Unless they want to add complete hypocrisy to their many other shortcomings, members of the Harper base have much to consider these days, not least of which is their leader’s contemptuous behaviour of military veterans. The group Harper has been quite fond of using for propaganda purposes knows only too
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Politics and its Discontents: Pulling Strings
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” bellowed the ‘mighty’ Oz as Dorothy and her companions were discovering the secret of his power. Similarly, Stephen Harper would divert us from his machinations through manipulations and muzzling. Star letter-writers, however, are not so easily fooled: Conservatives seeking happy vets
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Kill The Messengers
For those of us who follow Canadian politics closely, Mark Bourrie’s scathing chronicle of the Harper years, Kill the Messengers, perhaps offers few things that we don’t already know. Nonetheless, to have a comprehensive written record of the myriad abuses of democracy, transparency, openness and free expression is an unsettling
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Unfriendly Fire
One hopes and expects that veterans have long memories; if they do, the Harper regime will find their lies catching up with them. A new campaign, entitled Vote To Stop The Cuts, has been launched by the Public Service Alliance of Canada, its aim to put the Harper record under
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Hammering Harper’s Hypocrisy – Rick Mercer Does It Again
Should you ask Rick Mercer if he thinks the Harper regime is treating our vets fairly, he will give you this earful: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Harper Strategy Strikes Again
To which of the myriad Machiavellian Harper strategies do I refer? It’s the one that says if you don’t like what a group is saying, muzzle them or shut them down. The Hill Times today reports the following: Newly-appointed Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole has informed an advocacy group for
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Well, This Certainly Speaks For Itself
Doesn’t it? H/t The Globe and Mail Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: As The Year Ends
… this deserves one more play. For a full review of the abysmal Harper Veterans Affairs record, check out the good work by the good folks at Press Progress. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Stephen Harper: Merry Christmas And Bah, Humbug!
My fellow Canadians, If the above doesn’t not warm the cockles of your Christmas hearts, please check out these, a small portion of this year’s ‘gifts’: Something for your digestive consideration. Something for the greenie on your seasonal list. And, for those workers both domestic and foreign, one of my
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: But Hey
…their sacrifices are helping Harper seduce voters with more tax cuts. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Must Be A Form Of Tough Love
For a government that frequently and loudly proclaims its veneration of our military, the Harper regime has a strange way of showing the love: Veterans Affairs Canada has returned $1.13 billion to the federal treasury in unspent funds since the Conservatives came to power in 2006 — cash that critics
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