Dennis Gruending

I am a Canadian writer and blogger, and a former Member of Parliament. I use this site to share my ideas about politics, social justice, rhetoric, books, and memoir. You will see on the sidebar that I write two Blogs which I invite you to follow. I have written or edited nine Books, and you will find Journalism by me and about me posted on the site as well. I hope that you will read some of my work, and let me know what you think. I would love to hear from you in the Comments section below.

I also post here about things that I have written recently, or that have caught my eye. I refresh this page regularly.

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s leading experts say

BBC News reports that the world’s leading association of genocide scholars has declared that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide as laid out in the UN convention on genocide.

Parliamentary review of my “Communist” book

The Canadian Association of former Parliamentarians has reviewed my book, A Communist for the RCMP in the Summer 2025 of their publication Beyond the Hill. The piece includes portions of an interview in which I say that the RCMP Security Service undertook surveillance on several CCF-NDP leaders, including J.S. Woodsworth, Tommy Douglas, David Lewis and others. That was a clear case of over-reach.

Canada’s stunning jump in military spending

NATO leaders, including Canada, have agreed to spend 5.0% of Gross Domestic Product on the military. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will more than double its military spending. As I write on my Pulpit and Politics blog, that will fuel the arms race and crowd out spending on much-need social programs.

Literary Review of Canada article on Communist for the RCMP

Black and white image from Literary Review of Canada showing pair of hands holding a page showing the names of people of interest to the RCMP Security Service.

The LRC has a review in their April 2025 edition of my book A Communist for the RCMP. The writer is David Shribman, a veteran U.S. journalist who was executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He teaches in the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University he contributes to The Globe and Mail. The review is titled, Serge Protector? The RCMP informant who saw red. It took me a few moments to get it, but eventually I did.