It was Rosemary Con Barton's last At Issue panel of the year, and as usual it was a horror show.The ghastly Con conclave declared Pierre Poilievre to be the politician of the year for smearing Bill Morneau as only he could. Yes, that Pierre Poilievre.Then to make matters even more obscene, Con Barton
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Politics and its Discontents: At Issue – Harper’s Terror Bill
I happened to catch last night’s At Issue Panel discussing Harper’s (anti) terror legislation, Bill C-51. One of the interesting points that emerged was that although polls show the vast majority of Canadians seem to support this legislation (based, I suspect, on little or no knowledge of what it contains),
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More On Duffy
Like many others, I have been trying to fathom how Nigel Wright has escaped without charges for the cheque he wrote to Mike Duffy, while the latter has been charged with accepting a bribe. I have also been attempting to get video of two programs, Power and Politics and last
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Lonely At The Top?
If Stephen Harper isn’t ‘feelin’ the love,’ it is a situation of his own making. Two brief excerpts from Tim Harper’s column in today’s Star, entitled Stephen Harper’s slide into isolation, are instructive. Tom Flanagan, former best-buddies with Dear Leader, wrote in his recent book, Persona Non Grata, this about
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: CPC slogan 2015: “No grounds for criminal charges.” *
* H/t Dan Gardner In the twisted morality of the Harper universe, it will be claimed and conveyed as a complete vindication of the Prime Minister. That the RCMP has found no grounds upon which to lay criminal charges against Nigel Wright in the $90,000 payoff-to-Mike-Duffy-scandal does nothing to dissolve
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Last Night’s At Issue Panel
The comments of guest panelist Althia Raj, from The Huffington Post, are worth the price of admission here as she declares, in no uncertain terms, that The Fair Elections Act is legislation aimed at voter suppression. In reaction, the attempt at stoicism by Peter Mansbridge, currently embroiled in his own
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: At Issue: Harper’s Obfuscation
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary offers the following definition of obfuscate: to make obscure; to confuse. As an intransitive verb, it means to be evasive, unclear, or confusing. I suspect that those engaged citizens following the details of the Senate scandal that continues to dog the Prime Minister and shows no
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: "I Take Full Responsibility"
There, Pam Wallin said it, and like all politicians who trot out what has become but a tired platitude, she would now like all of us to tune in to another channel. (How about we devote ourselves to really serious matters, like that dastardly Mulcair showing such flagrant contempt for
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: At Issue Panel Opines On Harper and the Scandal
I have a bit of a busy morning, so I only have time for a couple of short posts. For reasons I have indicated elsewhere, I rarely watch CBC’s The National anymore. However, given yesterday’s shameful and feeble refusal by the Prime Minister and his trained seals to address the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Canada’s Domestic Israeli State
I have purposely stayed out of the blogosphere discussion of the latest atrocities between Israel and Gaza, atrocities that both sides must bear responsibility for. I have done so simply because I don’t feel I have anything new or startling to add to t…
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