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Good Sunday Morning! Yesterday was the fabulous annual May Day on Mayne Island. Cold and rain did not deter the legions of fairies and woodland sprites in the…

Good Sunday Morning and Happy Mother’s Day!! I am so happy to be able to spend the day with my daughter Cate on her first Mother’s Day with…

Good Sunday Morning and Happy Easter! I am still so appalled by the events of this week (the dreadful decision to exclude Greens from the leaders debates!) and…

Good Sunday Morning and Happy Palm Sunday! And to all in the Jewish Community Chag Pesach Sameach!! Last night was the first night and deeply meaningful Passover Seder. This…

Good Sunday Morning! And the countdown is on! 22 days until Election day! And horror of horrors! — Advance polls start in 12 days — on Good Friday…

Good Sunday Morning to you!! What a week!! Fortunately, this is not my first rodeo. I know what launch day is like with national media working to share…

Good Sunday Morning! I rarely make a prediction–in writing–about politics- especially in the volatile times we are in! But today is an exception. I am close to 100%…

Good Sunday Morning! Let me start with a quick report on the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and a shout out to Keith and Bern Wyton…

Good Sunday Morning and a happy March, “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” Let’s hope the Mango Mussolini’s roar (adopting brilliant Toronto/Nicaraguan comedienne Martha Chavez’s nickname…

Good Sunday Morning! So happy to wake up on Mayne Island after a great community meeting last night and on to Pender for today’s meeting at 4! Last…

Good Sunday Morning! The last few weeks, this letter has been largely about the latest horrors of Donald Trump. Today, I decided to give all of us a…

Good Sunday Morning! Last Sunday I had an unusual day – although when I wrote you first thing in the morning from Guelph, I had no idea how much…

Good Sunday Morning! And happy Groundhog day..  I write from Guelph where local Greens are in the midst of two election campaigns at once.  Ford did call the snap…

Good Sunday Morning! Monday’s events will cast a pall as Donald J Trump takes the oath of office. I wonder how many will note the deep irony that…

Good Sunday Morning! This was one of those weeks that made me double check the date, sometimes within the same 24 hours… did I lose a few days?…

Good Sunday Morning! Happy New Year and we can still say Happy Christmas, today being the eleventh day! Eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight…

Good Sunday Morning! And Fourth Day of Christmas—Fifth day of Hanukkah! Despite the adjournment of Parliament, the political news keeps coming. Dominic Leblanc and Melanie Joly were off…

Good Sunday Morning! Oh my! What a week! Monday started with a predawn taxi ride to Union Station in Toronto to get the 6:30 VIA train to Ottawa.…

Good Sunday Morning! Yes, ten days until Christmas! Hoping you are not racing through crowded malls for pointless stuff no one needs but instead connecting with loved ones with homemade…

Good Sunday Morning! It was an interesting week, to put it mildly! It is rare for the Prime Minister to convene a meeting with all Opposition Party leaders.…

Good Sunday Morning! And Happy December – First day of Advent. For those who observe Christmas as a religious event, the season of Advent is one of contemplation…

Good Sunday Morning to you!  I am in Halifax, here to give the Nova Scotia Greens a boost in the last days of this snap election. Liberals, NDP…

Good Sunday Morning! Hello all – John subbing in again, to give new grandmother Elizabeth just a little more time with her new Lily, and perhaps even a…

Good Sunday Morning! Or as good as we can be under the circumstances… Not the hoped for news I wanted to share this Sunday. Hearing on the CBC…