Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Asher Schecter interviews Emmanuel Saez about the realities of growing inequality – and the denialists looking to exacerbate it. And Chris Hayes talks to Gabriel Zucman about the benefits of a wealth tax. – Laurie Monsebraaten reports on a new study showing how
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Montreal Simon: Why Andrew Scheer’s Prison Game Is So Dangerous
As we all know Andrew Scheer is having a…um… jolly good time. Playing prison guard, and exploiting the memory of a murdered child to try to smear Justin Trudeau.In a manner so obscene it can only be described as pornographic. But at least Scheer is not Prime Minister. Because if he was, we'd all be
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Benjamin Perrin and the Murky Case of Jason Kenney
You may remember Benjamin Perrin, the PMO lawyer who worked for Stephen Harper at the height of the Duffy Affair.But who later turned against the Con regime declaring that it had lost the moral authority to govern.Well now he's taking aim at one of…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Duffy Cover-Up: Why the RCMP Must Explain Itself
Now that we know that Stephen Harper's lawyer believed that Nigel Wright had Harper sign off on a five-point plan to payoff Mike Duffy. That good to go really meant good to go. And now that we know this:Donald Bayne, Duffy’s defence lawyer, read from the transcript of a police interview
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Duffygate: Benjamin Perrin Demolishes the Harperite Conspiracy
Benjamin Perrin had only been the PMO lawyer for a year before the Duffy scandal erupted so he wasn't part of the Con cult.He never drank the Koolaid.So today when his turn came to testify at the Duffy trial he let the truth fly. And managed to knock down Stephen Harper,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On points of agreement
Let’s see if we can turn Stephen Harper’s otherwise laughable spin on his PMO’s widespread cover-up into a couple of points we can all agree on. First, the ultimate responsibility for lies and cover-ups lies with superiors rather than subordinates – in Harper’s own words: Second, exactly one person fits
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the E-Mails That Could Destroy Him
Well he wasn't in the House of Commons today to answer questions about the latest twist in his sordid Senate scandal. No doubt recovering from his long musical set at a Jewish community fundraiser the night before. Or too busy promoting his boring hockey book in downtown Toronto this morning.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: PMO Now Admits Benjamin Perrin’s E-Mails Were NOT Deleted
Golly. It's a miracle I tell you. Remember how the Cons told us that Benjamin Perrin's e-mails had been deleted when he left the PMO? So we couldn't determine what that PMO lawyer told Stephen Harper about the Duffy deal.Well it turns out that was just another oops, or another Big Lie. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is Stephen Harper Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
Well he wasn't in the House of Commons today to answer any questions about the Senate scandal. No doubt recovering from his latest attempt to try to improve his image by posing as a man of the people. Which can't be easy when you're a millionaire. And you have to go
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Benjamin Perrin’s Awkward Situation
Former PMO chief counsel and Harper personal legal advisor, Benjamin Perrin, has been laying low since he abruptly left Ottawa and hightailed it back to the security of his teaching position at the University of British Columbia law faculty. If you’re looking for keys to unlock the Wright-Duffy-Harper affair, Perrin
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