In one of my last posts I wrote about how Stephen Harper is now so desperate he is looking crazier every day.Morphing into a monster who can no longer be restrained by the rule of law.And yesterday when he flew into Toronto to personally deliver a cheque for a commuter train
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OpenMedia.ca: iPolitics: Senators were flooded with thousands of your emails over Bill C-51
Senators received thousands of letters from all of you! Thank you for speaking up, Canada! Let’s keep up the fight until this reckless bill is repealed. We’re demanding all party leaders to commit to repeal it, take action now at KillC51.ca Article by Kristie Smith for iPolitics Many senators say
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Anonymous Attacks Harper Government Websites In Bill C-51 Protest
Hacktivist collective Anonymous downs several Canadian government websites as part of a protest against Harper’s secret police force legislation, Bill C-51 The post Anonymous Attacks Harper Government Websites In Bill C-51 Protest appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Tyee: Liberal Plan a Tough Sell for C-51 Opponents
We want a Prime Minister who cares about our civil liberties. We need Trudeau and all party leaders to repeal reckless Bill C-51! Tell them to do so at KillC51.ca Article by Jeremy J. Nuttall for The Tyee Justin Trudeau will have to do more than pledge to fix what
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Huffington Post: Liberals were caught off guard when candidate MacLeod stepped down over C-51 vote
After candidate MacLeod stepped down over Trudeau’s C-51 vote, the Liberal party issued a statement saying his resignation was for personal reasons… Article by Althia Raj for the Huffington Post OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are staying mum about a star candidate who just turned on them. read more
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Graeme MacKay Does It Again
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Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Conservatives ask Liberals to “apologize for decades of racism”
The Harper Conservatives accuse the Liberals of “decades of racism” dating back to Liberal PM Mackenzie King, who served from 1921 to 1930 and 1935 to 1948. The post Conservatives ask Liberals to “apologize for decades of racism” appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: How Much Do You Trust The Government?
The Harper and Liberal apologists tell us that Bill C-51 is necessary to keep us safe and protect our freedoms. I simply don’t believe or trust them. Do you? You can read more about these concerns here. Recommend this Post
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Heroes and Zeros – here’s how your Senators voted on Bill C-51
Yesterday we witnessed how the Senate passed Bill C-51. Once again, the government used its majority to ram the unpopular legislation through the Senate by 44 votes to 28, a much closer margin than many expected. The legislation – opposed by a whopping 56% of Canadians with just 33% in favour – will now
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Bill C-51 passed: OpenMedia fights back
We are not giving up, Canada. We’ve got to take the next step and get all parties to repeal Bill C-51.Together we can #KillC51. Speak out now at KillC51.ca Article by Fram Dinshaw for the National Observer Bill C-51 passed the Senate on June 9 in a 44-28 vote despite
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Great War on Pensions
Well there he was in Poland yesterday, relentlessly pursuing the ethnic vote again, by portraying himself as the fearless leader of the Great War on Russia.And the champion of freedom and democracy.Even as the Senate rammed through his totalitarian anti-terror bill.Which will kill OUR freedoms and turn us into a police state,But at
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Bill C-51 Just passed. Where do we go from here?
This just in from Ottawa: The Senate just passed Bill C-51 today by 44-28, despite massive opposition from hundreds of thousands of everyday Canadians and the country’s top privacy experts. Reckless Bill C-51 will now become Canadian law. read more
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Human Rights Watch Says Bill C-51 Violates Charter Of Rights
How can it be that everyone else is wrong, and the Harper regime alone holds the truth about the necessity of Bill C-51 to keep us safe? Recommend this Post
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Hedges On Bill C-51
http://peakmoment.tv/ Back in March, Chris Hedges planned to address a demonstration on Bill C-51. However, his plane was delayed getting into Toronto, so the crowd never heard what he had to say. Nonetheless, his speech has been made available at rabble.ca. It’s well worth reading. The corporate
Continue readingBill C-51—a chance for the Senate to redeem itself
In the words of Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, the Senate was created as a place of “sober second thought.” In the eyes of most Canadians today, it is more a place of corruption and sinecures for party hacks. But now it has been given a chance
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tyee: C-51 is Harper’s tool to keep spreading fear
Experienced crime victims’ advocate Steve Sullivan on the open letter signed by conservative groups against Bill C-51, and how fear is the fuel that keeps Harper’s government going. Keep speaking out Canada! It’s never too late: StopC51.ca Article by Steve Sullivan Things are not going Stephen Harper’s way. People aren’t as
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Could He Have Been Wrong?
https://www.tumblr.com/ Bill C- 51 was supposed to have been Stephen Harper’s trump card. If the economy went south, he could scare voters into supporting him. It worked a couple of elections ago, when Harper claimed that coalition governments were for losers. But Mr Harper’s
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will Bill C-51 Be Stephen Harper’s Waterloo?
I wouldn't be surprised if the dark idea crept into Stephen Harper's Jurassic brain even as he cowered in that closet, on that fatal day on Parliament Hill.And at the time he must have thought it was brilliant.He'd draft a sinister anti-terrorist bill that would turn Canada into a police state,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: BREAKING: Final Bill C-51 vote will be tomorrow
BREAKING: Liberal Senate leader Grant Mitchell has just confirmed to OpenMedia that the government will shut down all debate on Bill C-51 at the Senate Chamber tomorrow. This means all amendments and the legislation as a whole will be voted on tomorrow. The news gives us one more day of action.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On The Sinister Implications of Bill C-51
One of the biggest threats posed by Bill C-51, the anti-terrorism legislation so loved of the Harper cabal, is that it could be used to criminalize dissent. Jesse Brown, over at CanadaLand, offers an anonymously uploaded YouTube video, shot during Saturday’s “Stop C-51” Rally on Parliament Hill, that would seem
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