Harper Regime Dismantles the Tory State
For a while now a number of progressive bloggers have been fighting a losing war with the media to stop referring to the Harper regime as “Tory,” on the grounds…
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CSIS Disappears More Public Reports
Last summer I reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had removed most of its previous annual reports from its public website. Aside from the increasing penchant for secrecy…
Sun Media Hack Job Targets Progressive Academics
Actually, let’s start with the praise: I welcome the Sun chain’s decision to start targeting academics who are “touted as non-partisan experts” but are actually paid-up political party supporters. Of…
Foreign Money Laundered through Lobbyists to Influence the Canadian Government
Well, maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t. Actually I’m not even sure what that title is supposed to mean, which exactly duplicates my feelings upon reading Environment Minister Peter Kent’s…
Scrapping the Public Appointments Commission is Not “Good News”
The media is finally sitting down to do the hard work of its actual job, i.e. reading the budget bill for the year. Parliament won’t be doing that job, incidentally;…
How Far Does the Rot Spread?
Two important revelations can be found in the latest batch of robocall corut filings to make the news in connection with the Election 2011 fraud scheme, about which Sixth Estate…
In April, Parliamentary Committees Spent 24% of Their Time Hiding from the People
Since winning its majority, the Harper régime has forced most Parliamentary committees behind a veil of secrecy. They meet in camera and, despite being our elected representatives, sitting in our…
Conservatives Could Have Been Hoisted on Own Petard in Etobicoke Election Case
This week former Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj is in court arguing that his defeat by Conservative candidate Ted Opitz last year should be overturned because the number of ballots which…
Liberal Media Endorses Harper… Again
Chalk up another example of the supposed “Liberal” media in this country and its hidden bias in favour of… you guessed it, Stephen Harper. The Globe & Mail has released…
Timeline of Government Dishonesty on the F-35 Jet Fighter
This is how the government officially responds to the Parliamentary Budgetary Officer’s accusation that they kept “two sets of books” on the true cost the F-35 jet fighter: Fonberg told…
Another Conservative Comes Out as a Quebec Separatist
Given how agitated the Harperites got whenever there was even a whiff of “collusion” between the Bloc and the other Opposition parties, it’s always amusing to see how many former…
More than 1 in 4 Harper Ministers Miss Proactive Disclosure Deadline
Under policy set by the Chretien government and supposedly faithfully followed by all departments and agencies under the Harper regime, every group within the Government of Canada must supply, every…
Media Bias Project Still Awaiting Report from Challenger
Two weeks have now passed since my favourite reader, “rory,” announced that he was drawing up a list that would prove that my Media Bias project is full of holes.…
Crack Report, Part 2: Calgary Herald and Cardus Say Alberta PC Party is “Stalinist”
The right in this country is becoming unhinged over something. Harper called the NDP pro-Hitler, which would be passing strange even in American politics. Last week an Ontario business leader…
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again
So, as you may have heard by now, the new line from the Harper regime is that we can’t trust the NDP because they voted against World War II. Even…
Bev Oda is Fraudulent, But Still No More Expensive than her Predecesors
Okay, so Bev Oda, aside from being a documented liar, is also a pampered, self-entitled twit who thinks the proper use for taxpayer dollars is on swanky five-star hotels and…
The Politics of Geometry and the Incompetence of the Prattling Classes
You wouldn’t think the victory of a Progressive Conservative government in Alberta, of all places, would be able to send the media into such a tizzy. A few months from…
Signs of Life and Hope in Democratic Canada
Six months ago, I would have said the future of Canada was looking pretty grim. Universal healthcare is a dead letter: the federal government has openly declared that the provinces…
Sixth Estate Awaiting “Proof” of Left-Wing Media Bias from Challenger
One week has past since a challenger accused my Media Bias project, which clearly demonstrates that the notion of the Canadian media being “leftist” or even “centrist” is a myth,…
Sixth Estate Patronage List Updated
The Harper regime’s latest round of Crown appointments have been posted online, and the Sixth Estate Patronage List has been updated accordingly. Around 37% of new appointments outside the existing…