PHOTOS: Refugees from the Syrian civil war clog a road near the Syria-Iraq border. (UNHCR photo.) Below: Saskatchewan Conservative MP Kelly Block’s constituency leaflet; Ms. Block herself; Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. For several years, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has played to the worst instincts of a significant
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Don’t Blame Stephen Harper, Blame Edmund Burke
“If a sociology professor applies a day before a medical doctor, the professor’s application gets processed first … I mean, we don’t really need a sociology professor. “. Jason Kenney Stephen Harper’s recent refusal to call a public inquiry into missing and exploited Aboriginal women, should not come as a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On continued control
I’d certainly be interested to see some evidence that Conservative MPs are doing anything more than dispensing party talking points. But while there may be some better examples available, the contents of Jason Warick’s report this morning look to me to fall far short. Let’s go point by point… –
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Canadians to Conservative MP Kelly Block: We Disagree With Racism
by Obert Madondo (@Obiemad) In Canada we hardly confront racism by political figures. As a consequence, Prime Minister Stephen Harper‘s government and Conservative MPs are having a field day practicing racism and creating resentment towards minority groups dominated by persons of color. Earlier this year, Harper’s immigrant-bashing minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Immigrant Basher Kelly Block Still Big In Saskatoon
…in spite or, or perhaps because of, her rank immigrant bashing. As noted in my comments: “We’re holding our annual Small Business Week Luncheon this Friday, Oct. 19. This year’s guest speaker is MP Kelly Block. I’m asking the favour of your attendance for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we didn’t
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: See Kelly Block’s Disgusting Flyer!!!
A nice take-down can be found here. Although I would note to the author Mr. Mandryk that at least they’re aren’t after Hunkys anymore. No. The Harper government has more or less randomly chosen Hungarians as their scapegoat du jour. They’re thinking a few moves ahead, post Afghan mission. Who
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Crawford Kilian talks to Ed Broadbent about the effect of increasing inequality and the prospect of changing course: On how quickly things could turn around: “I’d like to see a strategic plan. We can’t change overnight after 20 years. We could take
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the mixed-riding proposal of Saskatchewan’s federal electoral boundaries commission offers at least some improvement over the current all-rurban mess when it comes to recogizing communities of interest. For further reading…– Joe Couture covers both the initial proposal, and reactions from parties and academics.– Kelly Block’s acknowledgment that
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