Vic Toews Should Retire… Now
Harper’s embattled Public Safety Minister claims that he “didn’t exactly say” that people could either side with the Conservatives or with child pornographers regarding his laughably named “Protecting Children from…
Harper government
Radical policies for which no one voted
Rowan Williams is the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, an office that dates back 1,400 years. Often outspoken, occasionally radical, Williams served for one issue last summer as guest editor of…
Vikileaks is Vic-ciously Ironic
A new twitter account popped up today that lit a real fire over Canadians citizens private information and how it’s dealt with. After introducing bill C-30, which many have called…
Stop Bill C-30
Did you know that aside from its short title, the words «children» and «predators» do not appear anywhere in Bill C-30? Once again, the Harper government’s PR machine is revving…
This day in history brought to you by the Harper Government™
Our obsessive Harper government would like to bring you this heritage moment: “Statement by the Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C., M.P., Commemorating the Historic Discovery of Crude Oil at Leduc #1.”…
Uncomfortable parallels
While a mere teenager when Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, Stephen Harper had found a mentor. A few decades later, empowered by a majority in parliament, the…
Setting economic policy for Canada’s west
China Cheats: Push May Come To Shove, Robert Borosage, Campaign for America’s Future “China cheats – it openly flouts trade laws – and routinely denies it. It restricts access to…
How’s That Finger in the Eye Taste, Harper
I expect I’m likely going to be eaten alive by this post. I’ll pass you the dipping sauce for ease of consumption Brad Trost, the Conservatiave MP from Saskatchewan, has…
Say “NO!” to C-11 now!
The Harper government re-introduced the Copyright Modernization Act, Bill C-11 in September 2011. Wonder about where the coverage is on Bill C-11? Me, too. SOPA + PIPA may be dead…
Second verse, same as the first!
*begin rant* I’m the Prime Minister I am, The Prime Minister I am, I am, I have a strong, stable, national Conservative majority government; Do as I say and not…
My, Ahem, OFFICIAL Official Endorsement for #NDPLDR
Well, that time has come. After watching the debates in Halifax tonight, going over the platforms and consulting various tweeps and others within the NDP I made my decision. For…
NEB: "ally", First Nations: "adversaries"
Confidential federal tar sands strategy targets Aboriginal and green groups, Greenpeace Canada, January 26, 2012 “As controversy increases over the Harper government’s attacks on environmental groups, Greenpeace Canada today released…
Economic development whatever the cost!
Whatever is good or bad in Stephen Harper’s speech is degraded for me by his choice of location for delivering it. The Prime Minister of Canada flew to Switzerland to…
Reconsidering Harper’s vision for Canada
THE CAGING OF AMERICA, Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, January 2012 “…In the past two decades, the money that states spend on prisons has risen at six times the rate…
Drowsy Canadians take note
Federal government has no business micromanaging RCMP commissioner, Toronto Star, January 22 2012 “Where does Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government get off trying to micromanage the Royal Canadian Mounted Police…
Proud to be "Enemy of the Government of Canada"
Whistleblower’s Open Letter to Canadians
Friends with Benefits: The Harper Government, EthicalOil.org and Sun Media Connection
suntv_news.gif Just over a week before the Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings began, EthicalOil.org and its allies launched a pre-emptive PR offensive on environmental and First Nations groups who oppose the…
NEB serves industry, not the public
I’ve long been aware of the National Energy Board but never paid much attention to it. However, for my article Regulators throwing loaded dice, I had a look at backgrounds…
No Debate… So What?
Rick Mercer rants against the erosion of public debate under the Harper Government® concerning various issues of the day and its paternalistic “My house, my rules” approach to enacting various…