Andrew Coyne fouls his underwear again - He can't see the forest for the trees (not even the trees).

Once again Andrew Coyne has both said something sensible and something stupid in the same article. 

It may very well be that the governments of Ontario and Alberta have achieved some long-awaited and needed rapprochmente, some feelings of cameraderie, because they are facing and fighting a common enemy (and it ain't the climate).  Let us hope this continues.

That was the sensible part of the article.  The other one was Coyne's lament about those who abhor carbon pricing and taxing and his delusion that what Trudeau is selling will do anything sensible about climate change or climate doldrums. 

My worst knowledge (not a suspicion) about Canadian politics is that the Liberals and Coyne are too ignorant and dogmatically deluded to realize that whatever they choose to do along the lines of current Liberal policy has the same strength and value as a fart in a hurricane. 

Instead of sanctimoniously farting around and pretending to be so pure about their worthless policies, they should instead be preparing to help people who might be harmed by extreme weather anomalies whenever and wherever they occur in Canada.

Posturing and posing like fake saviours will do nothing of value.

If you have the stomach for it, his article is at:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-this-falls-federal-election-will-be-decided-by-one-province-and-on-the-basis-of-cheap-oil#comments-area

Feminist Harridan attacks men - Accuses them of Toxic Masculinity

The poisonous anti-male vitriol of Rachel Giese has been published by the National Post - only God knows why! 

Having matured through the last 80 years of Canadian history, I know a lot about masculinity and having divorced a toxic wife (read - feminist, Marxist, harridan (or modern harpy)) and raised two girls to whom I was the primary parent, I also know a lot about femininity, including toxic femininity.  The latter version of femininity, such as that of B. Friedan and others of her ilk, who pervaded and infested universities and left-wing politics of the mid to late 20th century and the early 21st, which is men hating and boy-hating, has done its utmost to turn boys into girls.

Giese may be a wonderful person, but I am unable to assume that.  To seize upon the almost universally condemned  behaviour of pampered, entitled and self-absorbed males students in US or Canadian college Fraternity Dens, as she has done, and then apply that to boys and young men in general, is disingenous to say the least, and at worst, deliberately misleading.  The vast majority of young men do not demonstrate the behaviour she bases her narrative on, neither as bullies or full of hatred of females, nor do they fit that mold.  The boys and young men of my youth, and even of my University days, did not fit that mold.  The research of the well-known Toronto professor of psychology, Jordan Peterson, and his almost universal popularity because of his analysis of the difficulties placed in the path of young men by the aforesaid toxic feminists and their ideology of hatred, flies in the face of Ms. Giese's thesis and distorted views.  Is she contending for a Justin Trudeau award for lies and exaggeration?

What did she say?  If you want to "Eat Shit and Like it" read her stuff here:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/toxic-masculinity-harmful-for-women-and-really-really-bad-for-me

Western Civiliization - What is it and Why is it important?

There are a few current writers who constantly amaze me with their grasp of nearly everything and the depth of their analysis.  One of them is Conrad Black and the other is Jonah Goldberg.  What is at least passingly interesting is that they both write for the National Review, a conservative news magazine that has morphed into an online news magazine.

I am extremely happy that I have become a reader of their wisdom - that is what it really is.

I recall, not fondly, the hatred I heard in my earlier and ignorant days as a socialist in Saskatchewan, towards the 'evil' (according to communists, socialists and others of that ilk)  William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of the National Review.   What confounded and enraged those socialist ideologues, mostly university professors, many followers of the nonsense fostered by irresponsible socialist professors like Herbet Marcuse, of UC Berkley,  was Buckley's erudition, his facility with language, and the ultimate truth of his analysis and grasp of politics, economic and humanistic issues.  In this he has been succeeded by such as the aforesaid Goldberg, Black and others.

Saskatchewan is the birthplace of  both myself  and a genuinely useful public health care system (none of that to my credit, but to my father's and other good souls), that nowadays has become a bureaucratic nightmare, but still does provide a useful service, despite the efforts of the unions to destroy it through their greed and obstructionism.

Today these same people hang on to their delusions and loyalties, despite decades of proof that they were and are misguided and wrong.  It may be a little thing, but these people, in the late 1970's, pointed to the Weston conglomerate creation, Superstore, a grocery and dry goods retailer,  whose large outlets had been established throughout much of western Canada, as an evil plot to entice shoppers to purchase low-priced food and other commodities, and predicted that after the competition was destroyed, Superstore would then institute high prices to fleece consumers.  None of this happened.  Now, nearly 50 years later, the prices are still low and shoppers still flock to the outlets.

What has this got to do with Western Civilization?  Simply put - Western Civilization, with its centuries long history of capitalist development since the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution in the  mid-1700's, with its philosophical roots in the Enlightenment beginning in the 1400's, has brought great wealth,  prosperity and democracy with individual freedoms and rights to most everyone in the developed and industrialized Western World.

The current crop of left-wing so-called progressives are hell bent on destroying this civilization.  The enemies of our great civilization in Canada, especially its culture, including its economy, jobs and values, are the federal and provincial Liberal Parties,  the union dominated NDP, and the Greens, while in the US it is the confused coalition of Democrats containing within its shell many wild socialists intent on destroying U.S. culture and its economy.

Should anyone have a problem understanding what Western Civilization is all about, think of it this way:

"Forget calling it Western civilization for a moment. Instead think of a kind of party platform with a bunch of planks:

    Support for human rights
    Belief in the rule of law
    Dedication to democracy
    Free speech
    Freedom of conscience
    Admiration for science and the scientific method
    Curiosity about other cultures
    Property rights
    Tolerance or celebration of technological and/or cultural innovation"


That's a good start at getting your head around the question.


Goldberg has written much about this development, and his latest article on the subject, entitled "What’s So Great about Western Civilization", can be read at:

https://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/whats-so-great-about-western-civilization/

Grass Root Lawyers Attack Legal Establishment's Attempts To Impose Thought Control Over Ontario Lawyers

A small group of Ontario lawyers has attacked the Establishment of the Ontario Law Society and may be able to reverse fascistic thought and speech control measures imposed on Lawyers.

Most people will be completely unaware of this, but the Ontario Law Society which pretends to be an association of all lawyers in Ontario is no such thing.  It is government agency which governs everything a lawyer can do, say or think is not a voluntary membership body.  The government gives it power to regulate all aspects of a lawyer's life while he is a member, and all lawyers are forced to be members, or they cannot legally work as lawyers.  The forced membership must pay enormous fees to the Law Society for the 'privilege' of being governed under the watchful thumb of the Society.

In the last few years, the assumed power of the law society has grown so extensive that they now presume to and have taken power to force lawyers to not only observe politically correct behaviours in their work, but to sign pledges and undertakings to agree with all and any politically correct thoughts and behaviours their rulers wish to impose on them on paid of severe financial penalties and even disbarment (no right to work).  This means that they must adhere to the 'social justice' dogma of substantive equality, diversity and inclusion in order to be in compliance with requirements for their licence.  Not only must this adherence be observed in their work, but in their personal lives not associated or connected with their lives.  The closest comparisons to this diktat were to be found in the Communist havens of the Soviet Union, Communist China, and in the socialist haven of Hitler's Third Reich.  Of course, such strictly compelled adherence to dogma is common place in many of the world's religions and religious cults.  In the old days of the Medieval  Roman Catholic Church the Inquisition burnt people at the stake for transgressing such rules.

The small group of lawyers I refer to launched a campaign to win election to the governing body of the Ontario Law Society and were successful in winning 22 of the 40 seats allocated for lawyers on this governing body.  This does not give the new Benchers, as they are called, control, since their are 13 other 'Benchers' who are not-lawyers to be contended with.  Nevertheless, it is a strong first step.  They did oust a significant number of the lawyers sponsored by their large corporate firms who have ruled the roost ever since the Law Society was created many years ago.  Most small firms and single-practitioner lawyers could never afford to become Benchers and yielded to powerful large firms.

Among the offended and defeated layers some immediately stated their hatred and contempt by accusing the new group of being bigots, racists and Nazis. “If you are (against the SOP) then I humbly invite you to f*** yourself up the a**” said one lawyer in a social media post, “and stick your ‘compelled speech’ arguments there as well.”  This lawyer should be disciplined for such behaviour, but, since he or she was only repeating the sentiments of the old gang, you can bet nothing will happen.  This kind of attack is typical of the liberal-progressive politically correct fascistic element in the old gang.

Lisa Bildy and the team she worked with and shepherded to this victory are to be congratulated for their courage, perseverance and principled stance.

The Conservative government of Ontario would be well advised to curtail and remove the excessive undemocratic and unconstitutional powers handed to or asserted by the Benchers to make life miserable for Ontario's lawyers. The behaviour of such a body, given unlimited arbitrary powers demonstrates once again that such power corrupts and leads to fascistic behaviour. The same can be said of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and its Tribunals (Kangaroo Courts). That mess needs cleaning up as well and it should be cleaned up all across the country.

Last, but not by any means least, the Canadian Constitution, including the Charter of Rights, states that it is a Fundamental Freedom that all persons must have freedom of conscience, of thought, of belief, of opinion and expression, and of association, just to cite some of the Fundamental Freedoms in section 2 of the Charter.   This abhorrent Law Society has breached all of the above.  What arrogance!  What anti-democratic fascists!  Hitler would be proud.

See Law Professor Bruce Pardy's article at:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/this-lawyer-was-determined-to-stop-the-law-societys-forced-statement-of-principles/wcm/b8741dc1-5894-4e0e-8777-fb6af5b2badc

Canadian government basing its 'Climate Change' policies on a lie - will Conservative party challenge this?

"In choosing to mislead Canadians on climate change, the Liberals are basing their election campaign on a known lie" is a sub-headline of Gwyn Morgan's article mentioned below.

Canadians are being taxed and penalized for no valid reason by Trudeau's Liberals.  Will the Conservative opposition challenge these lies and bad policies in the upcoming federal election?

See Mr. Morgan's article outlining the scope of the problem caused by  Trudeau's lies and his attempt to con Canadians to vote for him because of his claim that by doing so they will 'save the planet':

https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/gwyn-morgan-a-principled-conservative-policy-would-challenge-trudeaus-climate-propaganda-with-truth

Additional Comment:

Morgan cites some facts: "As good little scout Canada struggles mightily to meet its commitments under the Paris climate accord, the vast majority of nations on the planet have already given up on the pact. Last year, global greenhouse gas emissions grew by an estimated 2.7 per cent. So if Canada’s economy had simply ceased to exist, our 1.6 per cent of global emissions would have been replaced in just seven months.  These are irrefutable facts."

So what can we do?  We can make every reasonable effort to mitigate actual and potential losses to people who may be harmfully affected by weather caused events.  This can include risk management efforts and compensation where necessary.  That is common sense, instead of adopting airy-fairy policies and measures that are ill-advised and foolish, like subsidizing electric vehicles, building windmills, taxing the release of carbon dioxide gas, a life-sustaining gas and a miniscule contributor to climate change,  and other proven foolishnesses.

Isn't it about time that the Conservatives adopted a mitigation strategy and tell the truth about the causes of climate change and set themselves apart from the Liberals?

Caught between a rock and a Hard Place - Ontario government deals with Liberal-created enormous deficit and public debt

The Ontario Conservatives honestly ran for election with a promise to restore Ontario's solvency and correct the enormous deficits and huge public debt of the irresponsible Liberal regime of McGuinty and Wynne.  Now they are trying to do what they promised.  As expected, the howls of the greedy and privileged who want to protect their ill-gotten benefits and force everyone to continue to pay for them are getting louder and louder as cut-backs are made.  The Conservatives must hold the course.

See this article:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/randall-denley-nobody-likes-service-cuts-but-ontarians-should-remember-why-theyve-become-necessary

Additional Comments:

No matter how stupid the Liberal's excessive unfunded spending was, the recipients of the spending don't want cuts.  Its OK with most ignorami to cut someone else's benefits, but not theirs.  Ford's government, as a responsible manager of public spending, trying to right the wrongs of the Liberals, has no choice but to do what the government is doing.  There is and will be pain.  But the deficits and extremely high interest payments on borrowing cannot continue, otherwise the Liberal-created mess just gets worse, not better.  Suck it up you greedy Ontarians who are complaining.  You voted those damned Liberals into office and kept them there.

Ontario Court Decision on Doctors and Conscience a Travesty of New Age Dogma

Once again a Canadian Court (Ontario Court of Appeal) has created a travesty of justice by a morally and ethically wrong-headed decision.  The matter at issue was whether or not doctors of conscience, who ethically were unwilling to assist in the intentional killing of a human being, pre- or post-birth.  No evidence was provided to the judges that acting on such ethical beliefs and qualms would prevent abortion seekers from finding doctors without such ethics to do the killing.  Unfortunately, constitutional powers of Provinces may not permit them to restrain judges from making such rulings and the Trudeau government is most likely unwilling to accommodate the conscientious objectors.

See this website for the article:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/with-ontario-courts-ruling-on-doctors-the-revolution-continues#comments-area

Additional Comment:

Bussey is correct that this case is a travesty of justice, morally and ethically wrong.  But it is of a piece with trends in this new age of political correctness, identity politics, disregard for valid and true age-old values, and contempt for the Christian religion and its principles.  Judges are now being brainwashed by their own organizations, as lawyers emerging from law schools are, to adopt and swear allegiance to such wrong-headed ideas propounded by liberal-progressive followers of the new dogmas. To these people 'values' are arbitrary, fluid and situational, adopted from time to time for the convenience of the dogmatists, who are willing and even anxious to ride roughshod over our time-honoured and historically validated values.  I hold these views despite not be a Christian or a believer in a deity, but being a believer in the ultimate goodness of humanity as created by our Western civilization.