The Harper Government Attempts To Politicize The Courts
In the wake of a series of failed gambits involving the Supreme Court, we now find Harper attempting to assassinate the character of the Chief Justice. “I can tell you…
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The Term Is "Checks and Balances"
Apparently in the Harper Government™, there is a growing frustration with the Supreme Court in the wake of a series of rulings that the politicians think of as defeats. But,…
Oh The Irony: Mark Steyn
So, in the wake of Donald Sterling being unceremoniously dumped from any association with the NBA, we have Mark Steyn running to his defence. Even so, it is disturbing to…
Mr. Harper: Can You Even Read?
If I didn’t know better, I’d swear that Harper doesn’t know how to read a legal decision. Yesterday, in Question Period, Harper said the following: “The Supreme Court has ruled…
Decision Making and Pregnancy
Think that the Harper Government doesn't have an anti-woman agenda? Think again. From LifeSite: Conservative MP Kyle Seeback openly admits that he was once “fairly comfortable” with the viewpoint that…
The Corporate Tax Regime In Canada Is Corporate Welfare
… and it is being done at the expense of Canadians. Corporate Canada Pays Low Taxes But Contributes In Lots Of Other Ways Consider the following: PricewaterhouseCoopers did its own…
What The Senate Ruling Says About Harper
The Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on the Senate Reform questions that Harper put to them last year came out today. The ruling itself is not terribly surprising, but what…
Strike 4: Harper Cannot Unilaterally Reform The Senate
The Supreme Court issued their ruling on the Senate Reform Consultation questions that Harper put before them last year. In a unanimous decision released Friday, eight judges of the top…
TFWP: SHUT IT DOWN, Minister Kenney
If the C. D. Howe Institute study released yesterday isn’t a clue as to what is so fundamentally flawed with the TFWP, I don’t know what is. In its report,…
Speculation: Harper’s Pugilistic Stance On Russia/Ukraine
Harper’s stance on Ukraine does not make a lot of sense in terms of the general back and forth of diplomacy and foreign affairs. Canada is in no position to…
An Open Letter From Academics on Bill C-23
Published in The Globe and Mail. Highlights: (much of which have been discussed in more depth on this blog) Investigating electoral fraud. Bill C-23 fails to provide the Commissioner of…
If You Love Canada … Read This
I don’t usually use this space to promote posts at other blogs, but at iPolitics Michael Harris has an excellent column that summarizes what Harper is doing to Canada. http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/04/20/harper-sees-role-as-protector-of-the-richest-few/…
No Charges Doesn’t Mean Wright Is Clean
On Friday, we learned that the RCMP will not be laying charges against Nigel Wright for writing a cheque to Mike Duffy in the amount of some $90,000 and change.…
The Steyn Is Back … and He Still Doesn’t Get It
Mark Steyn has returned to the pages of the National Post, and he is continuing his crusade to never be held accountable for his “free speech”. (No surprise there, Steyn…
TFW: The Dark Side Of Corporate Feudalism
The Temporary Foreign Worker program has become a symbol of the worst predations of corporate thinking. As more revelations come out, the depths that corporate groupthink can sink to are…
On The Murders In Calgary Yesterday
Yesterday five university students were brutally murdered at a house party near the University of Calgary. The headlines have been lurid, the details of the story as it unfolded on…
Stealing Our Democracy: Linda Frum, Talking Points and the Dumbf
*Dumbf = dumbfuckery – a condition that appears to be unique to the creation of Harper Government talking points regarding Bill C-23. On Huffington Post this morning, I read Michael…
Wingnut Education In Alberta
I have a problem with these “Lifestyle Covenants” that Christian Schools seem to be in love with. It is not that these schools are publicly funded, although I do consider…
Stealing Our Democracy: The Senate Takes A Swing
Okay, now the Senate is talking about wanting to see some amendments to the Harper Government’s bill to undermine Canada’s democracy. The interim report recommends: — Removing a provision which…