I don’t get it…
… because I clearly recall the Cons lambasting the Grits and Dippers, not so long ago, for being in bed with the separatists. Ahhhh… but not the BQ type of…
CPC
Friday morning Adventures with Elections Canada blogging
I guess I should thank McGregor and Maher for breaking some stories over the last couple of days so I’d have something to write about. The big news involving the…
Stay classy, Mr. Kenney…
… stay classy. Interesting though how this exposes the deep rift between the wacko right in the CPC and their more moderate and sane cousins in Alberta. (18) Trashy, Ottawa,…
Hmmm…
… if I wanted to skirt election campaign funding rules, this would be an effective way to go about it. Illegal, but effective. Numerous sections of the Elections Act forbid…
Friday morning Robocon etc. blogging
About three weeks ago the Conservative Party presented a Federal Court with a 690 page affidavit designed to demonstrate that the Council of Canadians has been mean to Conservatives. And…
A bit of Friday Robocon blogging
I usually do this in the morning. It would be neat if the reason I’m behind schedule is because there’s so much news regarding the case of the fraudulent phone…
Friday morning Robocon blogging
Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand testified before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday and the media reports on his appearance seem to have created some confusion. Mayrand had originally suggested that…
Friday morning Robocon blogging
It’s interesting that in the course of accusing participants in legal proceedings of abuse of process, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is appealing to guilt by association. And it…
Add ‘Dutch Disease’ to climate change as real phenomena denied by Stephen Harper’s neo-Conmen
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, above right, presents his petroleum-development policy package to members of his oil patch caucus. Industry-financed Western politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: the real…
Friday morning No News Isn’t Necessarily Good News blogging
A few minutes after I posted last Friday’s installment, the CBC posted their own report on what were the latest developments at that point. Most of it was a rehash…
Opportunistic Conservative attack on green charities highlights tax abuses by Tory cronies
Charity: Right-wing think tanks and Ducks Unlimited are most certainly not exactly as illustrated. Below: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and National Revenue Minister Gail Shea. Supporters of the Harper Government’s…
James Moore, all your child are belong to us!
Museum’s sex show gets dressing down from feds- Politics – Canoe.ca. I was raised by prudes who never gave me “the talk.” I grew up in an uptight, WASP suburb…
The Leadership Narrative
Way back when, a few months after the last federal election, I replied to the Susan Delacourt’s “Is the Liberal Party dead?” question, echoed ad nauseum in the nation’s press,…
Friday Robocon rant
This post will be a little short on details but it will provide the links so you can follow them and fill in the blanks if you don’t get the…
The CPC is taking the NDP rise in the polls…
… quite well, I’d say… Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
A little Friday morning Robocon blogging
According to someone who knows a bit about using telephones to suppress the vote, what happened in last year’s federal election campaign was “a fairly sophisticated operation” that was likely…
Women in politics: the “squeeze” factor
As any student of Canadian politics knows, Ellen Fairclough was Canada’s first female cabinet minister, appointed by Diefenbaker in 1957 and serving until her defeat as MP for Hamilton West…
New Song: "The Ballad of Steve Harper"
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I done it again. Here's a new song all about Steve Harper set to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies theme song. The Ballad of…
New Song: "The Ballad of Steve Harper"
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I done it again. Here’s a new song all about Steve Harper set to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies theme song. The Ballad of…