ICYMI, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Supreme Court clarifies the rules around Jordan exceptions #SCC #cdnlaw

ICYMI, my Loonie Politics column: Guilbeault's departure underlines just how egregious the climate backslide is #cdnpoli

New post: Ceding the recession narrative #cdnpoli

Unfortunately, we are in the midst of a plague of moustaches and mullets, and far too many gays are guilty of perpetuating absolute travesty.

For the late/west coast crowd, my Loonie Politics column: Guilbeault's departure underlines just how egregious the climate backslide is #cdnpoli

Anandasangaree wants your telecom companies to turn your phones into tracking devices on his behalf, and have you pay for the privilege. Sweet Rhea mother of Zeus, this government got arrogant in an awful hurry under Carney.

Oh, FFS. This is 100 percent the fault of the premiers. The federal government has no jurisdiction or levers here. HOLD THE FUCKING PREMIERS TO ACCOUNT!

Ignore all of those other economists, including the Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada. Andrew Scheer, who couldn't even complete his insurance certification, is going to school you on the recession.

I hate this kind of populist bullshit with the fire of a thousand suns. It just makes political life worse for everyone else involved, and there's no bottom to it.

No #QP for the PM tomorrow, which is unusual as Tuesday is usually his day to appear. #cdnpoli

For the evening crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social on the pair of #SCC decisions on Friday outlining rules for exceptions to Jordan timeline rules in criminal trials #cdnlaw

For the evening crowd, my Loonie Politics column on how Guilbeault's departure exposes the Liberals' environmental flank #cdnpoli

"Unless and until they learn to respect the will of a bunch of crybabies, the country will remain divided." Just a ridiculous argument to make.

#QP Recap: The only G7 country in a recession #cdnpoli

The incoherence is a feature, not a bug.

Canada's specialest tech bro doesn't want the government to pass any laws to govern digital asbestos.

I know the NDP have an overriding belief that party trumps individual, but the "voter consent" is the MP winning the seat in the first place. What they do once they have that seat is up to them, for which voters will hold them to account at the next election.

Just amazing. Poilievre’s ego is just inflating out of control.

Congratulations. This is the reason why the premiers will never, ever be held to account for things that are entirely within their jurisdiction.

For the Monday morning crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Supreme Court clarifies the rules around Jordan exceptions #SCC #cdnlaw

For the Monday morning crowd, my weekend Loonie Politics column: Guilbeault's departure underlines just how egregious the climate backslide is #cdnpoli

This is incredible bullshit, and wrong on pretty much every count.

And nobody will hold the premiers to account for destroying our universities.

Sunday dinner was @nigella.bsky.social’s ligurian pasta with basil, beans and potatoes, served with her cannellini beans with rosemary (recipe from Nigellissima).

Hence why I have at times referred to this as "crybaby separatism." Aww, the rest of the country didn't vote your way, so you're going to take your ball and go home? This is extreme crybaby behaviour, and should be loudly called out as such.

For the Sunday crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social on Friday's pair of #SCC decisions that provide more exceptions to the timeline rules for criminal trials #cdnlaw

No #QP for the PM tomorrow. But he's touring another construction site in the Ottawa area, so he must have something important to say (per Paul Wells' observations) #cdnpoli

New weekend column from me at Loonie Politics: Guilbeau't's departuer underlines just how egregious the climate backlide is #cdnpoli

Wow. Good luck with that, BC. You're going to need it.

For the evening crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social on yesterday's pair of #SCC decision that provide clear exceptions for Jordan-timelines in criminal trials #cdnlaw

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.

1) Many times, asylum claimants who are rejected on first instance are granted status on appeal. Rejected doesn’t mean fraudulent. 2) If you think Canadian taxpayers should get these “luxury” benefits, then maybe you should talk to your premier instead of being a racist goon.

New from me at @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Supreme Court clarifies the rules around Jordan exemptions #SCC #cdnlaw

Given the “unavoidable reality that criminal trials take longer in practice than everyone might wish,” the Supreme Court of Canada has revisited the time limits it set out in Jordan a decade ago to reduce the number of cases tossed due to delays. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

ICYMI, my Loonie Politics column: The Ontario Liberals are courting a crisis in grassroots democracy #cdnpoli

Who could possibly have seen this coming? And no, I do not believe the minister's assertions that all refusal decisions are made by humans.

New post: A technical recession? #cdnpoli

So, "mutual respect" involves holding a knife to the throat of the country so that you can ignore the rules the rest of us live by? Once again, fuck off.

For the evening crowd, my Loonie Politics column: The Ontario Liberals are courting a crisis in grassroots democracy #cdnpoli

Noted economist Andrew Scheer has deigned to correct The Canadian Press' headline.

Oh, fuck off. Apparently Guilbeault can travel back to the 1960s when separatism first bloomed, or the 1980s when it was weaponized by those trying to scapegoat Ottawa for the collapse of global oil prices. Making him a movie villain is beyond ridiculous.

For the Friday crowd, my latest episode on the so-called "Netflix tax" and why it's not a tax, nor is it discriminating against American web giants #cdnpoli

For the Friday crowd, my Loonie Politics column: The Ontario Liberals are courting a crisis in grassroots democracy #cdnpoli

After fighting with PMO to get pool access to the meeting with the Chinese foreign minister, here is the report.

Readout of Carney's call with the Pope. Carney claims he wants to lead on "responsible" digital asbestos tools, which isn't what his government has been saying for months now as they have been advocating for a "light touch" because they swallowed the tech bro line that regulation stifles innovation.

In which the Conservatives blame the *immigration minister* because judges gave more "lenient" sentences to non-citizens so that they would avoid the prospect of deportation. Diab is a terrible minister, but this is just bad faith bullshit (and leaning heavily into racist tropes).

Things are moving ahead in the process to replace retiring Supreme Court of Canada Justice Sheilah Martin. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

In the #HoC for #QP. Kmiec in the Big Chair. Khanna rails that we might be in recession…but turns this into a question about the PM’s in-flight meal service. Champagne points out the depth of the global energy crisis, but the Conservatives are taking down the economy.

It’s almost like other economies don’t have the same exposure to Trump’s tariffs as ours does…

New post: Canada Strong to help MAGA? #cdnpoli