The Duffy Deal: Up go the numbers The latest news from the RCMP is interesting – the number of people in the know about the Wrigh/Duffy agreement regarding his expenses is increasing: Lawyers for Mr. Wright told the Mounties that while their client kept Mr. Harper in the dark about
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Trashy's World: “Here, take this cheque and for gawd sake, keep quiet.”
… said Nigel to Mike. Well, it now seems obvious that the 90K cheque cut by Nigel was indeed “hush money“. The question is, what comes next? This is looking worse and worse for the Harperites… And I still cannot believe that the PMO was in the dark over this.
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Canada Day Quiz
We all know him as “Justin Trudeau’s father” today, but there was a time when Pierre was just a lowly Justice Minister, needing 4 ballots to win the party’s leadership. Test your political skills with this 10-question quiz about the present – and the past – of Canadian politics. 1.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Just Because …
…he deserves all of the ridicule and contempt we can muster. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rather Apt, Don’t You Think?
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Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Former CPC candidate Saulie Zajdel arrested — what does this say about PMSH?
You remember Bruce Carson, a [former] top adviser to PMSH? And, then there was that $90K cheque from PMSH’s right-hand man, Nigel Wright, to Mike Duffy… Well, now there’s Saulie Zajdel… you remember Saulie Zajdel, right? Saulie Zajdel was arrested this morning by Sûreté de Québec and faces five charges,
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Warning to Tories: It’s not just Trudeau any more … it’s open season on public speakers!
Dave Rodney, the only Conservative MLA for Calgary Lougheed ever to have climbed Mt. Everest twice, or once, for that matter. He is an inspirational speaker. Really. Below: The young Justin Trudeau. Below Mr. Trudeau: The young G. Gordon Liddy and your blogger, also young. Is that 1970s moustache action
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Senator Wallin seriously contradicts Wright-Duffy timeline…
Peter Mansbridge’s interview with Senator Pamela Wallin aired the evening of Thursday, June 13th. [ Transcript ] What about the Conservative caucus? Was that your decision or was it clear to you they wanted you out? It was clear to me that they wanted me out. That was, a phone
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Scandalous Cons
Well there there they were today, driving through the streets of London, England, in the getaway limo.John Baird and Stephen Harper doing their best to try to escape the Senate scandal.But sadly for them the stench followed them everywhere, even into the British Parliament. Read more »
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that to end your weekend. – Dave Coles introduces readers to the Cons’ latest attack on labour – with a backbencher’s private member’s bill again serving as an excuse to introduce unprecedent restrictions on union organization. – Michael Harris suspects that the Cons’ attempt to delay any public
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jillian Berman reports on research showing that the predictable effect of decreased unionization is a transfer of wealth from workers to shareholders: The jump in corporate profit over the past few decades can be explained largely by a decline in union membership over
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Cheques and Balances
I guess they really are the key to maintaining both fiscal and democratic health. But to ensure such a salutary state, people need to get their ‘narratives’ straight. Perhaps they need some outside assistance? Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Wright’s $90 000 Duffy gift came from a secret $1 million PMO fund
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s ex-chief of staff Nigel Wright tried to kill the Senate expenses scandal. He cut that $90,000 cheque which paid off Sen. Mike Duffy‘s fraudulent claims. Until now, the Conservatives have insisted that Wright used his own healthy bank account. The money possibly came from a secret $1 million fund in
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: PMO Slush Funds, Defecting Tories, The Prime Prevaricator’s Diction And Deflection Tactics
These are the main topics discussed on last night’s At Issue panel: BTW, Parliament rises in about a week. I hope the weather for Harper and his many enablers continues to be hot and uncomfortable, with heavy storms in the fall. Recommend this Post
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – David Miller makes the case to take aim at inequality in Canada: With globalization being the holy grail of efficiency, it became a race to the bottom as international capital sought the lowest cost and the lowest wages. The result in Canada and
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Ahead of the Eight Ball
Just when we thought things couldn’t get lower in Ottawa, CBC News breaks the story of the PMO’s special fund; an ultra-secret cash reserve that few people knew about. The covert existence of such a fund is bad enough, but the cash trail for it is where things really start
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Nigel Wright, Mike Duffy, and the Secret PMO Fund
First they told us that Nigel Wright cut a $90,000 cheque to help his old pal Mike Duffy.Because he's that kind of guy eh?Then when it turned out the two men hardly knew each other, they claimed Wright did it to save the taxpayers.But what they didn't tell us was
Continue readingCanadian Political Viewpoints: Whither the Teflon Don
For the better part of the last few months, the Harper Government has tried and failed to change the channel. When the government prorogued Parliament in the face of a unified opposition coalition, political junkies were outraged and the public yawned. When caught outspending the national election limits through the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – I’ll quickly link to a few Robocon stories which I han’t yet blogged. Karl Nerenberg noted that the Federal Court decision finding widespread election fraud using the Cons’ voter database was only the beginning, and Jean-Pierre Kingsley was hopeful that the ruling
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Big Wheel Keeps On Turning
Don’t know why, but the editorial cartoon in this morning’s Star rather caught my fancy: Recommend this Post
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