What Have They Got That He Ain’t Got?
Michael Harris writes that the Harper campaign has begun with some strange twists: I’m not sure what democracy is anymore in Canada, but I’m pretty certain it’s got nothing to…
Michael Harris writes that the Harper campaign has begun with some strange twists: I’m not sure what democracy is anymore in Canada, but I’m pretty certain it’s got nothing to…
https://twitter.com/hashtag/farleymowat Elizabeth Thompson reported yesterday that those who are invited to attend one of Stephen Harper’s “public” events are now required to keep their mouths shut: Members of the public…
http://www.cbc.ca/ This week, we were treated to a surreal commercial of Stephen Harper standing in front of a monitor with the Netflix logo on its screen.“Something you
http://www.brunchnews.com There were no knockout punches last night. Stephen Harper droned on with his usual talking points. But nobody put him on the mat. Elizabeth May reminded us — or…
http://metanoodle.blogspot.ca Amidst all of the hullabaloo associated with dropping the election writ, the public has not noticed that Stephen Harper has appointed another man to the Supreme Court. It can’t…
For years, Andrew Nikiforuk has warned that building an economy based on bitumen is monstrous folly. Now the folly has come home to roost. Nikiforuk reminded his readers about what…
http://www3.sympatico.ca/taylormcgreal/voteyouout.html You have to wonder what planet Stephen Harper lives on. Yesterday, in Laval, he accused the entire NDP caucus of being a bunch of duds: “That group of NDP…
http://www.cp24.com/news/ Yesterday, Stephen Harper said that he was forced to begin his seventy-seven day election campaign because the other parties had started campaigning early. And, he said, parties should pay…
https://twitter.com/johnibbitson On Saturday, the Globe and Mail published an excerpt from John Ibbitson’s recently published book, Stephen Harper. The piece begins with a pean to Harper: He is a lion…
http://johnnyrush.com/conservatives The former head of Elections Canada, Jean Pierre Kingsley, says that Stephen Harper is “gaming the system.” And Kory Teneyche, the former head of Sun News, says that,when Mr.…
For the next seventy-seven days, we’re going to hear the message that Stephen Harper is the best person to guide the Canadian economy. Jim Stanford has been crunching the numbers;…
http://www.macleans.ca/ Glen McGregor reports that Stephen Harper will skip Flora MacDonald’s funeral: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not attend the funeral of former external affairs minister Flora MacDonald, a pioneering…
When it comes to looking into the economic future, the Harper government’s record is nothing to brag about. And, in election years, the Harperite crystal ball is thoroughly unreliable. Consider,…
http://wn.com/ Stephen Harper, Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau are criss-crossing the country, trying to articulate the central question behind the upcoming election. For Gerry Caplan,
http://topics.nytimes.com/ Joe Stiglitz has been spending the last little while in Greece, checking out the state of affairs. Those affairs, he predicts, will get worse and follow a course of
http://www.pressprogress.ca/ For the last two years, Stephen Harper has claimed that he is “delaying,” not refusing to appoint Senators. On Friday, he said — unequivocally — that he was refusing…
http://aclayjar.blogspot.ca The Harperites want to build a monument to the “victims of Communism.” China is one of the last officially communist countries. Yet Mr. Harper and Rob Nicholson, his Foreign…
http://350orbust.com/ Stephen Harper claims that the upcoming election will be about security vs. risk. For once, Murray Dobbin agrees with him. What Dobbin is opposed to is Harper’s claim that…
http://www.markstrahl.com/ What passes for Conservatism these days is really Harperism. Those who know what Conservatism means are appalled by Pierre Poilievre’s Travelling Payola Show. Certainly former Harper Party MP
filipina-nannies-caregivers. Last week, the Advisory Panel On Healthcare Innovation was supposed to release its report at a scheduled news conference. Jeffrey Simpson writes: The day before the news conference, however,…