A Return To Sanity
I am currently reading a book by Tim Weiner entitled, One Man Against The World: The Tragedy Of Richard Nixon, and although I lived through that time, I am rediscovering…
cra audits/witchunts
Stephen Harper and The Canada Revenue Agency: The Unholy Alliance Continues
I have written many times about the unholy partnership between Stephen Harper and the Canada Revenue Agency that takes the form of an auditing witch hunt of those charities that…
The Harper Reign Of Terror Continues
The Harper reign of terror, a.k.a, the CRA witch hunts, continues apace, the latest victim the Sierra Club Canada Foundation. Describing it as part of an “intimidation campaign”, John Bennett,…
For Those Who Value Democracy
After watching Pierre Polievre make the Sunday rounds extolling his government’s achievements, it would be easy for the politically disengaged and ignorant to conclude that the Harper regime is the…
More On The Dangers of Bill C-51
Well, leave it to The Star’s redoubtable readers to remind us of the peril implicit in Bill C-51, Stephen Harper’s anti-terrorist bill designed to make us all ‘safer’ and in…
Suspicious Deletions At CRA
While it may not qualify as a smoking gun, a series of text-message deletions at Canada Revenue Agency looks decidedly suspicious. Given what many see as the Agency’s Harper-directed war…
Charities And Political Activities
I am not a lawyer, but I post the following information for those who are, and for those deeply offended by the Harper government’s ongoing attacks on non-profits that dare…
Harper Regimed Deservedly Mocked and Disdained In House
I often marvel at the ability of the Prime Minister and his minions to keep a straight face as they baldly lie to all of us. At least those lies…
Just A Reminder About The Regime Under Which We Chafe
In case you missed the story of yet another Harper-led CRA threat against charities that object to the regime’s policies of environmental despoliation, you can read about it here, here,…
We All have To Stand Against This Blatant Reign Of Intimidation And Tyranny
Although I have written many posts on this topic, each new incident once again evokes in me a visceral reponse bordering upon hatred for this government. The Harper regime is…
A New Season Beckons, But Nothing Changes
Many people think of September as the real beginning of the new year: kids go off to school, summer transitions to fall, fall fashions appear in the stores, and new…
Well-Said
Those Star letter-writers nail it yet again: Under Ottawa’s microscope, Insight Aug. 23 If it is not OK for charities to use the money sent to them for the intended…
Harper’s Reign Of Terror – A Closer Examination
While Stephen Harper’s attacks on charities have been followed here and elsewhere, the Star presents a good overview of how the offices of the CRA have been subverted by a…
Harper’s Reign Of Terror: Targeted Charities Begin To Fight Back
It was with a certain pleasure that I read in Monday’s Star that some international aid charities are banding together to challenge the Harper-directed CRA witch hunt into charities that…
The New Logo For The Canada Revenue Agency?
CRA protests notwithstanding, it works for me. H/t iPolitics Recommend this Post
Harper’s Reign Of Terror – Part Six
The latest installment of this series illustrating the Harper regime’s subversion of the Canada Revenue Agency to punish nonprofits for opposing government policies also demonstrates its pathologically secretive nature. The…
Harper’s Reign Of Terror: Star Readers Respond
Stephen Harper’s attack on those charities that refuse to hew to the regime’s dogma and ideology is becoming increasingly recognized for what it is: the wanton, immoral, unethical and likely…