A few weeks ago I told you how veterans are preparing to declare war on the Harper regime, that has treated them so shabbily.And how they are planning to make their presence felt in the next election campaign.A network of veterans across Canada is planning a co-ordinated campaign against the
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Accidental Deliberations: #MacKayTees
I won’t claim to match Stephen Lautens’ collection of #MacKayTees. But I will add a couple to the mix. First, making using of a picture which fortuitously made its way around the Internets yesterday: And second, encapsulating conservatism in four small words:
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Incredibly Incompetent Comic Adventures of Peter Dumbo MacKay
OK. Before I write another word, I want to make one thing perfectly clear eh? I'm biased.I have ALWAYS had a very poor opinion of Peter Dumbo MacKay.From the moment he was suckered into selling out the Progressive Conservative Party to the Reform Alliance. And became Stephen Harper's hapless stooge, or
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Apologize, You Sleazy Bastard
The Geneva-based, International Commision of Jurists, has issued a written demand that Sideshow Steve Harper and his supposed justice minister, Peter MacKay, apologize to Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin for the drive-by smear job they tried to pull on her following the failure of their bid to seat Marc Nadon on
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Peter MacKay Vows to Eradicate the Penguin Population
When Captain Robert Scott visited the Antartic in the early 1900s, his crew was shocked when they witnessed the “depraved” sexual conduct of the penguin population. Scott’s medical officer, George Murray Levick, called them “hooligans”, and wrote a paper describing in detail, necrophilia, coercion and “non pro-creation sex”. The times
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Outrageous Con Assault on the Supreme Court
As you may remember, the last time I wrote about Peter Dumbo MacKay, I thought he was in a gentle but fatal spiral, and heading for the ground, or his resignation, with satisfying speed.After having made a complete sexist fool out of himself. And for having made the Guinness Book of Dubious
Continue readingTHE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: Peter McKay and this week’s Canada politics news roundup
Justice Minister Peter MacKay, Supreme Court of Canada, First Nations and the rest of the politics news which made the headlines in Canada this past week. The post Peter McKay and this week’s Canada politics news roundup appeared first on THE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Joseph Stiglitz wraps up the New York Times’ series on inequality by summarizing how the gap between the rich and the rest of us developed, as well as how it can be reduced: The American political system is overrun by money. Economic
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Peter MacKay’s wife doesn’t help his – or our – cause
The latest flap over sexist comments from Justice Minister Peter Mackay came about when a Mother’s and Father’s Day emails from Peter Mackay to his staff were leaked to the media. The comparison isn’t pretty: put side to side it makes it seems like mothers should be applauded for doing
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Further Sexist Adventures of Peter Dumbo MacKay
Oh no. Call the Old Boys Club. Peter MacKay has made a complete fool out of himself. Again.He just can't get sexism out of his system. Justice Minister Peter MacKay has raised eyebrows once again over what some consider old-fashioned and patronizing attitudes toward women.And still has one message for men and
Continue readingTHE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: Peter MacKay Said Moms Change Diapers, Dads Form Leaders
In messages sent to employees of the Justice Department this spring, Peter MacKay associated women with household duties, men with “shaping the minds and futures of the next generation of leaders.” The post Peter MacKay Said Moms Change Diapers, Dads Form Leaders appeared first on THE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Thomas Frank discusses the corporate takeover of U.S. politics – and how even nominally left-oriented parties are willing to go along with the corporate position even as voters regularly demand something else: One of the reasons the phrase appealed to me, 17 years
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Jackson reviews the OECD’s economic recommendations for Canada – featuring a much-needed call for fair taxes on stock options: Special tax breaks for stock options primarily benefit senior corporate executives, especially CEOs of large public companies who are commonly given the right
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay’s Sad Spiral Into Sexist Idiocy
I've always had trouble trying to figure out Peter Dumbo MacKay's exact place in the Con universe.He used to strike me as more of a happy idiot, than a hollow eyed member of the Harperite cult.The kind of guy who would cheerfully borrow a government aircraft to go fishing.Or borrow
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Bill C-36 Analysis In Detail Part 3: Advertising
The government is playing some very subtle games with the language in C-36. In some respects, the language is ridiculously broad (e.g. the undefined nature of “sexual services”), in other areas they are getting remarkably specific. Advertising sexual services286.4 Everyone who knowingly advertises an offer to provide sexual services for consideration
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Secret Taping of John McKay
It seems only fitting that the person who secretly recorded Liberal MP John McKay in an attempt to embarrass Justin Trudeau.A Liberal MP was secretly recorded saying that he thought party leader Justin Trudeau had a “bozo eruption” when he declared that anti-abortion candidates won’t be allowed to run for
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Bill C-36: Analysis In Detail – Part I
The biggest pieces of Bill C-36 are well described elsewhere in the media, and there isn’t any real surprise to it. The Harper Government has more or less just resurrected the old environment. As with all such things the devil is in the details. The odd little lines where
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Hookers and the War on the Supreme Court
I suppose it's only fitting that it should be Peter MacKay, the one who pimped the Progressive Conservative party to Stephen Harper and his Reform cowboys, who should make the announcement.And that the hooker regime that would do ANYTHING to win or steal an election, should be the one to re-criminalize prostitution. Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Supreme Court Smear and the Incredible Shrinking Peter MacKay
I have never had much respect for Peter MacKay since the day he sold out his Progressive Conservative party to Stephen Harper's Reform Alliance.For as the moderate Con Lowell Murray said at the time, it was the end of a proud party, and an act of pure treachery.Just days after
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: I Guess Sometimes It Doesn’t Pay To Have Friends In High Places
Although I have no sympathy for those who work, either directly or indirectly, for the Harper regime, there is a story in Toronto Life entitled, With Friends Like Harper: how Nigel Wright went from golden boy to fall guy which made for some interesting reading. Part profile of Wright and
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