… this deserves one more play. For a full review of the abysmal Harper Veterans Affairs record, check out the good work by the good folks at Press Progress. Recommend this Post
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Politics and its Discontents: Must Be A Form Of Tough Love
For a government that frequently and loudly proclaims its veneration of our military, the Harper regime has a strange way of showing the love: Veterans Affairs Canada has returned $1.13 billion to the federal treasury in unspent funds since the Conservatives came to power in 2006 — cash that critics
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rick Mercer Takes Aim At Julian Fantino
Rick Mercer surely is one of our national treasures: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Too Good To Resist
And, of course, Fantino and the entire cabal showed what they are really made of yesterday in The House of Commons. For an incisive evisceration of Fantino et al., check out The Galloping Beaver’s post. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: UPDATE: A Shameful Minister With No Shame
I can think of not one positive thing to say about Julian Fantino. Apparently, Toronto Star readers can’t either: Fantino ‘absolutely regrets’ clash with veterans, Jan. 30 There is no possible excuse for the shameful treatment of our veterans by the federal Conservative government. Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino’s arrogant
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Never Bait A Veteran
For those of us sickened over the years by the Harper cabal’s hypocrisy of wrapping itself in the flag of patriotic support for ‘our troops’ while essentially abandoning them when they return home either physically or psychically maimed, it was a sweet moment, to be savored and shared widely. Yesterday,
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