It Takes Sunny Ways
Yesterday — for the second time in a month — the Supreme Court reminded Stephen Harper of two truths about Canada. The first is that, as prime minister, he is…
Owen Gray
Lies and Damned Lies
Mark Twain wrote that there are “lies, damned lies and statistics.” The truth of that aphorism was proved once again this week after the New York Times reported that the…
A Corrrupted Party
Linda McQuaig writes that there is no better contrast between what the Conservative Party used to stand for and what it stands for now than the contrast between Douglas Roche…
An Ugly Blast From The Past
It’s not news to note that the Harper government is fixated on the past. From dropping the word “progressive” from the party’s moniker to building a resource based economy —…
How’s He Doing?
This week marks the first anniversary of Justin Trudeau’s ascension. Lawrence Martin writes that the Harperites are filling the air with polls. They have tried to make hay in the…
Looking After Tom And Daisy’s Interests
Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page have concluded in a recent study that democracy has been successfully subverted in the United States. That country, they write, is now an oligarchy. The…
Stephen Marois?
On the surface, Stephen Harper and Pauline Marois couldn’t be more different. They have diametrically opposed visions of what is best for this country. But, Haroon Siddiqui writes, they are…
Smelling A Skunk
Eric Grenier writes that, the more Canadians learn about the Fair Elections Act, the less they like it: Opposition to the Conservative government’s proposed Fair Elections Act (Bill C-23) is…
Christians Like Us
The Harper Party insists that its values are the values of the vast majority of Canadians. But, Linda McQuaig writes, Senator Linda Frum’s recent musings reveal just how narrow and…
The Stench Keeps Getting Stronger
Geoff Norquay — Stephen Harper’s former Director of Communications — believes that, with the RCMP’s decision to drop its investigation of Nigel Wright, the Senate scandal is off the public’s…
Making The World Safe For Capital
Complaints about the Temporary Foreign Workers Program keep piling up. This morning the Vancouver Sun reports: B.C. workers ranging from seasoned professionals to teenage fast-food employees are complaining about being…
Worshipping Ignorance And Greed
Michael Harris writes that Stephen Harper has a future — in Arizona and several other Republican states: In that state, voters must now present proof of citizenship before they can…
Reading The Signs
Over the weekend, voters — in Calgary and Kitimat — made two important decisions. Tim Harper writes: In one, Conservatives in Calgary’s Signal Hill riding finally rid themselves of a…
A Prematurely Old Man
Stephen Harper likes to boast that seniors are his most loyal supporters. You’ll notice that he has very little to say about the young. That’s because he really isn’t concerned…
The Vapid Party
Conservatives, Andrew Coyne writes, believe in absolutes and reject moral relativism: Conservatives at their best disdain the lazy moral relativism that passes for sophistication in some corners of the left.…
They’re Getting Worried
This week, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives put out a media release in which they insisted that their taxes were not too low. Linda McQuaig writes: This defensive posture…
Time To Shut This Show Down
It was a remarkable display of arrogance. In yesterday’s question period, Thomas Mulcair asked Stephen Harper if he would apologize for Pierre Poilivere’s “cowardly and baseless attack” on Marc Mayrand.…
Democracy Itself
Pierre Polivevre has met all criticism of the “Fair” Elections Act with a mantra of talking points and — in the case of Marc Mayrand and Sheila Fraser — ad…
Gone The Way Of History?
Chantal Hebert writes this morning that the Parti-Quebecois may turn out to be a one generation wonder: One of the PQ’s worst fears has long been that it would turn…
The Rich Get Richer — But Nobody Else Does
That’s the conclusion of a report which was recently released by the Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives. According to the Canadian Press: The country’s 86 richest individuals and families —…