I've already written what I think about Stephen Harper's sellout trade deal with China.I've called it the worst deal this country has ever signed. An act of treachery if ever there was one.But even that isn't enough. For what can you say about a document that even the conservative columnist
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Montreal Simon: Indiana Harper and the Doomed Return To Parliament
Twas the night before Parliament, and at 24 Sussex Drive not a creature or a mouse rat was stirring.Except in the dark basement where Stephen Harper was planning his triumphal return, after his golden photo-op summer.And no doubt rehearsing his new role as Indiana Harper or Great Explorer Leader. The man,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Great Chinese Betrayal
He waited until late Friday afternoon to announce that the Cons had ratified their controversial trade deal with China. Hoping that most people wouldn't notice. Ottawa confirms it has ratified a foreign investment treaty with China, more than two years after the controversial agreement was signed, as CBC News first reported Friday.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper: The Political Predator and the E.I. Scam
It was the PMO's Picture of the Week. Stephen Harper receiving a report on the situation in Ukraine from the brutish former Premier of Ontario Mike Harris.In his never-ending pursuit of the ethnic vote.Even though, sadly for him, the only ones who covered the event were his PMO flunkies.Because even the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why We’re NOT Better Off With Harper: The Video
It's so bizarre, so crazy, it could only happen in a ghastly corrupted state like Harperland,.Or spring from the increasingly desperate and deluded mind of Stephen Harper.For what else can explain that on Tuesday his propaganda machine would release a video bragging about all the jobs Great Economist Leader has
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Dominatrix and the Ghastly Con Senators
I knew Terri-Jean Bedford was going to get a rough ride, or a verbal spanking, from the Cons on the Senate committee studying the dangerously flawed prostitution bill.After all, she was one of the three applicants who brought down Canada's prostitution law last December.And as you know, the Cons in
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford and the Mike Tyson Fiasco
I suppose by now I shouldn't be surprised by anything Rob Ford says or does. Because that ghastly Con has been crawling through a sewer from the moment he came to office.And the very sight of him offends me, as it should all decent people.But I still thought that getting an
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why the Scottish Referendum Is NOT the Quebec Referendum
I've been seeing a lot of stories in the Canadian and British media, comparing the Scottish independence referendum campaign to the one in Quebec in 1995.And I've resigned myself to seeing a lot more of them after this latest development. Because it is so familiar.But here's the thing eh? I've seen
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Scottish Referendum and the Patronizing NO Lady
With just three weeks to go before the independence referendum things are definitely heating up in Scotland.Especially since the leader of the YES side was declared the winner of last Monday's TV debate.And polls suggest the gap between the two sides is narrowing as the momentous decision approaches. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Myths that Will Destroy Him
As I said in my last post, I don't think Stephen Harper is going to get very far accusing Justin Trudeau of being an elitist. When he is the worst kind of anti-democratic elitist himself.But he will continue to claim that he is a Great Economist Leader who saved us
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Reefer Madness and the Corruption of Rona Ambrose
Well it could have been just another day in the glamorous life of Rona Ambrose Health Minister. Serving the public, like an Angel of Mercy, and servicing Stephen Harper, like the Angel of Death.Not necessarily in that order. But then she blew it. Again. By trying to make the country's
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Community Mailbox Scandal and the Doctor’s Revolt
As you probably know, from now on in Harperland if you're old or disabled, or can't walk for miles or clamber over a snow drift to get to your ugly new community mailbox.If you want home delivery, you have to get a doctor's note.Not CONada Post says because they don't
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Latest Gaza Horror and Israel’s War on the Media
When I read stories like this one. A deadly attack on a school in the city of Rafah in the south of Gaza has been denounced as a "moral outrage" and "criminal act" by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon.At least seven people were killed and dozens more wounded after
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Scottish Independence and the Search for the New Left
OK. So it's probably not the best time to leave Canada. Not in the middle of that tragically short warm period we call summer in the Great White North.But politically it's the dead season here, or even deader than usual.While in Scotland where I'm going, it's very much alive. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Losing Battle for Quebec
Well as you know, and as I mentioned the other day, Stephen Harper has set out to try to woo the province of Quebec. Or at least the people in the relatively small region in and around Quebec City, where he is planning to hold a special cabinet meeting. The rare cabinet meeting
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The CBC Cuts and the Slow Dismantling of Canada
I don't know how many Canadians realize how badly Stephen Harper has wounded the CBC.But from what I hear from a friend who works there, and who expects to be among the 2,000 employees who will soon lose their jobs, the wounds are practically mortal.And the Cons could be gnawing on
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Regime and the Honey Bee Apocalypse
In the garden of a waterfront theatre not far from where I live, there is a little band of bees. They've been there for years, and time and the elements have taken their toll. Their colours have faded a little and some of their wings have fallen off. But they're
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Further Sexist Adventures of Peter Dumbo MacKay
Oh no. Call the Old Boys Club. Peter MacKay has made a complete fool out of himself. Again.He just can't get sexism out of his system. Justice Minister Peter MacKay has raised eyebrows once again over what some consider old-fashioned and patronizing attitudes toward women.And still has one message for men and
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ontario Election and the Never-ending Con Nightmare
It was dull grey rainy Sunday on the waterfront where I live, but at least it gave me a chance to collect my thoughts, wonder what is happening to this country I sometimes no longer recognize.And of course try to figure out who the hell I'm going to vote for
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day the Hudak Gila Tour Went Off the Rails
The other day I told you how annoyed I was to look up from my hammock, rocking gently in the warm Spring sunshine, after the Winter from Hell. And see the ghastly Con Gila Tim Hudak coming straight for me, bellowing like a Republican or a Harperite, and threatening to
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