Tag: Political Corruption
Politics and its Discontents: Canada’s Fearless Tax Warrior
That intrepid capeless crusader for core Conservative concepts, Finance Minister ‘Uncle’ Joe Oliver, has found yet another weapon in his utility pouch to save us from the implacable clutches of taxation. Rather than rely on a bureaucracy that may be rife with ‘fifth columnists, Oliver has decided to outsource fiscal
Continue readingCuriosityCat: USA: Elizabeth Warren takes the fight to Wall Street
The Real USA The highly intelligent, courageous and scrappy new senator is not stopping in her fight for the middle class. She is pounding the streets, raising money for long-shot Democrat candidates, and focusing on the rigged stock market that favours the wealthy and has a lock on many elected
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Coming soon: High Noon in Ottawa, starring Senator “Sixgun” Duffy
The Mounties have ridden into town, dismounted, and placed their investigations in the hands of the state prosecutors. The prosecutors have carefully drafted 31 charges against a senator, and the stage is now set for an epic High Noon shootout on a dusty street in front of the Parliament in
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Tolerating Rot
As Rob Ford heads off to rehab in Chicago, Carol Goar writes that Canadians are besotted with shameless politicians: A casual lawlessness has crept into the high offices of the land. It is not outright criminality, punishable by fines and jail time (at least not yet). It is an attitude
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Going, Going ….
And soon gone, would be my guess. Read this CBC report and watch the following video, both of which suggest to this observer that Eve Adams is not long for this political world: Recommend this Post
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Ukraine needs help to overcome the Iron Law of Oligarchy
Daron Acemoglu’s articleon the Ukraine in today’s Globe & Mail is a must read for all who are concerned about the mammoth task facing Ukraine right now. Unlike so many writers who skate across the thin ice of ignorance in their commentary on what is really happening in that blighted
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rather Apt, Don’t You Think?
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Responsibility We All Must Assume
In a column entitled A disheartening year in Canadian politics published on Dec. 20, The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson recounts the corruption, buffoonery and scandals that permeate our municipal, provincial and federal political governments. Whether we look at the antics of Toronto’s Rob Ford, the widespread venality, graft and ties to
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Senate expenses scandal: The spreading ripples
Mounties are acoming … Here are some recent developments: Duffy’s expenses actually amounted to more than $90,000, and the RCMP alleges that Wright broke the law by giving Duffy the money to cover them. The affidavit also includes correspondence between staffers in the Prime Minister’s Office and Conservative senators about
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Senate expenses scandal: Snippets from the Mounties
They’re are the march … to protect our democracy A bombshell burst in Ottawa today when the Mounties filed a request for a search warrant dealing with the Duffy expenses scandal. Reading that request is interesting. I include a few snippets that caught my eye. Overall, my impression from the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Debt Owed To The Media
As fashionable as it is to denigrate the mainstream media for their frequent timidity and conservatism, public knowledge about both Rob Ford’s disgraceful performance as Mayor of Toronto and the current Senate scandal embroiling Stephen Harper, impeaching the integrity and honesty of both politicians, would not exist were it not
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Duffy Deal: The PMO-Duffy Email and the Mounties
Hot on the trail of the Email The Mounties are as iconic Canadian as you can find. The Mounties always getting their man is so much part of the Canadian DNA that nobody smiles when the phrase is used. It is bedrock Canada, as authentic as the hard, unyielding Canadian
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: Do you pardon your followers, even if they did something wrong?
I would never pardon a follower if they did ME wrong, but if they made a “mistake” and were then penalized by the legal community, I might decide to save them from doing prison time — particularly if they’re a … Continue reading →
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Delusional Or Just Cynical About The People He ‘Represents’? Updated
Take a look at this and decide what is going on in the mind of Trevor Zinck, the disgraced MLA from Nova Scotia who pleaded guilty to embezzling money from the public purse through fraudulent claims but somehow thinks he should retain his seat. Perhaps he has been looking to
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