Nasty, Just Plain Nasty
It’s not like it comes as a big surprise that the Harper Government is nasty. But the extent of their vileness continues expand. First, the Harper Government seems to have…
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Health Insurance Is Becoming A Scam
I have long been suspicious of health insurance plans of any sort. Even short term health insurance for travel seems to be written in such a way that it is…
The Next Step In Harper’s Police State
So, Harper wants to connect the CRA with the RCMP. Chantal Bernier, Canada’s interim privacy commissioner, says she is concerned by the government’s proposal to allow Canada Revenue Agency officials…
Where’s the beef? Ottawa and the fast-food lobby are serving nothing but baloney about the need for Temporary Foreign Workers
Whatever it says on the menu, fast food restaurant owners, other employers of temporary foreign workers and their pals in the Harper Government are serving baloney. Below: Dominique M. Gross…
TFWP: Yet Another Reason To Shut It Down
The consequences of the Harper Government’s widening of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program over the last several years keeps going from bad to worse. At first it was employers choosing…
The Harper Cons have announced they are naming the new Finance…
The Harper Cons have announced they are naming the new Finance Canada building after the worst finance minister in Canadian (and Ontario) history, “Deficit Jim” Flaherty. To reflect Flaherty’s disastrous…
Explaining the screams for easy-to-exploit Temporary Foreign Workers: Canadians are just too uppity for many low-wage employers
Chinese workers building Canadian railways – another sordid story of “temporary foreign workers.” Below: B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan. British Columbia Premier Christy…
Knee-Jerk Government Secrecy: The Cameron Visit to Ottawa
How bizarre is this? According to a CBC news story, the Privy Council Office took two years to respond to a CBC Access to Information request asking for “documents pertaining…
Bill C-23 Passed, Stinkers Included
Whatever amendments were made to Bill C-23, they didn’t address much of anything that I raised as problematic in my earlier analysis of the first draft tabled in the House…
CPC Lied To Elections Canada On RoboCalls?
The corruption that is the CPC’s actions in the 2011 election continues to fester. The most recent instalment comes to us via Stephen Maher’s latest column. In an email May…
Harper’s Attempt To Politicize The Judiciary
More so than any Prime Minister in Canada’s history, Harper is hell-bent on imposing his political agenda on Canada’s courts. But there’s another way to look at it, based on…
The Harper Government: Doesn’t Play Well With Others
Is it me or do you get the sense that if a primary school teacher were grading the “Harper Government,” as it like to call itself, the phrase “doesn’t play…
Just Shut It Down Already
As if we hadn’t already heard enough about the vileness that is the TFWP, we have two major revelations today which more than justify shutting the whole thing down immediately.…
This Has Gotta Hurt
Expect the Harper attack machine to ramp up its game: Recommend this Post
Decision Making and Pregnancy
Think that the Harper Government doesn't have an anti-woman agenda? Think again. From LifeSite: Conservative MP Kyle Seeback openly admits that he was once “fairly comfortable” with the viewpoint that…
Strike 4: Harper Cannot Unilaterally Reform The Senate
The Supreme Court issued their ruling on the Senate Reform Consultation questions that Harper put before them last year. In a unanimous decision released Friday, eight judges of the top…
"I can’t even get my friends to like me." Mark this date:…
“I can’t even get my friends to like me.” Mark this date: April 16, 2014. Disgraced Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper tells the truth for the first time in his…
Stealing Our Democracy: The Senate Takes A Swing
Okay, now the Senate is talking about wanting to see some amendments to the Harper Government’s bill to undermine Canada’s democracy. The interim report recommends: — Removing a provision which…
Canadians will forever be indebted because of Jim…
Canadians will forever be indebted because of Jim Flaherty. Regardless of what one thinks of the recently deceased man on a personal level, if one uses objective, non-emotional criteria, it…
Time To Get Your Eye Back On The Ball, Tom
Apparently NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair hasn’t figured out what the ball is in Canadian politics today. He also took shots at both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Trudeau.Trudeau, in particular,…