Good Sunday Morning

This early morning finds me on an unexpected flight back to Ottawa. Thursday afternoon, I had a call from Government House Leader Mark Holland to say that Parliament…

Today is Day 10 of the Russian illegal, unprovoked assault on Ukraine. In some ways, the world response has been inspiring. Modern democracies are stepping up with sanctions…

And I know you are not likely smiling. We are not embracing a day of peace and love and rest.  Our collective nerves are strained. For many of us,…

As you read this, I have been in Parliament since 7 am (ET) debating the declaration promulgated by Cabinet on Monday, February 14 under the Emergencies Act. By unanimous…

I hate to sound like a broken record, but I think I started last week’s letter saying it had been a weird week. I had no idea about…

What a weird week it has been. My first week back in Parliament, working on zoom from home, has been intense. It was also exhausting. I tabled my…

Good Sunday Morning! Tomorrow, Parliament will resume after a long break that followed a long break, punctuated by an unnecessary election. Since the end of June, we have had only…

Thanks to so many regular readers of GSM who replied to last week’s message that they were getting in comments to Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault.…

Good Sunday Morning! It actually is beginning to feel like a New Year, but the walloping snow storms plus Omicron, school closures and lock-downs certainly blunt the usual…

Good Sunday Morning! And Happy New Year! (and please keep reading to the PS because you have a surprise gift in store!) In all our hearts, and at…

Good Sunday Morning! And counting down, six days until Christmas!  I am still an eager Christmas Day believer. What do I believe in? Well, as a practicing (and…

I have been meaning to write a Sunday letter focused on adaptation to climate change for some time.  For one thing, I promised one of our subscribers I…

Good Sunday Morning! And welcome to December. It strikes me forcibly that this is the second COVID December.  Praying it will be the last. Mike Morrice and I…

Good Sunday Morning! It has been quite a week!  We have a wonderful new interim leader. Thanks to Dr. Amita Kuttner for stepping up when we most need…

  Good Sunday Morning! So, let’s start with the good news. After six years of steady work in court battles and protests, the Mi’kmaw water protectors of the…

Forgive me that this missive starts with new dates that now establish some important bookends in my life. When I woke up Friday morning, I had been tossing…

Happy Thanksgiving to all on this long weekend. Giving thanks. We pause to acknowledge the fraught history of this day and its associations with colonialism, conquest and oppression.…

First the things to celebrate!  Courts!! Justice!! So unusual to celebrate…  My early legal fight to stop the spraying of Agent Orange led to my sainted mother, at…

And it is August.  I still feel that sense of COVID-blur… Where did 2020 go? What happened to July? Today is a real landmark day for Canada. It…