Liberals have been bulldozing barriers and slashing red tape for more than a decade. Who can forget: “Red Tape Reduction Task Force” of 2001 to recommend priorities for the review and elimination of regulations in BC. Rich Coleman’s 2002 announcement that red tape had been slashed by 41 per cent
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Preston Manning and the Campus Crusaders
Lordy. I see that Preston Manning, the Big Daddy of the ReformCon movement, thinks that the robocall scandal is deplorable. The patriarch of the modern-day conservative movement in Canada is calling for better ethical training for campaign workers in the wake of the robocall scandal. Which would be a lot more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Coyne: Where did conservatism go? by Andrew Coyne
Columnist says that the governments lack of intention to reform crown corporations, such as the CBC, begs the question “Where has conservatism gone?”.
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In what deranged, demented, scum-ridden universe is this the equivalent of this? I haven’t read up on this Electoral Fraud thing that has apparently been perpetrated enough to make any in-depth comments on it. However, I do know that a campaign of calls purposely directing people to the wrong polling
Continue readingTony Gazebo lectures us on cost containment
More classic Conservative hypocrisy, this time from the man who stole 50 million taxpayers’ dollars—already approved by Parliament for border security—to polish up his own riding. “The take-home lesson,” said Clement, “is to ingrain this idea of efficient and constrained use of tax dollars on a day-to-day basis, at every
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Harper Regime Buries Conflict of Interest Report on Illegal Lobbying by PMO Insider
Someone has to continue to bear witness on this, and it will be me. We have now reached the three-month mark since it was reported that the Conflict of Interest Commissioner had completed an investigation into illegal lobbying by former Harper regime insider Bruce Carson, subsequently an oilpatch advocate and
Continue readingManning Centre’s inclusive policies: Stephen Maher thrown out of conference. Replies, “kiss my ass”.
This is disgusting. Stephen Maher, along with Glen McGregor, is doing a yeoman’s job of reporting the beginnings of the Robocalls scandal. For his honest work, which incidentally appears in the right-wing National Post, the Manning Centre has booted him from their conference. Must not have any reporting that might not
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Daylight Savings? – Meh, at best.
The origin of another useless man-made artifice. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Daylight Savings?, Humour, Waste of time
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Vaughan M.P. Has Some Splainin’ to Do.
My my my. It looks like Mr. Law-and-Order, the dour and humourless M.P. Julian Fantino, may not have been playing by the rules in the last election. Recommend this Post
Continue readingI Wonder If These Folks Have Received Any Lawyer Letters Lately?
AllTheInvestigationsThatFit Self-CorrectingTeleMarketerVille A Conservative-linked phone campaign to voters in Liberal MP Irwin Cotler’s Montreal riding has prompted the industry association for market research firms to move ahead with a complaint resolution panel. The Marketing Research and Intelligence Association is striking a panel on Campaign Research, the firm that handles voter
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Tabatha Southey speculates as to the inevitable results when the Cons try to summon the entire Internet to answer for its political activity. – David Olive points out that for anybody who wants to buy into “tax freedom day” messaging, the corporate sector
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Mahergate
…confirmed. Nine hours after the blogosphere got to it. What’s up Matt Rowe? You sleep in?
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Feelings of Confusion and Disorientation
A unique ad campaign in Israeli movie theatres drew attention to Alzheimer’s Awareness Week. Watching people freak out — over nothing, really — is pretty funny too. [Via Osocio] Filed under: Shock and Awe Advertising Tagged: advertising, Advertising campaign
Continue readingManning Centre’s inclusive policies: Stephen Maher thrown out of conference. Replies, "kiss my ass".
This is disgusting. Stephen Maher, along with Glen McGregor, is doing a yeoman’s job of reporting the beginnings of the Robocalls scandal. For his honest work, which incidentally appears in the right-wing National Post, the Manning Centre has booted him from their conference. Must not have any reporting that might
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Iran’s 2nd Amendment Right To Nuclear Weapons
If countries are like people and people, regardless of intelligence, have the right to bear arms, even though they can and have killed others, why can’t every country bear nuclear weapons? Either every individual actor, be they person or country, has the right to bear arms or they don’t. Guns
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Meir Dagan: Iran ‘a very rational regime’
The increasingly strident calls for military action against Iran evokes the hyped-up threat rhetoric prior to the invasion of Iraq. As we now know, despite all the “expert” opinion, the alleged threat posed by Iraqi WMD turned out to be a crock. A chimera. Fear mongering about Iranian nukes is
Continue readingkirbycairo: Some thoughts on War, Tyranny, and Voter Fraud. . . .
Like many children during the Second World War, my father was evacuated into the countryside for much of the war. But he returned to London during the last couple of years of conflict and had many stories to tell about what he saw. One of the stories he told was
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Update On Canada’s Export Of Death (Asbestos)
While I have written many posts on Canada’s indefensible export of asbestos to third-world nations, I am pleased to report that the latest news seems to suggest that this hideous and immoral practice could soon be coming to an end. Despite the ardent and ongoing efforts of the Harper regime
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: On Teacher Austerity
I was watching The Agenda with Steve Paikin last night on TVO and was intrigued by the debate on the ongoing bargaining between the provincial government and Ontario’s teacher’s unions. As a teacher, I am well informed on the issues am going to weigh in with my 2 cents. Here
Continue readingWon’t You Listen To What The Man(ning) Said (Part Deux)
ThisIsWhat(A)Democracy(Centre) LooksLikeVille Mr. Preston Manning, speaking about Robocalls and more at the retreat of the ‘Democracy’ centre that bears his name yesterday: …“If you try to link these things to any one party, it’s a mistake,” Mr. Manning said. “If you just target the solutions at one party … this
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