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August 7, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: The Political Landscape Didn’t Change

http://www.brunchnews.com There were no knockout punches last night. Stephen Harper droned on with his usual talking points. But nobody put him on the mat. Elizabeth May

August 6, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Corrupt Or Destroy

http://metanoodle.blogspot.ca Amidst all of the hullabaloo associated with dropping the election writ, the public has not noticed that Stephen Harper has appointed another man to the Supreme Court. It can’t be accidental that Russell Brown, a law professor at the University of Alberta, has escaped public scrutiny. As a

August 5, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: A Perfect — And Predictable — Storm

For years, Andrew Nikiforuk has warned that building an economy based on bitumen is monstrous folly. Now the folly has come home to roost. Nikiforuk reminded his readers about what the Canadian historian Harold Innis had written about resource traps: Innis, our greatest historian, said that Canada had a resource

August 4, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: He Keeps Throwing Stones

http://www3.sympatico.ca/taylormcgreal/voteyouout.html You have to wonder what planet Stephen Harper lives on. Yesterday, in Laval, he accused the entire NDP caucus of being a bunch of duds: “That group of NDP MPs in the last four years is the most inefficient, ineffective group we’ve ever seen,” he said in

August 3, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Having It His Way.

http://www.cp24.com/news/ Yesterday, Stephen Harper said that he was forced to begin his seventy-seven day election campaign because the other parties had started campaigning early. And, he said, parties should pay for campaigns themselves. It’s truly remarkable that he can say this kind of stuff with a straight face. Michael

August 2, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: I Think Not

https://twitter.com/johnibbitson On Saturday, the Globe and Mail published an excerpt from John Ibbitson’s recently published book, Stephen Harper. The piece begins with a pean to Harper: He is a lion in autumn, weaker than in his prime, but still a force of nature. He faces his fifth, and perhaps

August 1, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: A Man Of His People

http://johnnyrush.com/conservatives The former head of Elections Canada, Jean Pierre Kingsley, says that Stephen Harper is “gaming the system.” And Kory Teneyche, the former head of Sun News, says that,when Mr. Harper has a campaign event, attendance will be by “invitation only.” Ten years ago, no one would have thought

July 31, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Something To Think About

For the next seventy-seven days, we’re going to hear the message that Stephen Harper is the best person to guide the Canadian economy. Jim Stanford has been crunching the numbers; and it turns out that — like so much of what Mr. Harper says — there is a cavernous gap

July 30, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: A Really Nasty Piece Of Work

http://www.macleans.ca/ Glen McGregor reports that Stephen Harper will skip Flora MacDonald’s funeral: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not attend the funeral of former external affairs minister

July 29, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Government By Obssesion

When it comes to looking into the economic future, the Harper government’s record is nothing to brag about. And, in election years, the Harperite crystal ball is thoroughly unreliable. Consider, Scott Clark and Peter Devries write, what happened in 2008: The November 2008 Economic and Fiscal Update forecast annual surpluses

July 28, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: You’ve Got To Be Kidding

http://wn.com/ Stephen Harper, Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau are criss-crossing the country, trying to articulate the central question behind the

July 27, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Stiglitz On Greece

http://topics.nytimes.com/ Joe Stiglitz has been spending the last little while in Greece, checking out the state of affairs. Those affairs, he predicts, will get worse

July 26, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: He Really Does Think We’re Stupid

http://www.pressprogress.ca/ For the last two years, Stephen Harper has claimed that he is “delaying,” not refusing to appoint Senators. On Friday, he said — unequivocally — that he was refusing to appoint Senators. Campbell Clark writes: The government is already fighting a court case brought by a Vancouver lawyer,

July 25, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: They Don’t See Much

http://aclayjar.blogspot.ca The Harperites want to build a monument to the “victims of Communism.” China is one of the last officially communist countries. Yet Mr. Harper and

July 24, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Facts Are His Enemy

http://350orbust.com/ Stephen Harper claims that the upcoming election will be about security vs. risk. For once, Murray Dobbin agrees with him. What Dobbin is opposed to is Harper’s claim that his Conservative government is the unquestionable home of security — be it economic or national. Consider Harper’s — and

July 23, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: There’s An Old Fashioned Word For That

http://www.markstrahl.com/ What passes for Conservatism these days is really Harperism. Those who know what Conservatism means are appalled by Pierre Poilievre’s Travelling Payola Show.

July 22, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Keeping It Under Wraps

filipina-nannies-caregivers. Last week, the Advisory Panel On Healthcare Innovation was supposed to release its report at a scheduled news conference. Jeffrey Simpson writes: The day before

July 21, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Strong And Stupid

http://thedailyedge.net/ Joe Oliver has informed Kathleen Wynne that the Harperites will do absolutely nothing to help set up the Ontario Pension Plan — which

July 20, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: He Says He’s Doing It For The Kids

http://thinkpol.ca/ Nothing the Harper government does anymore is surprising. The National Post reports: Number-crunching based on the last census shows that many of the ridings in line to get the biggest cheques from the newly increased Universal Child Care Benefit are in suburban Alberta and the all-important ridings that

July 19, 2015 Owen Gray

Northern Reflections: Obsessed By His Enemies

http://news.nationalpost.com/ Like Richard Nixon, Stephen Harper is obsessed with his enemies. That’s why, Bob Hepburn writes, he continues to attack Justin Trudeau more than Tom Mulcair. Mulcair may be first in the polls. But Harper hates Trudeau because: First, Prime Minister Stephen Harper hates Trudeau and the