Government and Democracy

Published on Friday August 12, 2016

There was some welcome news on the west coast this week.

On Monday in Vancouver, Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, officially reopened the coast guard’s Kitsilano Station.

It was the ceremonial completion of a promise the Liberal government fulfilled last May, when it reversed the former Harper government’s decision to close the station in the heart of Vancouver, Canada’s busiest harbour.

Published Wednesday July 27, 2016 in the Huffington Post

Stephen Harper emerged recently from his self-imposed obscurity to say goodbye. I say good riddance.

The former prime minister who once boasted, “You won't recognize Canada when I'm through with it,” lost the federal election last October and stepped down as leader of the Conservative Party, but remained a Member of Parliament.

Published in the Huffington Post Wednesday July 20, 2016

As Canada’s provincial premiers arrive in Whitehorse for their annual meeting, they will be joined by many groups interested in what happens at the meeting, from doctors to business people to academics to labour.

This article was published on Wednesday June 29, 2016 in the Huffington Post.

I have made no secret of my respect for our new Prime Minister, especially after the disdain I held for his predecessor.

That’s why it can be tough at times to watch – as good Canadian jobs are lost to Mexico, a place of horrible human rights abuses – while Justin Trudeau publicly talks about being such good friends with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.