The Amazing Transparent Man
http://en.wikipedia.org/ Stephen Poloz, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, says that the economic numbers in the first quarter of this year will be “atrocious” — something that Stephen Harper…
Owen Gray
Don’t Call It The Conservative Party
https://addictionandrecoverynews.wordpress.com/ In Canada, Conservatism means Confrontation. It’s not about respect for institutions or the rule of law. It’s not about wise economic management. It’s about focusing on “the other” and…
War By Other Means
http://www.msn.com/ Over the weekend, Charles Taylor addressed the Broadbent Conference. He’s a remarkable man with a remarkable mind and a remarkable history. Like Pierre Trudeau, he grew up in privilege,…
Only Making Matters Worse
http://pumabydesign001.com As Canada prepares to enter the Syrian civil war, red flags are everywhere. The latest comes from Yemen. Tom Walkom writes: In Yemen, it’s hard to figure out who…
Could It Be That He Miscalculated?
http://cobb.typepad.com/ Stephen Harper believes that Bill C-51 will help pave the way to his re-election. But polls indicate that support for the bill is slipping — even among Conservatives:
He Wants It Both Ways
https://www.pinterest.com/ When Stephen Harper rode into town almost ten years ago, he claimed that he was the new sheriff and he vowed to make Canadians feel safe. To that end,…
He’s A Doodle!
http://en.wikipedia.org/ Stephen Harper displays two of humanity’s ugliest traits — slander and stupidity. In the past, he made an effort to disguise those traits. But now, with an election on
One Of Harper’s Prime Directives
http://www.cpcml.ca/ Errol Mendes, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, wonders what will happen when judges start acting in secret.The old adage that justice must not only
The Moment Of Truth
http://www.dreamstime.com/ Justin Trudeau’s moment of truth is about to arrive. The Harperities have decided to extend and expand the mission in Iraq. Trudeau opposed the original mission. But, since then,…
You Can Trust Him — Until You Become Inconvenient
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The Future Is In Our Hands
http://www.cbc.ca/ There was a time, Murray Dobbins writes, when Canadians were highly engaged with their governments. We possessed a high degree of civic literacy: That
A Tale Told By An Idiotic Orwellian
http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.ca/ Remember when Stockwell Day used to lead the cabal which today passes for the Conservative Party of Canada? Those were the days when Day insisted that the St. Lawrence…
A Game Of Inches
The upcoming election, Geoffrey Rafe Hall writes, will be about nasty, brutish and small things. That’s because Stephen Harper has nothing else to run on: Lacking evidence of either sound…
Paranoia Unbound
Stephen Harper has always defended his abolition of the long gun registry by saying it prohibited farmers and hunters from using the tools of their trade. But last week, in…
Questions And Answers
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ Stephen Harper doesn’t like questions. He doesn’t take them. In Question Period, he dodges them. On tough days, he doesn’t show up. When things really get uncomfortable, he prorogues…
Pitching To The Young
http://countylive.ca/ Justin Trudeau did Q and A sessions recently at the University of British Columbia and at McGill. He knows that there are lots of potential votes on campus. Jeffrey…
Only One Answer For All Time
http://expertbeacon.com/ Neo-Liberals have been preaching the same message for over thirty years: Debt — all debt — is bad. And they have relied on a well worn analogy. Public debt,…
The Garbage Keeps Piling Up
http://newsfeed.time.com/ Mike Duffy’s trial starts in three weeks. And wouldn’t you know it? Nigel’s Wright’s name is back in the news — not for his role in the Duffy Affair,…