The right’s mirror-image view of life – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
This article applies to the Conservatives in Canada too:
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Yesterday, I pulled up to a drive-through ATM, and sitting in front of me in the line was a car with a license plate…
Prairie strong no longer? Harper’s renewed attack on the Canadian Wheat Board | rabble.ca
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The Canadian Wheat Board represents some 75,000 grain growers, and handles all Western wheat and barley destined for export and human use. The CWB is 100…
Budget will mean curtains for party funds: minister | iPoliticsStephen Harper is lying to the public, again. He is trying to make you think that you are funding parties you don’t support. Well, you don’t.Currently, political parties receive $2 annually…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Tony Clement and the Chainsaw MassacreAnd that’s the Con plan. Right out of the Republican manual. First you waste billions on gazebos, prisons and fancy jet planes. Then you cut the GST and corporate taxes and starve the government of …
Continue readingThe Grid TO | Thirteen questions about Rob Ford’s questionable accountingBy Edward Keenan…The problem is that candidates are forbidden from taking loans from anyone except banks and other recognized lending institutions. Even candidates themselves …
Continue readingPM rewards three defeated Conservatives with Senate seats – The Globe and MailHow to become a senator under Harper? Show that the people don’t want you to represent them. Another way Harper shows his contempt for the Canadian people.Stephen Harper wast…
Continue readingToronto votes to contract out garbage pickup – thestar.comGloat gloat, oink oink.Studies show that although privatizing garbage pick-up may initially save money, it will cost much more in the long run.Councillors were not shown any solid numbers to con…
Continue readingCANADIAN POLITICS:SOME LATE LATE NIGHT THOUGHTS ON THE RECENT CANADIAN ELECTION:It’s been decades since I voted in any governmental elections (the associations that I belong to don’t count). Still, like a reformed smoker, I find myself glued to the TV …
Continue readingLet’s all jump in the old Tardis and got back in time about eleven days. Stephen Harper and his band of invisible communist fighters where waging the good fight; the fight against the Orange Crush. Sir Stephen was all, “oh, an NDP government will cause the stock market to fall”; “the price of gas will […]
Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star has quoted my blog post. What is a political party anyway? Given that there are so many ways for politicians to connect directly with citizens, many wonder why people need the brokerage role of political parties in t…
Continue readingWe have just witness an election which while historic in many ways was not one of any significance in terms of a discussion of actual issues or policies. The political choices of all four major leaders – and we the audience who responds to them – focus…
Continue readingWhile there was an enormous transfer of seats towards the NDP from the Bloc and to a lesser extent the Liberals, the Conservatives managed to move from a minority to a majority largely due to 26 seats they picked up from the Liberals. Three weeks ago, …
Continue readingIn 2015, the only thing that will defeat the Cons is a concerted effort. The ‘death by a thousand cuts’ approach by Canada’s progressives will only ensure that we never have a voice in this country.
Continue readingThis historic election has seen the complete collapse of the Bloc Québécois and the decline in the Liberal party to historic lows while propelling the Conservatives to a majority government and the NDP to the official opposition. With the governing…
Continue readingWow. The Conservatives are scared, and have no shame. Warning: If you click this, you might throw up a little in your mouth. I did. On the bright side, maybe this ridiculously transparent smear job will have the same effect for Layton’s campaign …
Continue readingBearing false witness is apparently not much of a Judeo-Christian value these days.
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“Naked in a bed in a brothel with a young Asian woman.” Well, that’s not in the story linked to. He was in the bed, she wasn’t. And it was “suspect…
Continue readingI recently attended the all candidates debate for the Parkdale-Highpark riding hosted by the BWVRA and wanted to share my thoughts on the debate, the candidates and various issues that were brought up. While this post will undoubtedly be specific t…
Continue readingThe largest political story of the week has nothing to do about policies, it is about the fact that after months of poll numbers that stubbornly refused to budge the NDP has actually experienced a considerable surge in popularity confirmed by a half do…
Continue readingInspired by this story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/brian-topp/this-election-comes-down-to-a-choice/article1997456/
Continue readingTake a moment to enjoy a cathartic laugh and watch Toronto composer John Roby’s rousing performance of his latest ditty.
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