4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I may never vote NDP again, because Mark Leiren-Young is almost certainly correct: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Avi Lewis might not save the NDP, but he’ll likely end the Green PartyThe party faces an uncertain future as Elizabeth May steps down as leader 051
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Stephen Marche in today's Globe puts his finger squarely on the issue with our southern neighbour and the reactions of many nostalgic Canadians: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Do you believe in the Old Canada, or the New Canada?Canada today falls on a fault line between anxious nostalgia and a confused sense of radical newness 050
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I think you probably missed the point: see Max Faucett's commentary. 110
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Pretty rich that a US politician thinks she's qualified to give Canadians advice about relationships with other countries. Especially as her government threatens our independence. 010
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Canada hasn't been represented on the "world stage" by Prime Minister Carney before, so "one expert" is only giving us his possibly cynical opinion. I read the article: it's free of examples, so I don't know why we would give it much credence. 010
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Even "evil, ignorant, Convoy cons" are entitled to legal representation. It's one of the fundamental principles that make us Canadian. 210
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 25/11/2025You might want to consider what Max Fawcett says about this before you declare that Carney was suckered by the Alberta Premier... I'd be astonished if he didn't have a better handle on this than you. 250
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 19/09/2025re Alberta Premier Smith: "I'll say this for premier Smith," Eby said. "She's an incredible advocate, because you would never guess that there is no private proponent, there is no money, there's no project, there's no support from First Nations along the coast. In fact, nobody's talked to them." 0152
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 13/09/2025That's astonishingly concise and correct. 050
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 20/08/2025When did the federal government become responsible for hospitals in Ontario? I must have missed it. 100
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Of course you're right and she's wrong: doesn't acknowledge the meaning of 'terminal'. Having the medical system pay for this child's drugs enriches the drug maker, but doesn't prevent the child from dying on schedule and well before the parents are ready. 000
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Just a wonderful columnist in La Presse. 000
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Mr Picard hits the nail directly on the head: how much more do critics of the BC panel (and literally everyone piled on!) expect the medical system to spend? The child will die regardless, and only the drug company will be better off. 000
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Pollster Nik Nanos after the debate: "I don’t think a policy platform will turn things around because people aren’t voting based on platform. They are voting on who is best to manage the risks related to Donald Trump.” Well, that certainly covers my waterfront! 0151
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 18/04/2025There is only one ballot question for many of us: how are we going to deal with the Trumpist threat. We don't need costed programs to vote on that. 040
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 11/04/2025No surprise: Corcoran has been famous for his mapleRepublicanism since before he left the Globe for the NatPost. His byline instantly reveals the story's bias. 020
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 11/04/2025The Carney in this clip is the same one we saw 'interviewed' by Jon Stewart: relaxed, articulate, and humorous. 030
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I don't want to see Gunn dropped; I want to see him defeated. He represents a strong political current in the North Island and Powell River areas... But his views don't represent the majority. 010
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Somebody cannot, or will not, read the actual polls. The Carney Liberals are rising all over western Canada! 020
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Electorally, it's probably the political choice. 000
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Mark Critch is proving to be a Canadian treasure. 030
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I thought he'd hit rock bottom when he claimed "National Socialist" was socialist. But "Das Kapital" a defense of capitalism? Did he learn nothing at Queen's? 031
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Smith should worry more about her corruption crisis than the federal government election. We already all know that most of Alberta will vote for the eventual opposition. 100
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 20/03/2025No way the Star learned this without Ford's people leaking it deliberately. Heightens the tension! 030
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 10/03/2025That guy taught and practiced psychology. This guy is passing himself off as a serious economist. Can't be thew same guy. 000
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Who is Jordan Peterson, and why would he assume Mr Carney would want to talk to him? The number of Americans who listen to a random podcast are not much of a reason. 100
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I expect they already had someone picked for that seat, and didn't want the challenge. I also wonder if the federal Conservatives know that the BCLiberals were really almost entirely federal Cons. 000
Reposted by @4409leftcoast.bsky.socialCanuck Traveler🇨🇦 @nancyeaton.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Hello Canada, Time to spend a couple minutes reading this piece by Paul Krugman. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comTrump Hates Canada for its DecencyThe president lacks basic decency, and loathes people who do 35531
Reposted by @4409leftcoast.bsky.socialBarney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Heard someone refer to them as “President Beavis and Vice President Butthead” and I can’t stop liking this. 802794425
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 02/03/2025As usual Cathal Kelly nails it: "If you’re good at it, it’s easy. If it’s not easy, you’re not good at it. Nobody says that to kids, but it would make more people happy. "Sports is not full of especially hard workers. It’s full of genetic lottery winners who find sports easy." 060
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Wayne hasn't been Canadian for a long time. He once played hockey in a Canadian uniform, but that was a lifetime ago 050
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 28/02/2025We have unreasonable expectations of sports stars: their entire life has been their sport; they know nothing else, and with the exception of a Ken Dryden and a few others are woefully uneducated. 010
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Cut off the oil, and the Trump complaint about "subsidizing" Canada instantly goes away. Sounds like a winner, to me. But I don't live in Alberta. 021
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Kind of defeats the purpose of the debate in French, doesn't it? Nobody really wants to know her opinions on the major issues of the day. But we would like to judge her French. 010
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I frequently find myself disagreeing only half-heartedly agreeing with Mr Coyne, but this one is superb. Still a reason for a Vancouver Islander to buy the Globe. 020
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Excellent summary, Mr Hislop. It's pretty clear Alberta is the big loser here: if it goes on for a while, watch the wheels come off the UCP bus. 010
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Charlie, could you have a word with Mr Singh? He seems determined to tank the chances of The NDP holding on to the seats it has: how else to account for his most recent pronouncement that the NDP will take down the govt in March?! 000
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Of course, before long he'll remember that the golf course is much more compelling than all this desk stuff. 000
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 21/01/2025For a guy supposedly educated at a prestigious US university, Trump really is remarkably ignorant. (Or is this merely the onset of dementia?) 010
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Of course the limo was staged: no thinking person would assume otherwise. 000
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I have never understood why being an amazing, generational hockey player would qualify a person to be anything else. Did Gretsky even finish high school? 010
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Cathal Kelly in today's Globe. Even if you don't care for sports, that's brilliant. 050
4409leftcoast.bsky.social @4409leftcoast.bsky.social · 13/01/2025"Because the worst thing about drugs in sports isn’t the cheating. It’s the grubbiness required to explain away the drugs. It creates a community populated by the gullible, run by liars. If people wanted dim and mendacious, they’d skip Sports and head straight to the News section." 050
