PM to Putant: ‘Get out of Ukriant’
Satire inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stephen-harper-at-g20-tells-vladimir-putin-to-get-out-of-ukraine-1.2836382
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Keeping Remembrance Day in My Own Way….
Gap’s ‘Remembrance Day deal’ not appropriate, Toronto veteran says ‘The point is not to exploit and profit from this day,’ says Cpl. Chuck Krangle CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2014…
A Government Corrupted
There’s no trace of hyperbole in denouncing Stephen Harper as the Great Corrupter. He is corrupt and he corrupts whatever he touches whenever and however it suits him. The proof…
OPEC Sees a Bright Future Ahead. Unfortunately, It’s Not Yours.
As far as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, is concerned the future looks rosy. In its latest outlook report, OPEC foresees $177 per barrel oil prices by 2040…
Money for Nothin’ and Your Work for Free…
Poloz’s prescription for unemployed youth: Work for free TAVIA GRANT The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Nov. 04 2014, 12:40 PM EST Last updated Tuesday, Nov. 04 2014, 7:03 PM…
"Coal Is The Future" – Tony Abbott
Australia’s prime ministerial windbag, Tony Abbott, leaves no doubt about where he stands on climate change – it’s “crap.” Since coming to power, the now seriously unpopular Abbott has wasted…
Israel- Palestine in One Paragraph
Yesterday we discussed the modern trend of policy divorced from reality. One ugly example of that is the policy of Canada’s government, and Trudeau’s Conservative-Lites, lavishing absolute support on Israel…
Income Splitting and Progressive Taxation
The motivation behind the idea of Income Splitting is quite reasonable. Namely, under the current scheme, two families with identical total income can be taxed at substantially different rates, depending…
Income Splitting and Progressive Taxation
The motivation behind the idea of Income Splitting is quite reasonable. Namely, under the current scheme, two families with identical total income can be taxed at substantially different rates, depending…
Income Splitting and Progressive Taxation
The motivation behind the idea of Income Splitting is quite reasonable. Namely, under the current scheme, two families with identical total income can be taxed at substantially different rates, depending…
Income Splitting and Progressive Taxation
The motivation behind the idea of Income Splitting is quite reasonable. Namely, under the current scheme, two families with identical total income can be taxed at substantially different rates, depending…
The Conservative Government Responds to the Deaths of Two Canadian Soldiers
Two Canadian soldiers were killed this week. The first, Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, was run down by a car in a parking lot in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. The second, Cpl. Nathan…
CBC Live As Composed As A Live Blog
Ancient years ago, about 6, CBC journalists could be heard explaining to crowds how bloggers might one day be eating their lunch, but for the time being the responsible journalism…
No. Just No.
As I had expected, the first steps in the Harper Government’s overreaching reaction to this week’s events in Ottawa are starting to surface. Introducing Harper’s Thought Police: Sources suggest the…
Why Does Stephen Harper Hate Renewable Energy?
Born into an oil company family, Stephen Harper’s rise to petro-politics has been uninterrupted from his days in the Calgary mailroom of Imperial Oil all the way to his arrival…
Morphing Tragedy into Terror: the Harper Agenda
Canada won’t be cowed by terrorism, or by a draconian response to its threat The Ottawa shooting requires a measured reaction. We won’t let this society be divided into ‘us…
Dispossession by Negotiation – Harper’s Approach to Native Land Rights
In what appears to be “Shame on You, Canada” Day, the Guardian has a damning piece on how the Harper regime is intent on severing Canada’s First Nations from their…
The New Republic Slams Harper, Abbott and Canada’s "Government of Thugs"
It’s an American publication so you’ll have to excuse the hyperbole. The New Republic, in an article entitled, “These Two World Leaders are Laughing While the World Burns Up,” obviously…
Harper’s Experiment to Wrap Canadians in "Protective Stupidity" Mission Accomplished?
The Tyee’s Murray Dobbins laments the success Stephen Harper has had, with the powerful support of a shamelessly collaborative media, at manipulating the Canadian public. Harper’s amoral political calculations about…