In a holding pattern

I haven’t posted much lately. That isn’t to say things haven’t been happening.

We have a new premier in Ontario. She may even recall the legislature. We’ll see. Maybe Horwath will cut a deal, maybe we’ll have a spring election. May depend on whether or not Horwath calculates that Hudak can win a spring election.

Toronto still has a mayor.

Federally, it’s still Stephen Harper’s government. (I’d say Stephen Harper’s country, but the country is most emphatically not the government — that’s as true when I like the governing party as it is when I dislike the governing party.) Justin Trudeau still leads the Liberal race. Tom Mulcair bides his time and avoids pitfalls. (For what it’s worth, Harper is probably the best political analyst out there. He just uses his stuff for his own benefit, these days…)

All in all, we’re waiting.

Stateside, the gridlock of 2010-2012 persists into the 2012-2014 period.

Not much is changing there till the 2014 midterms, or possibly the 2016 presidential election…

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