Rob & Doug wasting Toronto Money – Again
Toronto agency backed by Mayor Ford spent $55,000 on single-source contracts – The Globe and Mail Asked if there was a discrepancy between his anti-sole-source rhetoric and his backing of…
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Open Government
A government so open, that it lost its marbles. If we had journalists who uniformly understood that letting politicians get away with flaming lies would lead us into a mess,…
Lies Don’t Matter
There may be no way to get fired from a cabinet job in the Harper Government. Well, unless Peter MacKay takes off his shoes and throws them at a helicopter…
Peter Pinocchio
Filed under: caricature, illustration Tagged: caricature, Conservatives, humour, Lies, parliament, Peter Mackay, politics
Rob Ford’s Budget Con Job – "a giant scam being perpetrated on the citizens of Toronto."
The Grid TO | Budget 2012: Rob Ford’s sleight of hand If Rob Ford hadn’t cut or cancelled all those taxes, we’d have enough to cover the entire budget hole…
I heard a rumour
A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend told me that the entire Federal Conservative caucus was going to step down before the next election in order…
How a Civilization Dies
Our civilization is coming to an end, sooner than later. It won’t end with a war, or a disease, or a flood, but rather with an abandonment of reason and…
Much to the chagrin…
… of the faith-based and evidence-challenged right! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Do right-wingers live in a “delusional universe”?
Agreeing with the title of this post isn’t a stretch for many progressives, but today’s news is that the man behind the Norwegian massacre is clinically insane. Specifically, psychiatrists have…
The Wildrose Party’s Redford Files: Not nearly as funny as the first time…
The Redford Files website: evidence the Wildrose Alliance is on the ropes. Below, an image grabbed from the site. If “the Redford Files” really are “authorized by the Wildrose Party,”…
For the divisive, petty Harper Conservatives, no cause is too important for bickering
French-speaking troops of the Régiment de la Chaudière push inland from Juno Beach toward Bény-sur-Mer on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Below, Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney, Bloc MP Louis Plamondon.Why…
I Want Our $100 Billion BACK!
The Conservatives have been busted for rigging the 2006 election yet we have no way of addressing the problem.
Occupy Ottawa’s Little Remembrance Day Dilemma
The Occupy Ottawa Movement faces a little moral dilemma on Remembrance Day tomorrow: to protest or not to protest? Remembrance Day is a solemn day for Commonwealth countries. A day…
Appointment of Next Auditor General Betrays Conservatives’ Contempt of Canada’s Bilingualism
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Angelo Persichilli as his director of communications, he showed the Conservatives contempt of Quebec and the French language. The Toronto native can’t speak French.…
Dream No Small Dreams – End Poverty
Should we eliminate poverty? It’s a ridiculous question made serious by people who have lost sight of their dreams in a wasteland of practicality and concession; They’re practical, to the…
Destroying long gun registry records could wake up Canadians to Cons’ petty and authoritarian nature
In a perverse way, I do hope the Conservatives destroy the long gun registry records. Vic Toews' reasoning for the move says everything Canadians need to know about the majority…
You know you are a lackey …
Or incredibly naive when… You go along with the Conservatives’ tough on crime bill’ , being a member of an oppressed people & a woman to boot – in this…
Occupy Wall Street: The emerging global pro-democracy movement, where it stands, what it means, and where we go from here
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has already become a global grassroots populist pro-democracy movement, if we have eyes to see, has clearly already won a broad and growing base…
More gangster politics/backroom dealing from Ford Nation
NOW Magazine // Daily // News // Mammoliti slams door on councillorsGiorgio Mammoliti, acting on behalf of the mayor, barred councillors Kristyn Wong-Tam and Janet Davis from the recent Child…