Gutless
Stephen Harper insists that proroguing Parliament is a “completely normal” procedure. But not even The Globe and Mail is buying that line. It editorializes today that: Yes, this will be…
Owen Gray
Check Out Time
Stephen Harper confirmed yesterday that he intends to run for re-election in 2015. Michael Harris at ipolitics gives ten reasons why Harper should retire. Consider three of Harris’ reasons: First,…
Frozen In Time
With the Senate scandal taking its toll, and the Lac Megantic disaster still fresh in the public mind, you would think that Stephen Harper might be engaged in a re-think.…
Keep Your Mouth Shut
Clayton Ruby writes that the federal and Alberta governments want to pipe bitumen through Enbridge’s already constructed 9B pipeline. They also want to increase the pipeline’s capacity from 240,000 barrels…
Oh, What A Tangled Web
Things are starting to get interesting — and potentially nasty. John Ivison reports in The National Post that Mike Duffy is unhappy: Mr. Duffy’s lawyers have barred him from speaking…
Piffle About Taxes
Four years ago, Stephen Harper declared: “I don’t believe that any taxes are good taxes.” We’ve come to expect that kind of piffle from the prime minister. But, Devon Black…
The Poor Pick Up The Tab
The bill for Stephen Harper’s Wonderful World of Austerity is coming due. Nick Fillmore writes in The Tyee: The austerity program and other government cuts have had disastrous consequences for…
From Dream To Obsession To Delusion
Having nixed the Northern Gateway Pipeline with their over the top rhetoric — and with the future of the Keystone Pipeline in doubt — you would think that the Harper…
It’s Who They Are
It’s not just the $140,000 in illegitimate expenses — which Stephen Harper is on record as saying are “comparable to any parliamentarian travelling from that particular area of the country.”…
Trudeau The Elder
For the Canadian Right, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is the bogeyman. Stephen Harper, who used to admire Trudeau, came to believe the standard Conservative line, best expressed by Bob Plamondon in…
On The Margins No More
John Ralston Saul writes that scientific experiments to starve our aboriginal peoples should come as no surprise: When Canadians learn that malnourished aboriginal children were used for nutritional experiments, they…
Brain Injured Immigration
The Harper government is presently “consulting” Canadians on what kind of immigration policy Canada should promote. Debbie Douglas and Avvy Yao-Yao Go write that the government looks at immigration —…
Uneasy Lies the Head
The knives are out.Tim Hudak’s days as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party are numbered. Bob Hepburn writes in The Toronto Star: In the wake of disappointing losses in…
Let The Ladies Have At It
The by-election in Toronto Centre promises to be very interesting. Chrystia Freeland and Linda McQuaig — women with strong media profiles — will go head to head for Bob Rae’s…
Enemies Within
Michael Harris suggests that, despite Stephen Harper’s recent attempt to list his enemies, his real foes are inside his own tent. That may be the real story behind the the…
Republican Delusions
Paul Krugman wrote in yesterday’s New York Times that the Republican Party is fleeing from reality: Last week House Republicans voted for the 40th time to repeal Obamacare. Like the…
A Human Rights Issue
Nothing illustrates the essential malevolence of the Harper government more than its transformation of Canadian prions. Even though crime is at its lowest level in forty years, Mr. Harper’s army…
He Doesn’t Get It
Tom Walkom writes that Stephen Harper doesn’t get the new world economy. Like Dr. Frankenstein’s monster, the creature he helped create has run amok and is trashing his home. If…
Pipelines And Pipe Dreams
Barack Obama has been signalling that the Keystone Pipeline is not all it’s cracked up to be. In a recent interview in the New York Times, he said that the…
The King Of Austerity
The damage Stephen Harper has done to his country is everywhere. Three years ago, at the G20 Summit, he touted Canada’s economic growth. But now that he has implemented his…