Everywhere we look, more and more evidence of Stephen Harper’s intention to betray Canadians through Bill C-38, his omnibus bill which covers a multitude of sins. Recommend this Post
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Politics and its Discontents: The Star’s Reader Reaction to Bill C-309
As promised in my previous post, I am reproducing letters from yesterday’s Star in which readers offer their own trenchant insights on the implications of the abhorrent Bill C-309: Re: Government backs bill aimed at masked protesters, May 7 This week the Harper government party threw its support behind Bill
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: When Does An Assembly Become Unlawful?
Because we were rather busy yesterday preparing a small celebration marking my sister-in-law’s retirement at an enviably young age, I am just getting caught up on my Saturday newspaper reading. One of the issues that caught my attention is the private member’s bill making its way through Parliament as an
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Sad Saga Of Our Declining Democracy Continues
During the past year I have written many posts on the sad spectacle of a Canadian democracy in decline, citizen cynicism and apathy rather than vigorous engagement becoming the default position of more and more Canadians. I have also offered the opinion that this is in large part the result
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Freedom of Information: Turkey, Mexico and India, Yes – Canada, Not So Much
The Harper obsession with secrecy and control is well-known and the source of much international attention. However, it seems we now have new reason to be both embarrassed and outraged. According to the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), our country also lags behind other less developed nations in meeting
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Uphill Battle to Save Democracy in Canada
At the risk of appearing tiresomely repetitive, I am posting once again on the problem of political disengagement. The fact that only about 30% of Canadians bother to follow politics, as if it is a sphere of activity totally separate from the lives they live, is troubling, and one that
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: How To Vent Your Frustration with Stephen Harper
Ever felt like knocking a little sense into our contemptible Prime Minister? Visit this website for an unusual and cathartic opportunity. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: On Corruption and Political Disengagement
Last night I had a long telephone conversation with my good friend Dave, who lives in Winnipeg. Like me (and probably more so), Dave has a keenly developed sense of justice and fair play, and when those values are violated, he is outraged. Last evening, as he was telling me
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More Fabrications from MacKay
The Indefensible Defense Minister, Peter MacKay, continues to insult the intelligence of all thinking Canadians. As one who has followed the F-35 jet issue somewhat closely for the past year, I am astounded by his latest contemptible ‘explanation‘ that he says proves there was no intention on the part of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: And Because I Hold Harper In Such Contempt ….
I thought I would share today’s Star editorial cartoon. Enjoy: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Canada’s Interest In Burma Explained
Those of us who think within a certain political context were probably struck with the irony, if not the outright hypocrisy, of John Baird’s visit to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma last month. After all, here was the Foreign Affairs Minister for what is probably Canada’s least
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: CBC Truculence: Too Little, Too Late
About a year ago, I lamented the fact that the CBC, through Peter Mansbridge, seemed to be following a policy of appeasement toward the Harper government, probably in the forlorn hope of avoiding further decimation of its funding. Quite predictably, as we learned last week, that policy has proven to
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Smoke From That Gun Is Turning Into An Overpowering Stench
Despite the Harper regime’s steadfast denials over involvement in the voter suppression crimes and their attempts to divert suspicion onto the Liberals and NDP, evidence is mounting suggesting their complicity in the felonies: An investigation by CBC News has turned up voters all over Canada who say the reason they
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Hot Off The Presses!
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Tuesday Recommended Robocall Reading
Both Lawrence Martin and Linda McQuaig have columns well-worth reading today on government misdeeds both present and past. McQuaig suggests that it is only our national modesty that prevents us from likening the voter suppression crimes to Watergate, while Martin chronicles misdoings of the past and concludes that what the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Robogate: Another Explosive Revelation From The Star
As I noted in my last post, a pattern is emerging in the voter suppression crimes owing to the consistency of the telephone script received in upwards of 30 ridings in the last federal election. The Star has just made another startling discovery: Automated phone calls that directed people to
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Voter Suppression Crimes: A Pattern of Centralization Emerges
While the Harper regime has been busy casting aspersions on those who are claiming foul over their alleged tactics during the last federal election, a pattern is beginning to emerge that makes their protestations of outrage and innocence especially suspect. According to the latest news, voters in the Toronto-area riding
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Election Fraud Rally
For those living in or around the Toronto area, please consider attending Sunday’s rally to protest both the voter suppression crimes committed during the last federal election and the ‘strange’ unwillingness of the Harper government to support the search for the truth. It begins at 2:30 p.m., Yonge-Dundas Square. We
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Tale of Two Newspapers
The Globe and Mail and its sundry propagandists (excepting the principled Lawrence Martin, of course) continue their Sisyphean task of defending the indefensible by issuing almost daily dismissals both of the seriousness of the voter suppression crimes and of those who see those crimes as part of the pattern of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Canada’s ‘Newspaper of Record" Continues Its Defense Of Harper
The Globe’s John Ibbitson says the Harper regime wasn’t behind the voter suppression crimes because, well, because Guy Giorno and Stephen Harper say they didn’t do it. Seems like it isn’t just the Conservative Party that has contempt for the intelligence of Canadians. Recommend this Post
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