San Francisco On The Wascana
The city that rhymes with “shithole”.
A shopper tells us the minute the Dollarama on 4th & Albert opened for the day, 5 shoplifters rushed through the store filling their bags and walked out. This is a regular sight in Regina. pic.twitter.com/yq601LtXHF
— Just Bins (@JustBins) August 13, 2025
Pollspotting
Democrats. You are in danger. pic.twitter.com/UbBMwRk1vL
— Christian Heiens (@ChristianHeiens) July 30, 2025
Domo Arigato
Elections Liberal explains how Elections Liberal runs elections for Liberals.
How about candidates on your ballots that don’t even live in Canada?
“American-Style Pork-Barrel Politics”
Spiked- Cracks are surfacing in the EU’s cosy cartel
It is worth noting that the European Parliament is not really a democratic institution. It functions more as a Potemkin parliament – a stage-managed performance in which the dominant party blocs pretend to represent voters. Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP, the largest group in the parliament and von der Leyen’s chief backer, let the mask slip when he said last week: ‘We are the oldest group in [the European Parliament], we respect its political culture. The European Parliament is not Westminster.’ What he meant, in effect, was that he prefers a system governed by gentlemanly backroom deals, not by genuine adversarial debate, as practised in the UK House of Commons.
“Democracy”
Telegraph- Labour ‘trying to rig system’ after handing 16-year-olds the vote
The change, which was promised in Labour’s manifesto last summer and will be in place in time for the next general election, will bring the voting age down in line with Scottish and Welsh elections.
Dust In The Wind
Your emails are like dust in the wind. Ain’t democracy great?
HoCStaffer- Correspondence to an MP.
First point about correspondence:
1) If you’re not from the riding we don’t care.
It’s a Start
National Post- Here’s why three Senators crossed the floor to the Conservatives
They’re the first new Conservative senators since 2013
Same Poop, Different Pile
James Lindsay- What is the Woke Right?
Let’s Go Brandon
The Next Prime Minister?
Telegraph- Dutch government collapses over Wilders’s migration demands
After a two-hour emergency meeting of his cabinet, Dick Schoof, the prime minister, announced the collapse of the government, which will continue in a caretaker capacity until after new elections.
More Of This
Take 6 minutes and listen to this speech by new Conservative MP David Bexte:
"The riding that sent me here is called Bow River.
…the Bow doesn't ask Ottawa's permission to flow…the Bow runs past oil wells shut by people who never set foot on a rig.
It flows by farms taxed by… pic.twitter.com/H8cTgCSaBH— Kirk Lubimov (@KirkLubimov) May 31, 2025
Dress For Duress
Jordan Peterson’s tailor: What Clothes Tell Us About Culture, Politics and War
Did Mark Carney Just Lose the Election?
It’s Not How Deep You Plow, It’s How Long You Stay In The Field
Evan Menzies- Yes, Canada, size matters: campaign crowds tell a story too many have been dismissing
To the chagrin of some in the media still used to the traditional model of coverage, a whole new ecosystem has evolved around these rallies with pre- and post-event coverage.
Seriously?
Andrew Scheer- Don’t Text Your Ex
In His Own Words…
Shifting Sands?
National Post- Conservatives in the lead for first time in federal campaign, new poll shows
“The Conservatives have narrowed the Liberal momentum gap. The Liberal campaign is still scoring more points with more people, but their advantage is much smaller,” declared a statement by Innovative Research.
East/West Alliance
National Post- Danielle Smith proposes ‘provincial autonomy’ alliance to Quebec
As a “starting point for discussion and collaboration,” Smith provided brief comments on nine of the panel’s recommendations, including a call to develop a special deliberation mechanism for legislative bills that include the notwithstanding clause, to dissuade court challenges.