Today is election day in the federal riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner. Polls are open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. What was expected to be a sleepy by-election campaign in this long-time Conservative-held riding in southeast Alberta turned out to be… Continue Reading →
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Montreal Simon: The Incredible Hypocrisy of the Con Queen Rona Ambrose
As we all know, Rona Ambrose likes to spend most of her time accusing Justin Trudeau of being a big spender.She has attacked him for employing two nannies to take care of his three young children.He has blasted him for taking his mother to Washington even though Barack Obama invited her.But
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rona Ambrose’s Desperate Attempt to Sabotage Electoral Reform
You might think that Rona Ambrose's main concern would be the way her allegedly new/nouveau party is turning into a collection of bigots and right-wing religious extremists. What with Kellie Leitch trying to scapegoat refugees and immigrants for their "anti-Canadian values."While Brad Trost stands up for those anti-Canadian values by taking aim at
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Trudeau Summer and the Slow Death of the Cons
It still feels like summer in the place where I live, but fall officially arrives tomorrow.
So I have been spending as much time as I can soaking up every precious ray of sunshine.
And I am finding it very hard to get excited about the return of Parliament.
For just one quick glance at Question Period was enough to send shivers down my back.
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Montreal Simon: Will the Con Leadership Race Help Destroy the Harper Party?
Yesterday I ran a Michael Harris column that looked at the Cons apparent death wish.
And how they seemed unable to escape the deathly legacy of Stephen Harper.
And I also wondered how Rona Ambrose’s decision to criticize Kellie Leitch for her demagogic proposal to screen immigrants for “anti-Canadian values,”would affect Ambrose’s leadership.
And her ability to hold her party together.
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Montreal Simon: Michael Harris On the Death Wish of the Harper Party
When Rona Ambrose was named interim leader of the Cons, I predicted that the hissing ghosts of the Harper Party would come back to haunt her.
And turn her job into a nightmare.
And sure enough now they have.
With Kellie Leitch dredging up the corpse of her infamous cultural barbarism campaign.
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Montreal Simon: The Cons and the Cult of Political Violence
The other day I wrote about how the threat of political violence was growing in Canada, and about all the death threats aimed at Justin Trudeau.
I wondered why the Ambrose Cons weren’t doing anything to rein in their violent supporters.
And I also wondered why the MSM had ignored this story for so long, even though it’s so obvious, so disturbing, and so dangerous.
So I’m glad to see that Chantal Hébert has noticed a foul stench in the air.
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Montreal Simon: The Cons and the Cult of Political Violence
The other day I wrote about how the threat of political violence was growing in Canada, and about all the death threats aimed at Justin Trudeau.I wondered why the Ambrose Cons weren't doing anything to rein in their violent supporters. And I als…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Media’s Disgusting Attack on the Trudeau Government
Yesterday I wrote about how Rona Ambrose and her Cons were going after the decent Health Minister Jane Philpott for having rented a limo Lexus to travel around the Greater Toronto Area.
Instead of taking a taxi or a bus.
As well as going after the equally decent Environment Minister Katherine McKenna, for the “crime” of having spent about $6,000 on photographs at the Paris climate summit.
Even though the Harper regime spent millions doing the same thing.
But what makes this grotesque assault even more disgusting is the way the Con media are trying to make it look like a major scandal.
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Montreal Simon: The Con Media’s Disgusting Attack on the Trudeau Government
Yesterday I wrote about how Rona Ambrose and her Cons were going after the decent Health Minister Jane Philpott for having rented a limo Lexus to travel around the Greater Toronto Area.Instead of taking a taxi or a bus.As well as going after the equall…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rona Ambrose and the Attempted Lynching of Jane Philpott
It's not a pretty sight, but Rona Ambrose and her Con bullies are in a high state of excitation.They think they've found another helpless target, and a massive scandal that will destroy the Liberal government.And no, this time it isn't the…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ambrose Cons and the Trudeau Derangement Syndrome
I've written about how disgusted I am by the way Rona Ambrose and her Cons have been going after Justin Trudeau for daring to take his shirt off at the beach.Or daring to take a vacation…And have been using that as a fund-raising opportunity.Even…
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Ottawa’s ethics commissioner should review MP Jason Kenney’s activities and ethics as Alberta PC candidate
PHOTOS: Freshly made up, MP Jason Kenney arrives at his news conference yesterday on the grounds of Alberta’s Legislature, where he one day hopes to have a legal parking spot. (Screenshot of CBC video.) Below: Parliamentary Ethics Commissioner Mary D…
Continue readingAlberta Politics: One year ago, Stephen Harper, master of all he surveyed, called an election – what could possibly go wrong?
PHOTOS: Then prime minister Stephen Harper with his strategic brain trust, back when they still seemed like the masters of Canada’s political universe and would seem so for a few more weeks. (Source unknown.) Below: Screen shots of Mr. Harper’s Aug…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rona Ambrose and the Disposable Canadians
Rona Ambrose did a lot of bad and stupid things during her years of faithful service to Stephen Harper's monstrous Con regime. And most of them were things that just made me shake my head, or laugh, or wonder how an idiot could be a minister.But t…
Continue readingAlberta Politics: About those conservative coup attempts: once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, but three times has got to be enemy action!
PHOTOS: Jason Kenney and Stephen Harper seal the deal. Actually, I think Mr. Harper was welcoming Mr. Kenney to his cabinet as defence minister in this official looking portrait found on the Internet without attribution. I’m assuming it was created w…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Celebrating Our First Harper-Free Canada Day
It was a beautiful blue summer day in the Great White North. The kind I dream about all year round.A chance to get away from the city, feel the clean lake air in my face. Try to forget about all the problems we face in this increasingly scary world.And…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: In or Out? Jason Kenney could have a rough landing into Alberta politics
CBC reports that after 19 years as a Member of Parliament in Ottawa, former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney, 48, is considering entering provincial politics in Alberta. Postmedia’s Jen Gerson writes that he will not confirm whether this i…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ghastly Con Michelle Rempel Disgraces Herself. Again
As you all know the ghastly Con Michelle Rempel aka Rempelstiltskin, has recently been out of control in the House of Commons.First she accused the opposition and the Speaker of laughing at her. Which caused them to laugh even louder.And then she star…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rona Ambrose and the Fatal Legacy of Stephen Harper
As you know, Rona Ambrose is finally trying to put some distance between herself and Stephen Harper.Desperately trying to dispel the notion that she's no longer his faithful puppet, as she was for so many years.And if you remember, at the recent Pr…
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