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The War on the Car Electric Vehicles

The War on the Car

OCTOBER 7, 2025

Remember the “war on the car”? For decades, municipalities around the world have been waging a relentless war on cars …

Rio

Blame it on Rio

JUNE 30, 2025

Would it surprise you to learn that, for over a generation, one of the main ways the federal Liberals have …

Mark Carney WEF Net Zero

Carney’s Influence on Canadian Municipalities: Driving Net Zero from the World Economic Forum to every city and town in Canada

MAY 23, 2025

As a globalist – now arguably one of the most powerful globalists in the world – Mark Carney has long …

Carbon tax carney

Our new PM is still “Carbon Tax Carney”

APRIL 21, 2025

Our new PM is still “Carbon Tax Carney” With a week to go before the election, many Canadians have forgotten …

Ottawa’s “green master plan”: Meaningless targets set by municipalities will have real and terrible consequences for Canadians everywhere.

MARCH 28, 2025

Yes, I might seem slightly obsessed with the nonsensical “climate emergencydeclarations” passed by just about every Canadian municipality, but I …

Los Angeles Wildfires

Los Angeles wildfires: A Cautionary Tale for Canadian Municipalities

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The recent Los Angeles wildfires killed at least 29 people, forced over 200,000 evacuations, burned over 57,000 acres of land …

Tony Abbott

Alarmism, Australia & (Tony) Abbott

JANUARY 21, 2025

In my last column, I wrote about Donald Trump’s 2013 tweet, in which he implied that the term “global warming” …

Climate Terminology and Rivalries Among the Green Left

JANUARY 6, 2025

Last month, I published my opinion piece “Understanding the “Municipal” GreenAgenda: The Example of Ad Bans.” The subject matter was …

Understanding the “Municipal” Green Agenda: The Example of Ad Bans 

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The City of Ottawa voted in March of this year to consider banning fossil fuel (oil, natural gas) advertisements in …

New watchdog organization aims to eliminate ‘municipal madness’ across Ontario & Canada

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Municipal Watch, launched in January, hopes to become an official opposition to local mayors and councillors who abuse their positions.

Why Canada needs a new watchdog focused on the municipal level

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Trudeau battle it out in the House of Commons, Canada’s cities and …

Podcast: President Stella Ambler speaks to True North’s Andrew Lawton: Are Municipalities Broken Too?

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Former member of parliament Stella Ambler has launched a new watchdog group, Municipal Watch, which takes aim at costly and …

News Release – New Group Aims to Make City and Town Governments More Accountable

JANUARY 30, 2023

TORONTO, ON: Starting today, Canadians will have a new way to hold politicians accountable between elections. Municipal Watch is a …