Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/09/pol-whats-expected-to-be-in-wallin-audit.html
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ParliamANT Hill: PM maintains ex-chief of staff acted alone
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/07/pol-cp-harper-duffy-wright-rcmp-court-docs.html
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: SenANTor given $90,000 after party balks
Heavily inspired by Larry H. and Saskboy! and this story. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/04/pol-duffy-conservative-expenses.html
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal [VIDEO]
An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal: 21-year old Corey Charron dishes out on fictional experience smoking cocaine with the beleaguered Toronto Mayor. The post An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingTrashy's World: More of Ford’s staff are abandoning…
… Good Ship Ford
Continue readingknitnut.net: Scandals within scandals!
This has been a crazy week for news in Canada! Scandals within scandals! Between the scandal about the prime minister’s office covering up Conservative Senator Mike Duffy’s expense scandal, the sanitized Senate audit scandal, and the scandalous video of the Mayor of Toronto smoking crack, I’ve been riveted to my
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: How the scandal-plagued Canadian Senate can be abolished
If history is any guide, some amount of subterfuge and/or bribery will probably be required By: Lee Tunstall | Troy Media Sick of the senators? And by senators I do not mean the ones on skates, although admittedly the other ones are skating on pretty thin ice right now. Given the recent
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: PM Waxes Poetic on Senate Scandal
One person’s tragedy is another’s travesty.
Continue readingTrashy's World: Nigel Wright resigns…
… and this troubling scandal deepens. How much did Harper know? What DON’T we know about – yet? A what point does the number of misdeeds, lies and deception by Harper government officials lead some to suggest that Harper call an election? Clearly, the government is losing the confidence of
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Conservative Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: New York news blog Gawker yesterday revealed the existence of a video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. The video was taken within the last six months, allegedly by the city’s Somali drug dealers. Gawker editor John Cook reported that he received a tip from
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Temporary Foreign Worker Scandal: RBC Issues “Open Letter To Canadians”
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: According to a list recently obtained by the Alberta Federation of Labour, the Royal Bank of Canada, (RBC) is one the thousands of Canadian employers fingered in the unraveling Temporary Foreign Worker scandal. The document shows that scandals at RBC and other high-profile employers are “just the
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Labrador By-Election!
In the midst of scandal Peter Penashue resigned and is seeking re-election in Labrador. This by-election is perfectly placed to be a present for the next Liberal leader. Another seat for a party that lost so much in the last election would be a great present for the parties future
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Labrador By-Election!
In the midst of scandal Peter Penashue resigned and is seeking re-election in Labrador. This by-election is perfectly placed to be a present for the next Liberal leader. Another seat for a party that lost so much in the last election would be a great p…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Labrador By-Election!
In the midst of scandal Peter Penashue resigned and is seeking re-election in Labrador. This by-election is perfectly placed to be a present for the next Liberal leader. Another seat for a party that lost so much in the last election would be a great present for the parties future
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Alberta Politics: “21 per cent of all respondents were undecided.”
21% of Albertans, according to a Leger poll, are undecided as to who they would support in an election. So who is going to convert these 1 in 5 Albertans? It’s not the Wildrose. They’re a known quantity, for good or ill. Nor will it be the Progressive Conservatives, racked by
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Ten Lessons Learned From the Petraeus Affair
After watching the recent, exaggerated – and sordid – upheaval over the story about an extramarital affair that the (now former) head of the CIA had with his biographer, I have come to several conclusions about America, sex, American medi…
Continue readingbastard.logic: The F-35 boondoggle in context: This “is oppressive, dictatorial regime-building that would do any petro-state proud”
We are definitely not in Kansas anymore, Canuckistan — and Michael Harris says that we just had our “Wizard of Oz moment”: The curtain has been well and truly whipped away from the PM’s self-promoting deceptions and he is revealed for what he is: a power-tripper on a mission to
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives Lied About F-35 Contract
Peter MacKay lied. In 2010 Defense Minister Peter MacKay said many times that the F-35 was selected in an open, competitive, and transparent process, this is contradicted be the Auditor General Michael Ferguson who has said there was no competition, that the costly $25 billion, and growing, contract was indeed
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The F-35 Boondoggle
Many are angry that instead of the promised $16 billion cost of the new F-35’s the actual price tag will be more than $25 billion but Canadians shouldn’t forget that originally not only did this government continually claim the cost would only be $9 billion, Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay, Tony
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