So long, electoral reform! Welcome back, first-past-the-post!

Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party, said yesterday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement that his clear promise of electoral reform back in the 2015 federal election campaign was going over the side left her feeling "more deeply shocked and betrayed by my government today than on any day of my adult life."

Those of us who are old New Democrats, or old Tories for that matter, may not feel quite so much shock.

It is Groundhog Day, after all, and we've seen this movie before -- over and over and over. Every time we're persuaded to vote Liberal for one reason or another, as a matter of fact.

With some of the most debased elements of Canada's so-called conservative movement openly on display at last weekend's "anti-carbon tax" demonstration in Edmonton, I suppose it's mildly reassuring several conservative leaders were trying hard yesterday to put a little daylight between themselves and the event's organizers.

A few, like federal Conservative leadership candidate Michael Chong, who wasn't at the rally, condemned outright the people who chanted “lock her up" at the mention of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's name by another federal Tory leadership candidate at the demonstration.

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As the summer comes to a close rabble.ca's bloggers continue to write informed pieces on the challenges facing Canadians. From Ontario's hydro plan to urban farming, here are this week's top blog posts.

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Who is paying for Jason Kenney's risible pickup-truck tour of Alberta?

Who is paying for his campaign to lead Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party and unite it with the Wildrose Party to, he says, ensure there won't be a second NDP majority government in Alberta?