I wonder if it ever occurs to Conservatives that when their luck changes and they find themselves on the outside looking in, they might be subject to a little payback. Or even a lot of payback. Their attacks on anyone who opposes them are so vicious and over-the-top that they
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The Disaffected Lib: You Need to Set the Bar High This Time
For the Liberal Party this is no time to settle for a pretty face or a familiar name. You’re already in the hole, neck deep to be honest, and one more mistake could be your last for a good long time. If you want to remain Stephen Harper’s water carrier,
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Pierre Poilievre – Silencing Dissent through Intimidation
In 1946, Justice Rand determined that even though employees working in a unionized work environment were not required to join the union they were required to pay union dues because all workers in the workplace benefited from the contract negotiated by the union on the workers behalf regardless of… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Pierre Poilievre – Silencing Dissent through Intimidation
In 1946, Justice Rand determined that even though employees working in a unionized work environment were not required to join the union they were required to pay union dues because all workers in the workplace benefited from the contract negotiated by …
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Pierre Poilievre – Silencing Dissent through Intimidation
In 1946, Justice Rand determined that even though employees working in a unionized work environment were not required to join the union they were required to pay union dues because all workers in the workplace benefited from the contract negotiated by the union on the workers behalf regardless of… ..
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Campaign Capers: Elections Canada’s budget isn’t the problem
If you can get behind the paywall at the Ottawa Citizen you’ll find confirmation that Elections Canada’s budget really hasn’t posed a problem in their investigation into Robocon. Over and above its normal expenditures, the agency has spent just shy of $240,000 on “casual employees, investigators and other expenses related
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Post-Confederate Albertans in Ottawa, the PQ in Quebec: Can Canada afford a national leader with no national vision?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes note of Quebec’s aspirations. Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Mr. Harper exhibiting the post-Confederation Alberta zeitgeist (Calgary Herald photo); PQ Leader Pauline Marois. With the PQ back in power in Quebec City, no matter how tenuously, one prays Stephen Harper can
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Campaign Capers: Not feeling particularly confident
The Council of Canadians and the seven ridings Last Friday afternoon I ended up doing a quick update to the weekly post. To return to that for anyone who may have missed it… One of the key pieces of evidence in support of the applications to overturn the election results
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Vic Toews Gives RCMP Okay to Violate UN Anti-Torture Convention
Vic Toews, Public Safety Minister issues a directive to RCMP, CSIS and Canada Border Services to use information obtained through torture. In 1985, Canada led by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture . Article 2.2 of the UN Convention… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Vic Toews Gives RCMP Okay to Violate UN Anti-Torture Convention
Vic Toews, Public Safety Minister issues a directive to RCMP, CSIS and Canada Border Services to use information obtained through torture. In 1985, Canada led by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture . Article 2.2 of the UN Convention… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Vic Toews Gives RCMP Okay to Violate UN Anti-Torture Convention
Vic Toews, Public Safety Minister issues a directive to RCMP, CSIS and Canada Border Services to use information obtained through torture.
In 1985, Canada led by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture&…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Listening to Pierre Polievre…
… on CBC’s The House this morning was a tough task. His rant about the CRTC’s ruling against those nasty and evil Liberals was reminiscent of a nerdy school hall monitor rhyming off the names and offenses of his fellow students to the vice-principal. But I’m curious, these partisan word
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Campaign Capers: Too much of nothing
The Council of Canadians and the seven ridings When it was first reported that the applicants in this case were requesting information from Elections Canada, it was suggested that EC was going to defer to the court and the matter would be considered at the hearing scheduled for next month.
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Tory Affidavit Attempts to Cast Doubt on Robocalls Survey
The Council of Canadians presented polling data to back up claims that misleading calls in seven ridings affected the outcome of the 2011 federal election. Conservatives recently released an affidavit challenging the validity of the Ekos survey that found the non-Conservative… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Tory Affidavit Attempts to Cast Doubt on Robocalls Survey
The Council of Canadians presented polling data to back up claims that misleading calls in seven ridings affected the outcome of the 2011 federal election. Conservatives recently released an affidavit challenging the validity of t…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Tory Affidavit Attempts to Cast Doubt on Robocalls Survey
The Council of Canadians presented polling data to back up claims that misleading calls in seven ridings affected the outcome of the 2011 federal election. Conservatives recently released an affidavit challenging the validity of the Ekos survey that found the non-Conservative… ..
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Campaign Capers: The week in review
The search for Pierre Poutine Even among those who are fervently hoping that the perpetrator of all those fraudulent phone calls in Guelph is found, I can imagine two distinctly different reactions to the news that the RCMP is now directly involved in the investigation. The first is: what the
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to PM Harper. The Prime Minister still has not explained why he would hire a convicted fraudster to be his chief policy
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to PM Harper.
The Prime Minister still has not explained why he would hire a convicted frau…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Charged with Influence Peddling – Ex-Harper Senior Advisor
Mr. Bruce Carson has a history of fraud convictions and was convicted on five counts dating back to the 1980s and 1990s before he was hired as an advisor to PM Harper. The Prime Minister still has not explained why he would hire a convicted fraudster to be his chief policy
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