I took this picture yesterday of a humble monument next to a community clinic in Toronto.It's believed to be the first monument anywhere, to those who died of drug overdoses or drug related causes.But if we were to build a monument to all those who…
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Montreal Simon: Rona Ambrose’s Horrible Day of Triple Embarrassment
Well let's put it this way, it wasn't one of Rona Ambrose's better days.It's not that she's had many good ones. She hasn't.But this was a day of triple embarrassment.First Kevin O'Leary took aim at Rona's bombing fixati…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Rona Ambrose Will Lead the Cons to Disaster
Well I knew the Cons were desperate, and that it was not going to be easy to find or lasso an interim leader to replace Boss or Bull Harper. Because most of the ones that needed to be fed rather than watered, had jumped over the fence before the election, or
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Murderous War on Drugs
Well I knew the depraved and increasingly desperate Stephen Harper would say or do anything to try to distract us from the Duffy trial.And sure enough I was right. First came his latest attempt to resuscitate the Great War on Terror.And now comes yet another attempt to revive the Great
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Secret Plan to Try to Destroy Justin Trudeau
If we had any doubt how far Stephen Harper will go to try to destroy Justin Trudeau now we know. For here is their secret plan to try to undermine him at the Liberal convention.Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are planning to target Justin Trudeau at the upcoming Liberal convention with a carefully
Continue readingMontreal Simon: When the Cons Start Attacking Themselves
Well I suppose it was inevitable. The Cons have spent their years in power attacking others like rabid hyenas. It's the only thing they know how to do eh? So now that they're in trouble, and Stephen Harper is crazy desperate, I'm really not surprised that they've started attacking themselves. Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Census and the Dark Harperland Summer
I've never seen a summer like this one. So grey, so cold, so ominous. And as it turns out so Harperland eh?For more proof today that if Great Ugly Leader has his way we'll all end up living in perpetual darkness. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rosie DiManno and the War on Marijuana
Oh no. How much more can I stand? Not the Great War on Marijuana. Again.First the Harper Cons come out sounding like something out of Reefer Madness. Now here comes Rosie DiManno to open up a whole new front in the War on Weed. By declaring that marijuana shouldn't be
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau and the Great Marijuana Debate
Well I'm glad to see that Justin Trudeau has come out in favour of legalizing marijuana. For the noblest of reasons:“It’s one of the only ways to keep it out of the hands of our kids because the current war on drugs, the current model is not working. We have
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The InSite Clinic and the Murderous Cons
People are always asking me whether I REALLY believe that the Cons should be arrested eh?And I'm always having to say yes I really do.Not just because of the way they have hijacked our democracy, and all their sordid scandals.But because they are actually prepared to hurt, or even kill
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Big Pot Party and the Criminal Cons
I didn't have a chance to attend any of the pro-marijuana rallies today.Like this one in Vancouver.Or any of the many others. Canadians gathered in cities across the country Saturday to mark April 20, an unofficial annual holiday celebrating cannabis culture. But if I had been there I definitely would have
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Great Con War on Crime and Medicare
Oh no. Remember how I said the other night that Jimbo Flaherty probably hated having to call his new budget Porky Action Plan 2013?Because there couldn't be a worse way to sell ANYTHING.Well forget that theory eh?Because there was Jimbo yesterday getting a Porky Action sign engraved on his new shoes. Read more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ridiculous Liberal NDP Marijuana War
Oh no. Bang me with a bong. What a gaffe. I thought 4/20 was every day of the week. Not an annual protest. A crowd estimated at more than 10,000 people gathered outside the Vancouver Art Gallery Friday for the annual marijuana smoking event known as “4/20.” That just keeps
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