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June 9, 2011 Scott Tribe

Scott's DiaTribes: The CPC funding strategy: always look for enemies.

Now that the Liberals are decimated and the Conservatives have a majority government, that once favourite whipping boy for raising donations among its base is gone, so it will have to revert to other boogey-people.

The NDP it won’t touch for another 3 1/2 years, so it’s decided that the new threat to Conservative Party values is the media:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party is calling on supporters to dip into their wallets to help the party counter a new foe. In a letter sent out in the past few days, Conservative Party President John Walsh is urging supporters to help the party counter a “hailstorm” of […]

June 5, 2011 awreeves

the reeves report: No one can deny DePape the courage of her convictions

That was one way to start a conversation! In a country with an electorate difficult to fire up (livid over raccoon abuse in Toronto, indifferent to Canada’s involvement in Libya, according to the National Post), Senate page Brigette DePape has certainly got people talking, and not only to condemn her actions, or at least the … Continue reading »

June 3, 2011 Bill Longstaff

Will the Conservative majority placate the West?

The West has in the past had a number of grievances against Ottawa, some legitimate, some not so much. The sense of grievance is strongest in Alberta for various reasons not the least of which was Pierre Trudeau’s National Energy Program of 1980. One b…

May 27, 2011 jtoddring

Writings of J. Todd Ring: The system is broken: strategic voting, coalitions, and the political regime under which we live

While I can of course see the rationale for strategic voting, there is much to be said for voting with one’s conscience. When we consistently choose the lesser of two evils, our choices are reduced to evil, and the results are evil. When everyone hol…

May 25, 2011 Michel

Leftist Jab: Stephen Harper’s First Priority: Consolidating Power

Two news stories that have been reported but people have failed to link together are:-Harper government moving to to end “per vote” subsidies.-Internal battle within the Conservatives brewing over voting rules.Key points about the first story is that t…

May 13, 2011 rww

THE FIFTH COLUMN: And The Contempt Continues

Before Parliament even resumes Cabinet Ministers are issuing decrees to Parliamentary committees:”Industry Minister Tony Clement said Thursday he will ask oil industry refiners, distributors and retailers to appear before a parliamentary committee to e…

May 12, 2011 Ron Brown

Death By Trolley: The Best and Worst Thing About Each Canadian Political Party

What is your favourite and least favourite thing about Canada’s federal parties? As a Canadian who has intently followed US politics and is now endeavoring to take an active interest in the politics of my homeland, I would like to ask readers to share what they believe to be the best and worst things about […]

May 9, 2011 Bill Longstaff

When is bad financial management good financial management?

Consider two events and the responses to these events by two different governments. The events are remarkably similar. A party is elected to government at a time when the economy is healthy and then is blindsided by a recession referred to as the worst…

May 4, 2011 Troy Thomas

Conservatives win majority

NDP places second, which is the first time a Canadian government has had an opposition party other than the Liberals or Conservatives. It’s certainly a disappointing result, but hardly unanticipated. The Conservatives had been flirting with a majorit…

May 3, 2011 Bill Longstaff

Massive dual win for Harper—a majority and a Liberal Party in ruins

Stephen Harper has long had two goals, a short-term goal of winning a majority government and a long-term goal of destroying the Liberal Party. Last night he achieved the first and got a good start on the second, both in convincing fashion.

Of course …

May 2, 2011 Catnip

liberal catnip: Election – Post-Game Thoughts

So, there we have it: the Cons have a majority government. The NDP is the official opposition. Iggy led the Liberal party to a historic low in the house. The BQ is all but decimated and, at this point, Elizabeth May of the Greens might have won a seat …

May 2, 2011 Catnip

liberal catnip: Election – Post-Game Thoughts

May 2, 2011 Catnip

Election – Post-Game Thoughts

May 2, 2011 Alheli Picazo

A. Picazo: Sun News Network: Let The (Incredibly Lazy) Astroturfing Begin!

It has been fascinating to watch the Conservative campaign strategy evolve over the past two weeks; working in tandem with Sun TV in a quest to secure a Harper majority, and to destroy the opposition leaders. Aside from the standard issued talking points submitted by the Conservative war room and

April 30, 2011 Autism Reality NB

Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Ignorance: Conservative James Moore Says Autism Is Not a Disability

UPDATE: NDP Candidate Mark Ireland who was present at the forum has twice CONFIRMED in a message below that James Moore stated that autism is not a disability. Mr. Ireland also confirmed that Moore made the statement in a twitter discussion with…

April 26, 2011 C4SR

Cowboys for Social Responsibility: Disturbing in too many ways to count

Today we learn that a handpicked Harper Tory gun control advisor and the man responsible for the largest single terrorist attack on US soil prior to 9/11 found inspiration from the same book.

Think about that for a moment.

April 24, 2011 C4SR

Cowboys for Social Responsibility: It’s not that hard to do the right thing on the long gun registry. So why won’t the NDP do that?

Sudbury Star
April 23, 2011
Rejecting criticism from Nickel Belt Conservative candidate Lynne Reynolds that he had “lied” about the registry, Gravelle said he simply changed his mind.

“I’ve gotten emails from gun owners who’ve registered their guns an…

April 22, 2011 rww

THE FIFTH COLUMN: Gordon O’Connor on the South March Highlands

“it isn’t special … there’s nothing special about it”

April 22, 2011 C4SR

Cowboys for Social Responsibility: On responses to gun lobby holocaust analogies

In the United States, when radical gun owner groups compare themselves to the victims of Nazi Holocaust, politicians speak out.

In Canada, when a handpicked advisor to the Harper Tory government compares hard working Canadian cops to Hitler’s SS in th…

April 19, 2011 C4SR

Cowboys for Social Responsibility: Stephen Harper is no George Bush

Extremism in the pursuit of a goal is still extremism

A couple of days ago, we wrote about a hand picked Harper gun policy advisor who compared Canadian police officers to Hitler’s genocidal SS.

It reminded us of George H.W. Bush’s resignation fro…