistent public refrain emerged. Namely, ‘why an election now’? This question
Skip the election tea leaves and grab a summer cocktail
It is once again time to play official Ottawa’s favourite game show: wild-ass nonsensical election speculation! You’ll forgive me for not being excited. The volumes of ink (digital and otherwise) spilled on prognostications of one sort or another during a minority government could drown a horse. And with constant cuts
The Trudeau government is killing airsoft with Bill C21 for no apparent reason
Most Canadians under 25 years old have played paintball at a birthday party or at a corporate team-building event at least once in their life. It is simply a fun day in the woods. Airsoft is a similar game with more realistic looking “markers” that has overtaken paintball as a recreational activity and
Despite current bi-lateral tensions China and Canada both agree on the need for multilateralism in a post-Covid-19 world
Ottawa Life Magazine has been publishing a Canada-China Series since 2013. The series focuses on bi-lateral interests, business affairs, people-to-people relations, Chinese culture and the Chinese diaspora in Canada. Since 2018 there has been tension in the Canada Chinese political relationship. Ottawa Life Magazine has continued and will continue to publish
Five modest measures to reset the dial and elevate Canadian politics
By Sergio Marchi When he was elected Prime Minister in 2015, Justin Trudeau promised that he would do politics “differently”. Yet, except for a period of time when federal-provincial cooperation was central to fighting Covid-19, it has largely been business as usual. Don’t get me wrong. Canada enjoys a strong
Lowering the bar on political ethics
The October 21, 2020 confidence vote in Parliament is one of the lowest points ever reached in Canadian politics. It was a vote about integrity and ethics, versus incompetence or, worse, corruption. It was about the propriety of a sole-sourced contract for almost a billion dollars being given to an
Canadian policy on Nagorno Karabakh is Confusing and Dangerous
In discussing and resolving modern conflict things are seldom black and white, and as in most things, there are many shades of grey. Facts, nuance and history matter. There is no better example of this 'grey zone' surrounding "who are the good guys’ than the renewed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Understanding why the WE contract was just wrong
ABOVE: (LEFT TO RIGHT) Justin Trudeau, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, sister-in-law Alicia, daughter Ella, and Margaret Trudeau, at WE Day UK, March 4, 2020 (WE Movement via Facebook) If it’s Friday in Ottawa in the summer, it must also be “take out the garbage” day. And so it was this morning that the Government
It’s time to shorten the Cabinet bench
The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs are scheduled to start in two weeks, and we’ll soon hear sportscasters expounding on players’ performances: plumbers – not the best players but those that will go into the corners and do the dirty work; floaters – often the most talented players but not the
Charisma has failed us — and winter is coming
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” ― Margaret Thatcher The next prime minister of Canada will be the most hated person in the country for years to come. Whether Liberal,Conservative on NDP, he or she will have to deal with the financial mess
Hey parliamentary press and national media – wake up!
Above: RCMP officers physically remove Keean Bexte, a Rebel News journalist, from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's daily press conference. Inset, Justin Trudeau and CBC's Rosemary Barton taking a selfie together. When a journalist is arrested at a protest, the free and fair gathering of the news is arrested, too. When a journalist is arrested by
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