Justin Trudeau

EDITORIAL – Scheer proves he can bring out a crowd during Kamloops stop

July 3, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE KAMLOOPS SUNSHINE smiled on Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives yesterday. Three hundred and fifty people exchanged donations for [Continue]

FORSETH – British Columbians want the Trans Mountain pipeline project built

June 19, 2019 // 4 Comments

“We appreciate the federal government’s second approval of this existing project. This approval is an important milestone for Alberta, and for Canada. The decision was [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Liberals have stopped bleeding; can they regroup?

June 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Most CPC voters have no second choice, but nearly one-in-five could switch to the People’s Party By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 10, 2019 – Notwithstanding a summer sitting [Continue]

FORSETH – Use of term ‘genocide’ detracts from causes of the violence

June 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

CBC NEWS … After more than three years, dozens of community meetings and testimony from well over 2,000 Canadians, the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Things are very different for Trudeau during this visit

May 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU is scheduled to be in town tonight and it promises to be a very different set of circumstances than the last [Continue]

KNOX – Turns out our Canadian accent is one of the sexiest in the world

May 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

SHE NUZZLED MY EAR: “Say ‘Roll up the rim to win.’ ” I shook her off. “Charlize, baby, I told you it’s over. She kept going. “Now do the Friendly Giant: [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Would you buy a used car from a politician?

May 4, 2019 // 1 Comment

I BOUGHT A USED VEHICLE a couple of weeks ago. It reminded me how little I understand about some parts of our tax system. I get the concepts of income taxes and property [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Suddenly, the election in Kamloops riding is very interesting

April 24, 2019 // 6 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE REALLY SHOULD BE a recovery program for ex-politicians, one that gradually weans them off the compulsive need to be in the limelight. [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most say elected officials should be subject to term limits

April 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 17, 2019 – U.S. President Donald Trump will run for re-election next year, but as U.S. law stands today, he won’t be eligible to run again [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Jason Kenney’s election cements the politics of division

April 17, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AS EXPECTED, Albertans elected a new government Tuesday, sending the NDP and Rachel Notley packing after just one term. In their place come [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Everybody should be happy with Wilson-Raybould firing

April 3, 2019 // 7 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICS, you’ve got to be pleased Justin Trudeau booted Jody Wilson-Raybould out of the Liberal caucus. If you’re a [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – As Liberal support bleeds, CPC vote remains solid

March 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

Trudeau’s favourability among the public continues to sink alongside Liberal fortunes By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 28, 2019 – Two months of scandal have eroded support [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Please, change the channel and give us the old Justin back

March 28, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M GETTING SO INCREDIBLY BORED with the soap opera in Ottawa. Day after day, the Conservatives do everything they can to keep this spent [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – What, exactly, is this ‘middle class’ everyone’s talking about?

March 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

WELCOME TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. Come on in. It’s a pretty big tent, this middle class, but our government — pick one; doesn’t matter which government — is there [Continue]