PHOTOS: ‘Super PACs’ have access to corporate vaults, and very little control or oversight of what they do with the money they’re given. Below: Alberta Prosperity Fund Director Barry McNamar, APF Advisory Council members Dave Rutherford and Camer…
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cartoon life: Stephen Harper Kills YouTube
You know what, I get it that YouTube will run ads and targeted ads is a clever algorithm. But I’m avoiding this service recently. The political negative attack ads on behalf of Harper and the CPC show up every time. I know I can skip anything after the first second,
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 24: McMania; a flag flap; PACing it in
Connor McDavid, wearing the surprisingly bold Edmonton Oiler travelling suit. OMG! OMG! OMG! Connor McDavid is an Oiler! Connor McDavid is an Oiler! Connor McDavid is an Oiler! Sigh. Poor Connor. The hopes of an entire city are apparently resting on his muscled shoulders. This city’s infatuation with the Edmonton
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Real Reason the Con Regime Killed the HarperPAC
Three days ago I wrote about how a group of well known young conservative activists had created a monstrous HarperPAC.A political action committee that would collect money from Big Business, especially Big Oil, to attack the progressive parties and the unions.But before the rapidly swelling beast was able to crawl out of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The HarperPAC, Big Money, and the Americanization of Canada
As you may have heard, a group of Harper supporters have created a political action committee to attack the progressive parties. Supporters of Stephen Harper have formed a political-advertising unit separate from the Conservative Party that will run attack ads, targeting Facebook, Google and Twitter users, to help the Tory re-election
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