Stephen Harper Thinks You’re Stupid: Yet Another Reason
You know it’s a rough day for the prime minister when the Sun News Network demonstrates they aren’t always a Fox News North Conservative Party lapdog by calling them on…
Contempt
Green Candidate Calls Calgarians Smug and Immature: Chris Turner’s Contempt For Industry, Calgary
It’s hard to take the Green party seriously. “ emerging power and prominence come across from some angles as pure teenage bluster. I think I first heard it said about…
Don’t worry about what the Harper government is ^not spending…
Tony Clement, the President of Treasury Board, would like Canadians to believe that Kevin Page, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, is operating outside his mandate when he requests details on how…
Rae’s clever privilege motion on the F-35s
Here it is, the full text: Liberal Leader Bob Rae’s Point of Privilege (h/t to David Akin for posting) The most important parts are at pages 5-9. Essentially, Rae’s point…
The Mount Royal "Shadow Tory MP" departs government service
The right thing appears to have been done in the case of Saulie Zajdel, the ‘Shadow Tory MP’ who ran against Irwin Cotler in Mount Royal but who nevertheless gained…
Sure looks like a shadow MP from here
My, it was just a few short weeks ago that Heritage Minister James Moore was making a windy case in defence of his department’s hiring of Saulie Zajdel, the Conservative…
Harper Spends $90k of Our Money/Day to Spin Us on His Cuts
The Harper government is paying consultant Deloitte Inc. almost $90,000 a day for advice on how to manage the cuts. via Harper personally approved $22,000 tab for visiting bureaucrats –…
Liberals, NDP, whoever. I don’t care what we call them | #cdnpoli
The Tyee – This Year, Put the Country Ahead of the Party: ” … with the election of Stephen Harper, everything changed. No prime minister in Canadian history has come…
Lawrence Martin on Harper’s proto-fascism | #cdnpoli
Under this PM, the state is everywhere – The Globe and Mail: ‘via Blog this’ It doesn’t make up for the fact that it still publishes Wente, but every now…
Doug Ford’s backroom sweetheart dealings on waterfront breaks Ford Nation campaign promise and the Toronto Municipal Code
Toronto News: Doug Ford’s mall dealings spark complaint - thestar.com Doug Ford claimed to various newspapers that he had been in talks with The Westfield Group regarding proposals for the…
Doug Ford is not representing the will of the people
Toronto News: Australian firm eyeing waterfront mall - thestar.comThe driving force behind a member of city council should be the people he represents, the people of Toronto, not some rich…
Toronto – Shouldn’t the mayor be held to account?
Ford should have known he’d break promises on service cuts and layoffs - The Globe and MailAnd so should the people of Toronto during the election campaign.Excerpt:Mr. Ford ran for…
Rob Ford is asking for solutions
Toronto News: Take buyout or be laid off, Ford warns workers - thestar.com... but, we know (from the past 8 months as an example) that he won't listen.Rob Ford: "If…
Rob Ford’s bad math and lies continue to dog his steps
Toronto News: Ford poised to break promise of no layoffs - thestar.comRob Ford promised he would balance the books by getting rid of the gravy train - he found there…
Ford Nation planning to fill city boards with unqualified conservative cronies
Toronto News: Ford accused of stacking public appointments - thestar.comEarly this year, we saw Case Ootes appointed to completely replace the TCHC board, and then Gordon Chong (part of Rob…
Hey, Mayor Mud! I want my vote back!
Toronto News: James: A thousand times no - thestar.comFor those who couldn't or wouldn't see the writing on the wall during the election campaign, and ended up believing Rob Ford's…
Can you balance the budget (for Toronto)?
Meat or gravy: Can you balance the budget? - thestar.comThe Toronto Star has put together this interactive budget calculator. Although it seems they put this together with good intentions, they…
Rob Ford sleeps through deputations
Just saw this on FB via Mark B "Rob Ford sleeps through ... on TwitpicOn July 28, 2011, The Executive Committee of Toronto City Council, agreed to hear citizen deputations,…
Rob Ford refused to pay election fines
City officials waived fines related to Ford’s election campaign - The Globe and MailRob Ford was fined $13,362.25 for 483 infractions of the bylaw governing the placement of election signs.…