Most of the Washington Post's Canadian columnists are embarrassing - they don't actually appear in the print edition AFAIK, it's just a pathetic attempt to get Canadians to subscribe to the digital version but I don't know anyone who would pay $1 a month to read Taube, J.J. McCollough or Nora Loreto. Those three have trouble enough getting Canadian media to publish them, it's odd that WaPo would pick them up as tribunes of Canada. 

Last edited by Hansa (October 22, 2020 1:08 pm)

The Washington Post has a few Canadian contributors as Hansa mentioned and often they do seem to publicly trash their home country.  Some is warranted, some not so much. 

I am most familiar with  JJ McCullough who was a pundit for a while years ago on CTV News Network and on the short lived Sun News TV.  McCullough is quite pro USA, nothing wrong with that, but he has it in his head that almost all Canadians inherently dislike the US.  So he comes across as overly defensive of things American and his articles seem to mock or belittle many things Canadian. 
 
He appears to be the type of person who would really rather be working/living in the US but can't get a green card or permanent full time work stateside.  And he is frustrated since he doesn't really get published much here or shows up very often on Canadian TV and radio. He complains that Canadians are always comparing themselves to the US.  He does the same thing every week in his Washington Post articles, except in reverse.  

He is forever comparing our system of government, which he hates, to the US which usually he admires. McCullough delves into culture from time to time and naturally everything we do is second rate, not that good and we should just throw up the white flag and surrender to our relatives to the south. He referred Tragically Hip as a second rate band presumably because they were unknown outside of Canada.

Of late he has been taking a lot of pot shots at our supreme court as compared to the US which again he feels is superior since it has a lot more checks and balances.    Also he has no time for the monarchy, and everything associated with it. But I think his real distaste about the monarchy and our legal system is the fact they are two important areas that make us different from the US.  

 In fairness however, JJ does have a very interesting and entertaining Youtube channel which isn't quite as negative about the country and is more balanced than his articles or tweets.   He does have a sense of humour which comes through on his generally well researched and thought provoking video segments. And he does talk a lot about Canadian issues even though most of his viewership is international.
 
I think McCullough and more writers like him should be featured pundit/commentators on TV or radio here.  We have too many that have been on CBC TV/Radio, CTV even Global too long,  and appear too often. Many of this old guard don't have much new to say, and frankly most are boring as hell.

The Post has been the best paper for coverage of U.S. politics in the Trump age, although they have a few Trump cultists on the payroll, including Marc Thiessen and Hugh Hewitt. If you support Trump at this point you are definitely racist at the very least. No grey area.

“Zero evidence.”
I used to engage in arguments with members of the Trump cult, but have come to realize it’s futile, as any good argument has to be based on a common set of facts. Trumpers don’t believe in facts, especially if they contradict what Fox or Dear Leader would have them believe.

It's always a bit bizarre to see Canadians passionately debate US politics (I do it too). Yes, we are impacted by it not only because the US is still the most powerful country in the world, but also because we're next door, but I'm always surprised by some Canadians who argue US politics as if they are Americans and if they themselves are Democrats or Republicans. Not your country, not your parties, not your vote.