The Blanche Report

Today is early voting in the Montreal area municipal elections. In our little corner of the world, voting starts at noon and ends at 8:00 pm in the community center, 30 Lyncroft. In case you didn't read Blanche last night (or even if you did), here's who we are strongly suggesting you vote for in Hampstead: Jeremy Levi for mayor For Councillors: Jeffrey Budning Allan Farkas Harvey Shaffer Larry Zoltak We are not going to lower ourselves nor our readers by delving into the sme

Tomorrow, Sunday October 26 is early voting. It is a privilege to vote. Please don't squander your privilege. There's an acronym if you have ever worked in any election - GTVO - get the vote out. In Hampstead, anybody 18 and over can vote. People - make sure your kids vote. Now who to vote for: Jeremy Levi Jeffrey Budning Alan Farkas Harvey Shaffer Larry Zoltan If you vote for Jack Edery, you split the vote for mayor three ways which is not good. If it were a tw0-man race,

Taking the high road is not easy. It requires restraint in the face of accusation and the courage to remain silent even when one holds the evidence that would set the record straight. Silence demands a strength that words often cannot convey. Watching someone choose dignity over defence, in real time, is both humbling and illuminating. And perhaps most striking of all, it reminds us that wisdom does not always belong to the elder. Sometimes, it is the younger who show us w

Our Prime Minister needs an education in middle eastern history. It's pretty obvious the only ones whispering in his ear are friends of islamists. First he says that if Netanyahu comes to Canada, he would honor the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and have him arrested. Then he said, in the same interview: " The end is a free and viable Palestinian state living side by side, peace and security, the State of Israel" Can we ta

The Blanche Report rarely wades into local political affairs. Frankly, nobody cares. Till now. Our small community of roughly 8,000 residents operates without commercial tax revenue, meaning every sidewalk, snowplow, and streetlight is paid for by us, the people who live here. And while we’re not exactly a sleepy town, life here mercifully tends to be calm and civil. Until now. What prompted this piece were three so-called information sheets tossed into our mail slot. We’d he

Our prime minister Mark Carney is a slick opportunist. He picks and chooses who he supports based on what is good for him. We, the plebs have little to do with his choices. Take note everyone who voted for him. You think we're kidding? Let's start with his participation, together with another 150 countries, to award hamas with their own state for their October 7 barbarism. Clearly Carney wanted some new friends. Lucky for us, Trump put those morons in their place. Here's w