http://www.quickmeme.com/ In his latest column, Tim Harper recounts his frustrated and frustrating attempts to talk to Conservative candidates across the country: I never met Mike Little, the Conservative candidate in the key riding of Burnaby North-Seymour. I met every other candidate but Little had personal considerations
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Northern Reflections: No Ordinary Election
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ This is no ordinary election. Ralph Surette has been around quite awhile and he’s seen a lot of governments. And, he writes, the Harper government
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Not A Smart Man
http://www.livememe.com/ We learned last week that the Prime Minister ignored the advice of his in-house lawyer. Alan Freeman writes: When Perrin was asked by Harper’s
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Under His Thumb?
http://www.banklawyersblog.com/. Given evidence which emerged last week at the Duffy trial, the NDP’s Charlie Angus has written to RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, asking why Nigel Wright was not charged with offering a bribe. Could it be that the Commissioner is under Mr. Harper’s thumb? Given the record, Michael Harris
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Colossal Stupidity
http://zorro-zorro-unmasked.blogspot.ca/ The CBC has obtained a review of Canada’s retirement system which was done for the Privy Council Office. The document has been heavily redacted. But its conclusions are clear: “In 2010, Canada spent 5.0 per cent of GDP on public pensions (OAS/GIS and C/QPP), which is low compared
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Vets Are Going To War
http://www.starshipearththebigpicture.com/ The Harper Party used to be be able to count on the support of veterans. That was because they made the right noises. But, as Preston Manning said, “Words don’t mean
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Tangled Web
https://twitter.com/russellbarth That’s what you get, Shakespeare wrote, when first you practice to deceive. One lie follows another. That’s certainly what happened in the Prime Minister’s Office.
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Will He Escape?
http://www.slideshare.net/ If you wonder how conservatives — real conservatives — are reacting to Stephen Harper’s cross country tour, read David Krayden over at ipolitics. Krayden writes that he will vote Conservative — not because of Stephen Harper, but in spite of him and a campaign that is all about
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: That May Count For Nothing
http://www.morethings.com/ Nigel Wright, we are told, is a very intelligent and righteous man. He has put a lot of effort into establishing his reputation as such.
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Nation Of Laws, Not Men
http://www.gilltaxlaw.com/ Thomas Mulcair wants to abolish the Senate outright. Stephen Harper wants to kill it through neglect. Both men propose to ignore the Supreme Court’s
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Their World Is Changing
Harper Conservatives used to suffer from galloping certitude. They believed that they were paragons of virtue. Michael Harris writes: Conservatives like to think they occupy the moral high-ground. There is the greenhorn Trudeau, the ideologically obsessed Mulcair, and somewhere on Mount Olympus, taking it all in with august superiority, are
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Canada’s Economic Federation
http://free-stock-illustration.com/ Scott Clark and Peter DeVries write that the economy is not in good shape. It hasn’t been healthy for the last seven years: The economy has been seriously underperforming for the past seven years and there’s little to suggest this will change over the next five. Business fixed
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Closing The Canadian Mind
http://www.stephenmarche.com/ Stephen Marche is a Canadian journalist who writes for American publications. In this morning’s New York Times, he provides Americans with some background information on Canada’s ongoing
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: What Those Emails Tell Us
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca When the Duffy trial re-opened this week, a 426 page binder of emails was introduced into evidence. Doanld Savoie writes that what they tell us is
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: One Man Is Responsible
http://www.cbc.ca/ It’s clear from yesterday’s testimony that Nigel Wright is a good soldier. He will do his best to ensure that, during
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Rigged Against The Young
Newly released research has revealed that the Harper government’s job creation record — put in historical perspective — is nothing to brag about. But its record of job creation for young people is undeniably dismal. Armine Yalnizyan writes: If you look at the proportion of people working by age group,
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Doing It For Their Country
Stephen Harper may be defeated in the upcoming election because the economy has tanked. But, Ralph Surette writes, there are other reasons — better reasons — to send him packing: This is not an election like any other. What’s at stake is nothing less than the integrity of Canada’s most
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: What Have They Got That He Ain’t Got?
Michael Harris writes that the Harper campaign has begun with some strange twists: I’m not sure what democracy is anymore in Canada, but I’m pretty certain it’s got nothing to do with agreeing to get frisked and letting people and dogs mess with your junk before you attend a political
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Central Question
https://twitter.com/hashtag/farleymowat Elizabeth Thompson reported yesterday that those who are invited to attend one of Stephen Harper’s “public” events are now required to keep their mouths shut: Members of the public who attend
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Little Lies And Big Lies
http://www.cbc.ca/ This week, we were treated to a surreal commercial of Stephen Harper standing in front of a monitor with the Netflix
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