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#HarperBlamesAlbertans Takes Off After Harper Calls Alberta NDP Government A ‘Disaster’ Stephen Harper took an online lashing from Albertans after making a dig at the province’s NDP government this week.During a campaign stop in Laval, Que., the Conservative leader addressed an audience in French and criticized the Alberta government’s decision

“The first action is they’re unable to present a budget, they’ve risen the taxes –  it’s a disaster, it’s a disaster, honestly, it’s been rejected by the populations,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper – August 4, 2015(lying about the Alberta New Democrats on Day 71 of their new administration) “In this

“Port-Daniel) Eight members of the executive of the Liberal Association for the riding of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine resign to join the New Democratic Party in protest against what they call “a lack of transparency and democracy. “ Le Soleil / Google Translate

Chandra Lye, CTV Edmonton Published Monday, August 3, 2015 5:17PM MDT Last Updated Monday, August 3, 2015 6:19PM MDT A day after a federal election was announced Stephen Harper had some strong comments about Alberta’s NDP government. “The first action is they’re unable to present a budget, they’ve risen the

The former head of Elections Canada says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is “gaming the system” with an early election call and the result is parties with less money are politically disadvantaged.“What it does is completely distort everything we’ve ever fought for, everything we’ve established as rules,” Jean-Pierre Kingsley said in an interview

There is nothing nice about Stephen Harper.  I am sure his mom still speaks well of him, but for the rest of us he is a vile, sneaky, conniving little weasel of a man. His arrogance and petty vindictiveness is stunning in scope. He has achieved the office of Prime

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has now released detailed research that proves a pillar of right wing economic theory DOES NOT WORK !!! Huffington Post “The International Monetary Fund just blew a big hole through trickle-down economics. You’ve probably heard of trickle-down economics: It gained popularity in the 1970s

In a May, 2013 Buckdog post, I told you how the Duffy/Harper mess got started … May 20, 2013:“When Stephen Harper decided to add Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy to Canada’s unelected, undemocratic Senate, he started in motion a series of events that has ultimately become an ugly, nasty political

… just sayin’

Canada drops out of top 10 most developed countries list The United Nations human development index now ranks Canada as 11th Canada has slipped out of the top 10 countries listed in the annual United Nation’s human development index — a far cry from the 1990s when it held the first place

Premier Brad Wall continues to hold firm to the base ideology of a ‘businesses over persons’ ideologue and says he may invoke the Canadian Constitution’s ‘notwithstanding clause’ to suppress a working persons right to strike in Saskatchewan. CBCThe nontwithstanding clause was used previously in Saskatchewan by Wall’s former employer, disgraced former Conservative Premier

“… while Friday’s ruling could embolden the union moment, Wall senses that the rest of the public will be indifferent or even resentful of the unions’ legal win. At least, that sure seemed the case Friday afternoon, when he quite literally laughed off the potential multi-million loss by posting on

… oh wait!!! That never happened!! Brad Wall blew a multi billion dollar surplus left to him by the former government AND he allowed the Oil industry to extract Billions of dollars out of the ground in the last 7 years with only a pittance in resource royalties paid to the

“Since the day President Obama took office, he has failed to bring to justice anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects — an official government program conceived and carried out in the years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.He did allow his Justice Department to investigate the C.I.A.’s

This is freaking hilarious! Dick Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, has dismissed a key point in the report on CIA torture and has, as a result, thrown his former boss under the bus! “Dick Cheney discussed the newly released Senate torture report Wednesday on Fox News,

(Michael Brown’s body was left uncovered on a Ferguson, Missouri street for hours by police. ) So why should we be surprised that NO charges will be laid in the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown? “McCulloch gave the jury no instruction on what charges they should consider. […]

The Salt Lake Tribune is out with some stunning facts about police shootings in Utah. In the last five years, more people have been killed by police than homicides from gang violence, drug deals and child abuse: A Salt Lake Tribune review of nearly 300 homicides, using media reports, state

Every single member of the Conservative Party of Canada should hang their heads in SHAME for stealing from Canada’s military Veterans!!!

“Former media baron Conrad Black says that when he renounced his Canadian citizenship to sit in the British House of Lords he was only doing so “temporarily,” and meant to re-apply until he was sidetracked by his legal troubles south of the border. Black said Monday he was not turning

Another huge corporate welfare bum is going to cut thousands of jobs after lining their bank rolls with Stephen Harper’s huge corporate tax cut. “Montreal engineering conglomerate SNC-Lavalin says it will cut 4,000 jobs over the next 18 months in an attempt to streamline operations and save $100 million. “SNC-Lavalin plans