Robbing the poor to give to the rich
Illustration by Matt Mahurin, posted on reuters.com blog From the outset of his political career, Stephen Harper’s overriding mission has been to dismantle Canada’s nascent version of social democracy and…
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Unwelcome to Canada
Migrant farm workers march for their rights, Learnington, Ontario, October 2010 • Photo by Gerardo Correa. Jason Kenney is currently Stephen Harper’s defence minister, but he made his mark as…
Colonial past, colonial present
“The more Things change, the more they stay the same.” The aphorism may be overused, but it aptly captures the current state of relations between Stephen Harper and Indigenous peoples:…
Malice in Harperland
Stephen Harper; photo posted on brunchnews.com, March 23, 2015 It is difficult to take the measure of the destruction Stephen Harper and his fellow Conservatives have wrought during the last…
Stop Harper
Photo by Peter Blanchard It’s hard to recall as divisive a figure in recent Canadian political history as Stephen Harper. Few prime ministers have provoked as much animus among Canadians.…
votepopup: voter education at the library
On the long list of anti-democratic policies the majority Harper Government has enacted, the Orwellian-named Fair Elections Act ranks near the top. More properly called a voter suppression law, the…
Campaign Life website changes candidate’s answers to ‘no response’ – so what does Michael Cooper really think?
PHOTOS: St. Albert-Edmonton candidate Michael Cooper with his campaign manager, former St. Albert mayor Richard Plain. (Photo from Mr. Cooper’s campaign Facebook page.) Below: Screen shots of the Campaign Life…
Zunera Ishaq cleared by court to take citizenship oath wearing niqab
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter PM Steve Harper has neither respect nor acceptance for the Supreme Court or the Constitution. Once again the courts have trimmed his sails, this time…
Joseph Stiglitz-Nobel Laureate Warns Of Trans Pacific Partnership Dangers
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter Here we are in the last two weeks of the election and the TPP bomb hits us. CBC newscasts are treating it like an endorsement…
Deficit discussion overshadows economic debate Canada needs
Photo by Kevin Dooley The Conservatives have promised balanced budgets and have even enshrined them in law. The NDP is also promising balanced budgets, painting itself as “responsible” with government…
We get a (poorly crafted) political hatemail letter at the Diatribes – and not even to me.
I’ve not blogged in awhile. When you’re doing some volunteer work, that tends to happen (though I remain active on social media). However, my first political hatemail of the campaign…
Canadians Are Turning Into A Bunch of Racist Assholes.
This post by Bert Bulmer appeared on Facebook. He absolutely nails it. Bert Bulmer So a number of you have asked that I momentarily come out of my self-imposed FaceBook…
On the Campaign Trail with Harperman
Photo by Alex Guibord Even the person most Canadian leftists dislike—the ex-con, ex-mega-businessman and scholar Conrad Black—wrote recently that “nine years of joyless and sometimes nasty competence under Stephen Harper…
Stuff Happens, week 38: Too close to call; ‘stuff happens’ in Oregon; what was the Pope thinking?
The finish line of the federal election is in sight, but we’re no closer to seeing a winner than we were weeks ago. The latest polls indicate that support for…
Stuff Happens, week 38: Too close to call; ‘stuff happens’ in Oregon; what was the Pope thinking?
The finish line of the federal election is in sight, but we’re no closer to seeing a winner than we were weeks ago. The latest polls indicate that support for…
St. Albert-Edmonton Conservative candidate Michael Cooper must clearly state his position on women’s reproductive rights
PHOTOS: St. Albert-Edmonton Conservative candidate Michael Cooper, centre, with former Alberta Justice Minister Jonathan Denis, left, and Employment Minister Pierre Pollievre in a photo grabbed from Mr. Cooper’s campaign website.…
Harperman-Singing Across Canada plus other songs
It is amazing the number of songs that have sprung up across Canada aimed at dumping Harper and his ultra right wing government. This link will open up a site…