Are 30% Of Us Fools?
http://www.quotesvalley.com/ Jeffrey Simpson writes that Stephen Harper’s core of support is six percent: After all, Conservative bedrock support is reckoned to be about 30 per cent, or maybe a trifle…
Owen Gray
A Fundamental Realignment
www.youtube.com Justin Trudeau, Tom Walkom writes, has done the country a favour. For the last two decades, the word “deficit” has been synonymous with “doom.” But the two words are…
They’ve Read Leo Strauss
http://www.buzzquotes.com/ Stephen Harper has become a law unto himself. The evidence, Michael Harris writes, is incontrovertible: The evidence from the near past is damning enough: Found in contempt of Parliament;…
Why Would Any . . .?
http://www.quickmeme.com/ In his latest column, Tim Harper recounts his frustrated and frustrating attempts to talk to Conservative candidates across the country: I never met Mike Little, the Conservative candidate in…
No Ordinary Election
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ This is no ordinary election. Ralph Surette has been around quite awhile and he’s seen a lot of governments. And, he writes, the Harper government is no ordinary government…
Not A Smart Man
http://www.livememe.com/ We learned last week that the Prime Minister ignored the advice of his in-house lawyer. Alan Freeman writes: When Perrin was asked by Harper’s then-chief of staff Nigel Wright
Under His Thumb?
http://www.banklawyersblog.com/. Given evidence which emerged last week at the Duffy trial, the NDP’s Charlie Angus has written to RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, asking why Nigel Wright was not charged with…
Colossal Stupidity
http://zorro-zorro-unmasked.blogspot.ca/ The CBC has obtained a review of Canada’s retirement system which was done for the Privy Council Office. The document has been heavily redacted. But its conclusions are clear:…
The Vets Are Going To War
http://www.starshipearththebigpicture.com/ The Harper Party used to be be able to count on the support of veterans. That was because they made the right noises. But, as Preston Manning said, “Words…
A Tangled Web
https://twitter.com/russellbarth That’s what you get, Shakespeare wrote, when first you practice to deceive. One lie follows another. That’s certainly what happened in the Prime Minister’s Office. Michael Harris writes: It…
Will He Escape?
http://www.slideshare.net/ If you wonder how conservatives — real conservatives — are reacting to Stephen Harper’s cross country tour, read David Krayden over at ipolitics. Krayden writes that he will vote…
That May Count For Nothing
http://www.morethings.com/ Nigel Wright, we are told, is a very intelligent and righteous man. He has put a lot of effort into establishing his reputation as such. But Donald Bayne, Mike…
A Nation Of Laws, Not Men
http://www.gilltaxlaw.com/ Thomas Mulcair wants to abolish the Senate outright. Stephen Harper wants to kill it through neglect. Both men propose to ignore the Supreme Court’s direction on how change —
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…
Canada’s Economic Federation
http://free-stock-illustration.com/ Scott Clark and Peter DeVries write that the economy is not in good shape. It hasn’t been healthy for the last seven years: The economy has been seriously underperforming…
Closing The Canadian Mind
http://www.stephenmarche.com/ Stephen Marche is a Canadian journalist who writes for American publications. In this morning’s New York Times, he provides Americans with some background information on Canada’s ongoing federal election…
What Those Emails Tell Us
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca When the Duffy trial re-opened this week, a 426 page binder of emails was introduced into evidence. Doanld Savoie writes that what they tell us is that: Staffers from…
One Man Is Responsible
http://www.cbc.ca/ It’s clear from yesterday’s testimony that Nigel Wright is a good soldier. He will do his best to ensure that, during the course of Mike Duffy’s
Rigged Against The Young
Newly released research has revealed that the Harper government’s job creation record — put in historical perspective — is nothing to brag about. But its record of job creation for…