Strong And Stupid
http://thedailyedge.net/ Joe Oliver has informed Kathleen Wynne that the Harperites will do absolutely nothing to help set up the Ontario Pension Plan — which is essentially an expansion of
Owen Gray
He Says He’s Doing It For The Kids
http://thinkpol.ca/ Nothing the Harper government does anymore is surprising. The National Post reports: Number-crunching based on the last census shows that many of the ridings in line to get the…
Obsessed By His Enemies
http://news.nationalpost.com/ Like Richard Nixon, Stephen Harper is obsessed with his enemies. That’s why, Bob Hepburn writes, he continues to attack Justin Trudeau more than Tom Mulcair. Mulcair may be first…
Until It ‘s Too Late
http://www.freerepublic.com/ This week, Joe Oliver — acting on orders from the boss — wrote a letter to Kathleen Wynne, informing her that the Harper government would offer absolutely no help…
The Imitation Of Who?
http://www.straight.com/ Two weeks ago, Conservative MP Wai Young told the congregation at the Harvest City Church that, when he pushed through Bill C-51, Stephen Harper was walking in
We Deserve An Explanation
http://www.ctvnews.ca/ Justin Trudeau’s support for Bill C-51 is one of the reasons his support is slipping. That support was not unqualified. He and his party, he said, would:
Fossilized
http://www.gambassa.com/ The Harper government is increasingly calcified. Old and tired, it clings to its dogma, even as the world changes. Lawrence Martin writes: It’s the biggest threat to the Harper
It’s All Hogwash
http://www.quotationof.com These days, Michael Harris writes, the Conservative majority in the Senate is sounding more and more like Donald Trump: If there is anyone left in the country who still…
Failing Economics 101
https://www.pinterest.com/ Stephen Harper and Joe Oliver like to pose as economic gurus. They claim that, when it comes to running the nation’s economy, they know what they’re doing. But, Jim
A Running Gag
https://www.pinterest.com/ Yesterday, at a campaign stop in Pickering, Stephen Harper claimed the Canadian economy was in bad shape because the global economy isn’t doing well: “Let me just state clearly…
Living In A Pup Tent
http://prof1group.ua/ The latest Greek drama is still playing itself out. But Murray Dobbins writes that we have reached a turning point: The temple of neoliberalism and its ideology of social…
Will He Prorogue The Election?
Things are not going as planned. The two big timbers in Stephen Harper’s election platform — the economy and national security — are rotten. The economy is nothing to crow…
Something Has Gone Off The Rails
http://delimiter.com.au/ The Harperites want to build a memorial to “the victims of Communism.” They’re getting a lot of push back — about where they plan to build it
Front And Centre
David Suzuki writes that we live in a warmer world — a world in which extreme weather is a fact of life. The evidence just keeps piling up: Several recent…
The Green Coalition
http://sfgov2.org/ In Canada, we think of a coalition as an arrangement between two political parties. But, Tasha Kheiriddin writes, there is a more fundamental coalition — a coalition of voters.…
The Centre Cannot Hold
http://www.cbc.ca/ Stephen Harper told us that we wouldn’t recognize Canada when he was through with it. These days, there are lots of Conservatives who don’t recognize their
There Are Reasons For Harper’s Slide
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ Six months ago, it looked like the prime minister was well on his way to his fourth mandate. The public supported his entry into the war on ISIS. They…
A Grave Mistake
http://news.nationalpost.com/ The story of the Harper Party’s rejection of Ches Crosbie’s candidacy in Avalon tells you much more about Stephen Harper than it does about Mr. Crosbie. Stephen Maher writes:…
They Never Offer Bribes
http://news.nationalpost.com/ This week, Pierre Poilievre made sure that the public saw him handing out cheques. Michael Harris writes: There he was, in all his obsequious glory, standing beside the massive…
Alone At Last
http://www.quickmeme.com/ Stephen Harper’s allies are abandoning him. At last count, 46 of the 166 Conservatives who rode into Ottawa in 2011 have left the Harper stable. Andrew Coyne writes: It…