Tag: Conservative PM Steve Harper
Cowichan Conversations: Mulcair: Anti-Terrorism Bill’s Wording Makes It Easier For Government To Spy On Foes
Recent story in Huffington Post–CP | By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Information-sharing measures in proposed anti-terrorism legislation are so broadly worded they would allow the government to spy on its political foes, NDP Leader Tom
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Bill C-51–Trudeau Liberals and Mulcair New Democrats Put Party First-Canada Second
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger I am a life long New Democrat and I am appalled at the ‘weak as water’ positioning that the Thomas Mulcair led NDP have offered in regard to the Harper anti terror Bill C 51, a bill that will, if passed, turn Canada into a CSIS Police
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: ISIS Threat: Let’s Refuse to Be Scared
I recommend that you read this timely analysis from Crawford Kilian as published in the Tyee Canada’s response in Iraq will be ‘noble,’ Harper says. What should that mean? By Crawford Kilian Yesterday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned of a “terrorist caliphate” threatening Iraqi minorities with genocide, and said that
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Sets The Record Straight
Chief Justice Beverley McGlachlin Does the government’s enemies list now include judges? Faced with insinuations of improper conduct from the Prime Minister’s Office and reported widely in the press, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court sets the record straight in the press release below: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In response
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Government of Canada Must Respect the First Nations Rights and Treaties
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Hardly a day goes by without hearing of another environmental disaster. In most cases they are easily traceable back to the doorsteps of greedy ‘Oil and Gas Corporations’ combined with reduced or eliminated federal and provincial regulations. Do we hear outrage and a call to action from
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Here Comes Steve! Harper at Brentwood College-Mill Bay Noon-1PM
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It seems that PM Stephen Harper is visiting BC this week and will grace our Island tomorrow January 7th. A protest has been planned by ‘Cowichan Carbon Busters’ and all concerned residents are encouraged to send him a message, with the greatest of respect of course. Should
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Oh Canada! We Were Once Respected, But Now We Are Despised!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger PM Stephen Harper set out to change Canada so that it would not be recognizable. He has succeeded in spades and at the same time as he is being damned , by association so are we all. He has diminished our sense of pride and replaced it with
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Are Canada’s Spies Working For Mining Industry? Good Question!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger US, Canada and a number of other western governments throughout the western world have been fidgety and downright freaked about insider government snoops Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning going rogue and telling us the truth about their former invasive, illegal and immoral activities, all of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: PM Steve Harper Under Fire In Question Period (Video)
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Senate furor continues and if anything seems to be gaining momentum in our nations capitol. Harper has been lying through his teeth for years and although he has excelled at it for years it appears he may have spent his currency Not so much now as
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Our Prime Minister Steve Has Pretty Shaky, and Dubious Friends and Colleagues, but then…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The days of easy-going top down manipulation and disregard for almost everyone could be drawing to an end for PM Steve Harper. In todays National Post Dean Del Mastro MP is a featured cheater of the week. Oh, yes it is a beautiful day but
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: ‘Nobody Understands’ Spills at Alberta’s Cold Lake Tar Sands Operation
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The pollution in Northern Alberta attributable to ‘Fracking’ and Tar Sands’ Operations is out of control. The latest seemingly unstoppable spill of significance is devastating wildlife and the environment. They cannot stop it. Nothing is being done and it seems obvious that the politicians first concern is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Nobody Shoots at a Dead Duck!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our PM Stephen Harper is a power at any cost politician it seems. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is climbing in the polls giving the appearance that he will become the next Prime Minister. That is enough to have the PMO staff doing Harper’s dirty work. Here
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: PM Steve Harper and his Corrupt Conservatives
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The wonder of our botched up democracy is that the from time to time the criminals at the top get their comeuppances. Is it Harper’s time to pay the price for his dishonest voter manipulation and interference, robocalls, selling out to China, so called free trade deals that
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: PM Steve Harper: Boy He Sure Can Pick Them, Eh!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Well we have at least four Harper appointed Senators caught up in fudging or just outright lying and cheating over expenses, residences and such. Top that up with 3 Billion and change that has vanished from security and terrorism accounts. Next up, Steve’s Chief of Staff cutting
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Corporate Canada Is Safe With Justin Trudeau
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The state our Canada’s democracy is grim at all levels. Our PM Steve Harper is an overbearing, top down dictator. He has managed to BS too many Canadians that he is a wonderful manager of the economy. He is not. Under Harper our sovereignty is being sold
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