You might think that Jim Flaherty would be satisfied with ramming through his latest Trojan Horse budget.His ghastly swollen beast stuffed to the gills with toxic waste.But no. Now he's going after seniors and the Canada Pension Plan. Read more »
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Montreal Simon: Con Canada: Harperland or Pottersville?
Oh goody. I see that TV stations have started running It's a Wonderful Life over and over again.So Christmas can't be more than a month away !!!! Although I've gotta say I really hate the Con version eh?Where John Baird plays the senile Un…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: In the Court of the Con Clowns
According to a recent poll only about 16 percent of Canadians now trust Stephen Harper and his insane Con clown posse.And who can blame them eh? Because today was such a three-ring circus it really makes you wonder whether they are mentally fit to rema…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jim Flaherty and the Slash and Spend Cons
Even in a place as scary as Harperland, it was a frightening sight.Jim Flaherty holding his head in his hands, delivering his budget update to the House of Commons Fredericton Chamber of Commerce.Trying and failing to explain why despite the way he is …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Porky Tales and the Madness of Con Canada
After disconnecting myself from the 24-hour news cycle for about a week, I decided to check out what Stephen Harper and his Cons had been up to in my absence.Because as we all know, you can't take your eyes off that porky gang for a moment, in case you miss
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Man Budget
Well I've got to hand it to that old Con man Jimbo Flaherty. When he's not screaming at the opposition, or giving the Europeans the finger, or standing on a ladder massaging the buttocks of Big Business, he's always trying to pull a fast one eh?Always trying to fool Canadians.Read more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Steve Harper and the Road to Ruin
Oh no. How embarrassing. That old Con man Steve Harper is at it again. He's been spotted preparing to leave for the APEC summit, disguised as an economist, and already he's lecturing the Americans on how to run their economy. Concerns about a so-called "fiscal cliff" in the United States
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Country Snatchers
Oh goody. Another episode of The Invasion of the Con Country Snatchers. And tonight it's one of the scariest ones ever !!!! For as Jim Flaherty prepares to meet with business leaders, we find out what kind of Canada they would like us to live in. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons and the Country We Could Have Been
It was the first day of my holidays, and I couldn't wait to go sailing eh? But when Seb and I got down to the lake it was so hot all I could do was just stand there. Then dive into the cool water to try to escape the suffocating
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Parizeau Connection
OMG. This is scarier than the French Connection eh? I'm sure you know the famous story about how Jacques Parizeau decided to take a train trip from Montreal to Banff in 1969. And how he would later say: "When I left Montreal's Windsor Station, I was a federalist. When I
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Big Lie
Uh oh. Duck and cover.This could be embarrassing eh? Great Cowboy Leader is bragging about our economy again.Telling the WHOLE WORLD that they should be like Harperland !!!!!! “Under our conservative government, Canada will not slip back the way so many other developed countries are slipping back,” he said. “To
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Economic Meltdown
Oh no. How embarrassing. Just a few days ago he made a spectacular entrance at the G20 Summit, declaring that the whole world should follow Canada's economic model. Because he's a real economist eh? But tonight he's riding the burro backwards, as all around him the model crumbles. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Heroic Struggle of Kevin Page
It's an inspiring sight, and a chilling one. Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer standing up for the right to know the truth, in a country where the Big Lie rules. As the Cons try to smear him and muzzle him as they have so many others. They have attacked
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Fatal Gamble
Well there he was the other day, telling a big economic conference in Montreal that his government's economic policies were a model for the whole world. But if you look at the expression on his face as he reads his prepared lines, you really have to wonder whether he still believes
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Jimbo Flaherty and the Vanishing Economy
I'm sad to see that so many GM workers are losing their jobs in Oshawa. The Canadian Auto Workers union received official notice Friday that GM will begin shutting down its consolidated assembly line in the fourth quarter, which will wipe out 2,000 jobs, reducing the number of GM employees
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons: The Horror and the Desperation
Well I see the politicians may be on a spring break, but the sinister Con War Room, like death, or Great Ugly Leader. Never takes a holiday… Golly. I have to admit when I first saw that attack ad it struck fear into my heart. I was afraid I might
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