His Waterloo
The chattering classes are praising Stephen Harper’s political smarts. He has set the agenda for the next election, they say, and he has delivered a budget that the opposition parties…
Owen Gray
He Needs Another Closet
https://pilzylee.wordpress.com/ When it comes to shifting blame, Stephen Harper is a past master. Last week, in the House of Commons, he suggested that Mike Duffy made an inaccurate claim about…
It Deserves A Horse Laugh
http://www.macleans.ca/ The tabling of the budget last week signalled the beginning of the election campaign. A careful reading of the document makes clear that Stephen Harper’s election strategy will be…
Defying The Conventional Wisdom
Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo Justin Trudeau appears to have ruled out any coalition arrangement with the NDP. But Chantal Hebert believes that such an arrangement is…
Posing As A World Leader
http://www.ndtv.com/ Ostensibly, Indian Prime Minister Modi is in Canada to sign a uranium deal and ease visa restrictions between the two countries. Don’t believe it. Tim Harper writes: Take a…
Insane And Stupid
http://julian.com.au/ The Harper government’s tough on crime agenda suffered yet another defeat this week. Expect to hear more heated rhetoric about Canada’s biased judicial system from Mr. Harper. But, Michael…
Living In An Alternate Universe
http://www.wired.com/ Yesterday, the provincial premiers met in Quebec City to map out a strategy to combat climate change. The federal government was invited to the conference but declined the invitation:…
Another Ben Stein?
http://www.tpnn.com/ Joe Oliver’s proposed balanced budget legislation is so inane it’s hilarious. Like most Harperian legislation, the proposed bill leaves lots of unanswered questions. Scott Clark and Peter DeVries
Incompetence Writ Large
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ There was an oil spill in English Bay last week. And we finally got a chance to see what Harperian austerity has accomplished. Michael Harris writes: It should be…
Contempt – Always And Everywhere
http://www.thespec.com/ Evidence emerged last week that, when concerns were expressed about Mike Duffy being appointed to the Senate from P.E.I., Stephen Harper brushed them aside as irrelevant. The evidence should
Rotten At Its Core
http://world.edu/ Whether or not Mike Duffy is convicted of any of the thirty-one offences for which he has been charged, his trial will go down in Canadian history as the…
He Should Be Next
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ Stephen Harper claims that he didn’t know what was going on behind the scenes in the Duffy Affair. That claim has always been hard to stomach. Michael Harris writes…
The Biggest Thorn
http://www.lowestrates.ca/ Joe Oliver announced yesterday that he would be introducing balanced budget legislation. Asked to comment on CBC’s Power and Politics, former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page said: “Do we
$75 Million
http://welcometoladyville.com/ That’s what the Harper government paid for advertising last year. That figure is up from $69 million in the previous year. They’ve cut funding for health care and veterans…
And Now The Main Event
ppcpokertour.com/ Mike Duffy’s trial starts today. You can bet that the Harper machine will try to keep the focus exclusively on Duffy. But, Lawrence Martin writes, political
The Keys To His Kingdom
https://boblarson.org/ The Easter Season, Michael Harris writes, is a good time to consider whether or not Stephen Harper actually practises the religion he professes. There is, for instance, the Christian…
The Truth Is It’s A Lie
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/ After Joe Oliver announced his budget date this week, he pivoted immediately to an attack on the Liberals, implying that they did not have what he had — “a…
Who’s Afraid Of Elizabeth May?
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ In a recent poll, Canadians made clear that they want to see Elizabeth May in the election debates. However, that doesn’t mean that they’ll get to see her. In…
Upper Crust Welfare Bums
http://www.pilgrimreaderbooks.com/ Stephen Harper claims that there are many government programs we can no longer afford. And, he says, he certainly will not create any new ones. But that is exactly…
Oliver’s Hocus Pocus
http://www.hilltimes.com/ Joe Oliver emerges from hiding today. The assumption is that he’ll announce a date for the budget. When things get tough, Harperites head for the closet. When the economy…