THIS IS THE SMOKING GUN OF THE DUFFY AFFAIR FOLKS. . . .
I just wanted to make a short post today to point out a problem in logic that no one seems to be talking about. The opposition leaders have been rightly…
2015
Doesn’t matter who you are, $32,000 is a lot of money
So if, as testified by Nigel Wright, "Good to go" refers to Harper's approval the Irving Gerstein plan to pay ~$32,000 to Mike Duffy from the Conservative Party bank account,…
Doesn’t matter who you are, $32,000 is a lot of money
So if, as testified by Nigel Wright, “Good to go” refers to Harper’s approval the Irving Gerstein plan to pay ~$32,000 to Mike Duffy from the Conservative Party bank account,…
Conservatives Agree to Censor Internet In Latest Trade Negotiations
The Conservatives seem to be tying to make the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement one of Harper’s legacy items. After the election call the Conservatives moved to change “caretaker” rules…
5 Q’s Interview with Haley Brown, Liberal #LPC candidate for Calgary-Midnapore
I’ve not done one of these interviews in awhile, but an opportunity came up to send some questions to Haley Brown, the LPC candidate who is running against Jason Kenney…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, August 17, 2015
Your news links for today: No Privacy = No Security – Medium AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale – New York Times US Admits It Uses…
On campaign divisions
If it wasn’t obvious already, the last decade of resource politics in Canada should offer us a reminder that the immediate development of resources without meaningful consideration of externalities and…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Martha Friendly examines what a “national child care program” actually means. And Jim Stanford makes a compelling economic case as to why Canada…
140Law – Current Leading Legal Headlines
Here are the current leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Class action lawsuit alleges abuse at Ontario schools for deaf How Netflix subscribers may be unwitting tax evaders…
Stephen Harper Has Offered the Opposite of Good Economic Management
Because of his reliance on oil, Stephen Harper has been a very poor manager of Canada’s economy. Exchange rate volatility, job losses and other factors point to this conclusion.
Apocalypse Now, And The Shape Of Things To Come
I decided to take a break from the political landscape today to look at our physical one. Regrettably, although the title of this post comes from two films, what is…
Their World Is Changing
Harper Conservatives used to suffer from galloping certitude. They believed that they were paragons of virtue. Michael Harris writes: Conservatives like to think they occupy the moral high-ground. There is…
It’s OK, Envy Your Neighbour
Despite what a really old book may imply, envy can be OK. In english the word envy seems to mean one thing but in other languages envy has multiple meanings…
The Haida Raven ring on my finger
Soon to be replaced by another one. (Getting marriage licence this morning.)
Another NDP with inflated hopes in Toronto.
There is a probably apocryphal story doing the rounds about the newly appointed New Democrat candidate in Toronto’s Eglinton-Lawrence constituency. This guy is a former member of the legislature and…
Canada Embraces Its Watergate Moment And The People Will Decide, Maybe.
We could call the latest scandal in Canadian politics Duffygate, our version of the Watergate scandal that rocked America during the 1970s. There are of course differences (tape recorded conversations…
Canada Embraces Its Watergate Moment And The People Will Decide, Maybe.
We could call the latest scandal in Canadian politics Duffygate, our version of the Watergate scandal that rocked America during the 1970s. There are of course differences (tape recorded conversations…
KCCCC Day 15: a campaign about nothing
Nothing. That’s what Election 42 resembles from this distance, or from close up. Nothing. From today’s Hill Times column: Which I will post in its entirety soon enough: “If there…
Stephen Harper, Ray Novak, and the Great PMO Cover Up
Well he can run but he can't hide. Everywhere Chicken Harper goes he is dogged by the Duffy scandal.And asked to answer the latest burning question:If his beloved aide Ray…
The 2004 war with Ottawa revisited #nlpoli
The 2004 “war” with Ottawa over a version of federal Equalization payments to Newfoundland and Labrador is an early episode in the provincial Conservative administration. The confrontation helped propel Premier…