Well there was Stephen Harper yesterday, trying to show he's really a nice guy, by releasing a lobster over the side of a fishing boat.But of course for the real story of that photo-op, you'd have to read this account of that media nightmare. To understand that in Harperland nothing is
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Montreal Simon: Why Chris Alexander Should Resign Immediately
After keeping a low profile for a few days, and no doubt trying to forget the ghastly image of that poor little boy on the beach, he's out there again.Cheerfully tweeting away… And giving us a big thumbs up.But in his private moments Chris Alexander must be haunted by the ghost of
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Desperate Stephen Harper and the Ghastly Bigot of Oz
It couldn't be more desperate or more absurd or more obscene. And the timing couldn't be worse. Just as Stephen Harper seems to be bowing to public pressure, and preparing to finally do something to help desperate Syrian refugees. The Conservatives, after continued criticism they are not doing enough to address the Syrian
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Another Great Video And Even More Reasons To Stop Harper
Earlier today I ran this adbuster's video with its reasons we deserve better than Stephen Harper and his monstrous regime… Now here's another powerful video with even more reasons to Stop Harper…Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Are We Finally Witnessing the Total Collapse of the Harper Regime?
Yesterday I told you that the mood in the Con War Room couldn't be grimmer, and that the mood on their bus couldn't be more toxic. And that many were blaming Jenni Byrne.Well now Byrne has been kicked off the bus and sent back to Ottawa. One of Stephen Harper's closest advisers
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s New and Obscene War on Refugees
As you know, Stephen Harper has been caught in a trap of his own making.Caught between the majority of Canadians who are demanding that him and his grotesque regime do more to help desperate Syrian refugees.And the bigotry of his rabid base who are violently opposed to that idea, unless the migrants
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Wheels Really Are Falling Off the Con Campaign
As you know I've been having a bit of fun following the Con campaign bus as it roars down the road, from one tightly controlled photo op to another.Or limps into third place.And for a few weeks I've been hearing rumours that all is not well on the big blue machine. And
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Really REALLY Bad Day
Well I can only imagine what Stephen Harper must have been feeling like when he returned to his war room or his rubber room last night.But he must have been fit to be tied, or bouncing off the walls.Because he couldn't have had a worse day. There just wasn't ANY good news.It
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peegate: The Latest and Totally Disgusting Con Scandal
I must admit I'm a bit apprehensive about writing about the Con's latest scandal, because I do try to keep this blog as decent as possible.And this latest scandal is just so GROSS. So be warned.But it seems some Con candidate has been caught in the act, relieving himself in the wrong place.Read
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Labour Day and the Great Union War on Stephen Harper
Today is Labour Day, and all over the country tens of thousands of Canadians will be marching and celebrating the splendid achievements of the union movement.And this year this day will be even more special.For it will mark the beginning of the union movement's all out war on Stephen Harper. Read more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Disastrous State of the Con Campaign
When Stephen Harper launched the longest election campaign since 1926, he no doubt hoped that by now he would have crushed his political enemiesThrown them under the wheels of his mighty bus.Or smeared them beyond recognition as he flew over them in his shiny new plane… And if that campaign had been
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Refugee Trap That Could Destroy Him
They buried little Alan Kurdi, next to his brother and his mother yesterday, in the shattered Syrian town of Kobani. Just a week ago he was apparently jumping up and down with excitement at the thought of going to Europe, in a boat.But as we know, like so many other Syrian refugees,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Dead Syrian Boy and the Ghastly Denial of the Harper Cons
It couldn't have been a more revolting spectacle, or one more monstrous.The heartbreaking image of that poor little Syrian boy lying dead on a beach.And three Con monkeys in denial. All shedding crocodile tears, but claiming to be blameless.Even as their campaign went into crisis mode.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s War on Canada and Its Values
Many hours after I first saw it, I am still haunted by this photo of that poor little Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach. And by the knowledge that his refugee family begged the ghastly Chris Alexander to let them emigrate to Canada. But got absolutely nowhere.But while I’m
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Rosemary Barton Destroyed the Con Clown Chris Alexander
As you may know, I absolutely despise Chris Alexander, the Con Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.The once promising young diplomat who sold his soul to Stephen Harper.And morphed into something monstrous like the ghastly portrait in the Picture of Dorian Gray.The kind of man who would deny health care to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The New Recession and the Lies Stephen Harper Told Us
Well at least now we know why Stephen Harper was twisting himself into knot, or looking like he was auditioning for the Hunchback of Notre Dame, by refusing to even mention the dreaded 'R' word.So now that it's official, Canada is in a recession. He could continue to deny reality. Read more
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Wallin Affair: Stephen Harper Is Already Changing His Story
We still have to wait and see whether the Crown will lay charges against Pamela Wallin now that the RCMP has wrapped up its investigation.But already Stephen Harper is being asked questions about that other Senate scandal.And already, and as usual, he is changing his story. Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s Recession Nightmare and the Return of Pamela Wallin
The timing couldn't be worse. Just when Stephen Harper thought he had escaped the stench of the Duffy scandal, and could now focus all his efforts on posing as a Great Economist Leader.The economy is turning into a living nightmare.He's having to twist himself into a knot, or a Tim
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Is Jason Kenney Posing As a Finance Minister?
I had been wondering where Jason Kenney had been hiding. But suddenly there he was on TV.Having apparently traded in his job as Defence Minister, to pose as a Finance Minister.With a new and flexible definition of the word recession.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The King of Mean and the Bullying of Harperman’s Tony Turner
It has been several days since the Harper regime suspended the federal scientist Tony Turner for writing and singing the song Harperman.And as expected it has triggered a debate over whether public servants can be political activists.And while some Cons claim they can't, and that they must remain loyal to their
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