The Thing Is…
At some point some academically inclined chronicler of Canada’s Parliament is going to sift through records of decades past to discover how many prominent Canadian senators, notionally representing distant provinces,…
The Mound of Sound
How Will Duffy Speak from the Political Grave?
The rush to suspend senators Brazeau, Wallin and Duffy from the Senate has almost nothing to do with Wallin or Brazeau and everything to do with that troublesome priest, Mike…
And Your Answer Is?
Pretty straightforward question, “Have you heard enough or do you want to hear more?“ That’s the question posed to the Senate by their beleaguered colleague, Mike Duffy, as he tabled…
Duffy’s First Batch of Documents Begin to Tell the Tale
You can read them in pdf. here. Let’s put it this way. Duffy did not table these documents because they contradict what he’s been saying from the outset and they…
Is Duffy Past the Point of No Return?
What are we to read into Mike Duffy fingering the Conservative Party’s chief counsel, Arthur Hamilton, today? Duffy disclosed that Hamilton negotiated the Wright-Duffy deal with the senator’s counsel. If,…
Duffy Fires Another Salvo, Claims More Tory Scalps
There might not be much of Shifty Steve Harper left by the time the Conservative convention rolls around on the weekend. Duffy is back, as expected, with the revelation that…
NATO’s Afghan Mission Reduced to Bean-Counting
NATO is going to keep thousands of personnel in Afghanistan post-2014 but the only fighting they’ll do will be to try to keep their Afghan counterparts from pilfering the ongoing…
How Will the Senate Vote If…
What if documents surface today that show Mike Duffy has been set up and this is all a carefully orchestrated scheme to get rid of that troublesome priest? What if…
Just Sayin’
Former Tory Senate leader, Marjory “The Wig” LeBreton, may get a touch of comeuppance today. If she does, it won’t be the start of a good week for Shifty Steve…
Sorry Enbridge, Oil Pipelines Are Simply Not Safe
If you build them, they will fail. It had to be pried out of the National Energy Board by freedom of information demands but the figures released show pipeline ‘incidents’…
Lou Reed Dead, 71
Slate.com is reporting Lou Reed died today, age 71. The cause of death has not been announced, but Reed underwent a liver transplant in May. Reed joined up with John…
Canada’s Camo Coup
One of Canada’s most widely known contribution to 21st century warfighting has been the invetion of pixelated camouflage patterns. It became widely used by combat troops in the West’s south…
Stephen Harper’s Book of Fables – Logged and Chronicled
The closer Shifty Steve Harper gets to the political gallows, the better, the richer and more fulsome his memory becomes. It all flows out in a progression of fables. Fable…
Did the Tory Senate Just Flinch?
Wallin, Brazeau and, especially, Duffy – Stephen Harper wanted them gone, dead and buried, and he sent his Tory senators very clear marching orders. Steve told them to vote and…
Christie Blatchford’s Creepy Logic As To Why Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau Must Go.
Even for Christie Blatchford this is one for the books. Blatchford struggles to make the case that senators Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau should quietly fall from the face of the…
Jeffrey Simpson Takes the Measure of Marc Nadon and Finds Him Seriously Wanting
The Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson neatly sums up why Marc Nadon falls far short of the standard needed for the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Nadon is undoubtedly a nice man…
Ekos Polling the Senate Expenses Scandal, Focus On Stephen Harper
Somebody wants to gauge the depth of Stephen Harper’s vulnerability on the Senate expenses scandal and, in particular, the Wright-Duffy affair. Ekos is running an interesting poll asking respondents whether…
The Best Fighter Jet in the World?
Russia’s SU-35 seems to be a world beater. Now that supposed stealth invincibility is being rapidly degraded through new technology counter-measures, you have to wonder how a marginal performer like…
Now They Want Our Media Gagged
What’s the opposite of open and accountable democracy? Governments that operate secret, domestic spy and police agencies. Secret police and domestic spying are the hallmarks of totalitarianism. And they’re taking…
Duffy, Wallin, Brazeau Getting Under Harper’s Collar
It couldn’t be plainer. Steve wants his troublesome Senate appointees gone – pronto! With each passing day the trio are showing just how rotten the Tory leadership in the Senate…