The Auditor General has cut the legs out from under the Harper government’s claim that they were misled over the realistic cost of the F-35 light bomber. They knew full well, says Michael Ferguson, and they knew well before the last election and they lied through their teeth to the
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David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Wildrose strategists snarl at media to keep their overextended bubble unpricked
A bubble of Wildrose Party support hovers over Edmonton Journal political columnist Graham Thomson. Actual Alberta political writers may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: The real Mr. Thomson; Dave Cournoyer. Sitting atop an unexpectedly huge bubble of public support with only three weeks to go before Alberta’s provincial election,
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Harper Conservatives Target Registered Charities
So far, the Conservative government’s fear-mongering has targeted anti-capitalism movements, environmentalists, Aboriginal groups, activists, foreign special interest groups, so-called “issue-based terrorists” and other imaginary “enemies of the state”. Now add registered Canadian charities to the hit list. Charities registered in … Continue reading →
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Bizarro World of the Harper Conservatives
When I was a lad (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away), I was a devotee of Superman comics. There was something about the son of Kryton’s thirst for truth and justice that appealed to my boyish sensibilities. One of the components of the Superman universe was
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Robo-Gate: Harper Conservatives stole the 2011 election from the NDP
The New Democratic Party (NDP) suggested in a press conference today that the Conservatives rigged the May 2011 federal election against the Bloc Quebecois, NDP and Liberals. Call it election rigging western style. Apparently, RackNine …Read More
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Election Fraud Traced to Edmonton Firm with Tory Ties
Election fraud? The Harper Conservatives? Oh, say it ain’t so, Joe. But apparently it is so, very much so. Elections Canada launched its investigation after it was inundated with complaints about election day calls in Guelph, Ont., one of 18 ridings across the country where voters were targeted by harassing
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