The Dominic Terry Blog

I love political conversation. Everyone always thinks their position is the “right one.” And, rightly, they argue it like it is. If you need further proof, you can check out my Twitter page. Follow it while you’re there, would ya? #shamelessplug There are all kinds of groups in the Canadian political culture vying for attention; [...]

Government policy is not easy to develop – or so we’re led to believe. Politicians would be happy to be able to play to the base all the time, but unfortunately, playing to the base of the party doesn’t grow support. The problem then becomes, how to know what policy is going to fly and [...]

Politics and sport rarely mix well together. Think about the furor that was set off when Shane Doan was named the captain of the men’s World Championship Hockey team a couple of years ago. Most of the time, as in the Doan incident, it’s the politician sticking his or her nose where it doesn’t belong. [...]

A few short weeks ago, city council was spending taxpayers money like an, ahem, ATM machine. Today, it passed up a chance to stop. Our duly elected officials handed themselves a 5.35 per cent raise. Aldermen now make over 107-thousand dollars and Mayor Nenshi will pull down 201-thousand dollars this year. (Rider: I don’t have [...]

The saying goes “things (be they good or bad) happen in threes.” If that’s the case on the Alberta political landscape, 2012 could end up being a banner year for the Wildrose Party and leader Danielle Smith. Let’s explain. First, we saw the election of Naheed Nenshi to the mayor’s chair in Calgary. The second [...]

The cause of the environment just isn’t resonating in Canada. While other protests get thousands of people to mobilize behind the cause, Canadians don’t seem to be flocking to the environmental movement in the same way. Anti-Abortion protests on Parliament Hill attract more than 5-thousand people. Thousands more came out in opposition to the prime [...]

I’ll readily admit, I’m not an ardent watcher of the CBC. I don’t sit around waiting for Heartland or Little Mosque on the Prairie or whatever horrible show comes up after that bastion of Canadiana Wheel of Fortune. Even Hockey Night in Canada is brutal. Why are the Leafs in the first game of the [...]

Mayor Nenshi is not getting his way in budget deliberations at City Hall and it’s starting to show. The Mayor blasted some councillors on Tuesday night for not giving enough thought to the budget in front of them right now, of treating taxpayers like an ATM machine and playing games. Then he did it again [...]

So far, the Wildrose Party’s pledge to do politics differently in Alberta has come up, well, short. Unless by differently it means different than other parties in other provincial legislatures, but with striking similarity to the way to federal Tories play the game. The party has released a new website – aptly entitled “The Redford [...]

OTTAWA The federal Tories are accusing the opposition of holding up their agenda as Parliament gets going again in Ottawa today. A couple of thoughts: a) the opposition are in Ottawa to do exactly that – oppose. Oppose the government agenda, their ideas, their goals, and; b) If the majority government knows the agenda is [...]