Outlaw Radio 1960

  Canada is in a moment of crisis in its history . Most people are beginning to see the extent and implications of the continuous economic fallout. Meanwhile, our Prime Minister is conspicuously absent from Ottawa , reportedly travelling around the world to drum up business and promote Canada .    The problem is that this is why trade emissaries and embassy staff are hired. Showing up for a photo op claiming success when , in fact, the actual paper states a non-binding agreement, and that the only deal is to keep talking, is not a result. It is , in fact, a waste of taxpayers' money so our Prime Minister can look the part on a global stage. Great theatre, but not what Canadians were at all expecting from an “Elbows Up” Mark Carney.   Two vital statistics came forward while our Prime Minister tap danced his way across Europe , achieving nothing but smiles and handshakes.   Statistics Canada indicated that the unemployment rate among Canadians aged th...

  Forever Canadian petition challenges danielle Smith’s independence push - The Stettler Independent

    Danielle Smith's sovereignty referendum vote has hit a brick wall! Unlike the Alberta Pension Plan Scheme or the Alberta Provincial police force, where the number of surveys answered was suppressed and withheld from Albertans until challenged to be released, this has significant public ramifications and is highly visible to everyone concerned. Former Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA and Deputy Premier Thomas Lucaszuk has initiated the Forever Canadian movement by leading a petition opposing the Referendum. Upon completion, this petition is anticipated to be the largest single petition ever signed in Canadian history. Residents throughout the province have been participating in person to add their signatures in support of Alberta remaining within Canada. Distinct from online petitions, this initiative carries greater authority, as each signature must be accompanied by a corresponding address and provided in person. “The business community does not like uncertain...

 My Reflections on Dad My father passed away early yesterday morning. My sister contacted me just before lunchtime to inform me of his death, which had been expected for some time. I appreciate her communication, as I may not have otherwise been notified of his passing. I am aware that there is an expected grieving process following such a loss, yet I find myself experiencing no particular emotion. Consequently, I continually question whether it is appropriate not to feel any sense of remorse or sadness regarding the passing of someone who played a significant role in my existence. In fact, this lack of emotional response is more troubling to me than my father's death itself. Due to my parents' divorce in 1962, my relationship with my father was often distant and occasionally challenging. The period during which he served as a Conservative Government MLA in Saskatchewan, while I worked in the NDP caucus office, resulted in frequent professional interactions. Despite our pos...

  Battle River Crowfoot, as predicted, becomes the most significant non-event in Canadian political history.   Last night, after watching the election results—which seemed predictable—I realised that the trolls of social media would be sharpening their knives at some of my commentary or taking the opportunity to turn their vicious rhetoric not in any way different from Poilievre’s against the voters of the riding calling them sheep, cattle, or any other derogatory term imaginable. This result was anticipated mainly from the moment Carney announced the by-election. I spent much of my formative years in this riding before serving on Allan Blakeney's staff in Saskatchewan, subsequently working with Ed Broadbent in Ottawa, and later pursuing a career as a mainstream media journalist in Toronto until 1988. In 1997, I returned home to raise my four children, and I returned to this area without hesitation. People here do things mainly to paint a fiddler on the roof example ou...

  Watching the wheels of life pass by, I realised that in less than 5 months, I will have reached my sixty-fifth birthday. Now, for those who don’t know me, I have always complained in between telling stories of my children growing up, the unfair balance of time that has gone by, and how it happened so fast.   Sadly, my childhood was a time I would have instead let pass by. My starting point most thought was my time in the Navy, or my time working at the NDP caucus office in Regina, neither of which is true. My early twenties were but a host of indecision and painful anxiety. I didn’t know in the slightest what I wanted to do, or which direction was up or down. It would probably be fair to say I was lost in a sea of racing thoughts, and the desperate need to take charge of a life out of control and out of my hands. A critical decision had to be made: either relocate to an environment conducive to effective evaluation and management of my situation or accept the ongoing ris...